# New roots, same Square

DevFeed: [New roots, same Square](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/new-roots-same-square-25626.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.p-y.wtf/new-roots-same-square>)

Author: Pierre-Yves Ricau

Published: 2026-07-02T20:52:29Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Py's blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/py-s-blog.md>)

Topics: [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [remote](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>), [time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/time.md>), [timezone](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/timezone.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes moving from San Francisco back to France while continuing to work for Square remotely. The article discusses the administrative and family considerations behind the move, timezone differences, and how AI-enabled autonomy provides more uninterrupted focus time in software engineering.

## Source excerpt

Exactly one year ago, after 12 years in San Francisco, I moved back to France. Life since has been a whirlwind: selling the condo, moving a container overseas, rediscovering French culture (I had to r