I haven’t been in exactly the same situation, but I went through a period where my life structure changed suddenly and the quiet felt overwhelming. One thing that helped me realize was that the “hollow” feeling wasn’t really about being alone — it was about losing the rhythm of daily shared life. When you’re used to telling someone small things about your day, even mundane things like fixing blinds or cooking dinner, those moments actually give shape to your day.
When that disappears, everything can feel strangely flat.
I'm currently working on a technical session around productionizing agentic AI systems on AWS.
A lot of demos work well in prototypes, but once you try running agent-based workflows in production you start seeing issues around orchestration, tool reliability, latency, and cost control.
So I've been putting together some architecture patterns and real-world approaches teams are using to make these systems more reliable in production environments.
When that disappears, everything can feel strangely flat.