tinkerer

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Tatis is a known tinkerer who frequently changes his stance and approach when he’s feeling uncomfortable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

We don’t really talk about it, but it has a link to his father, and his father being a tinkerer of old cars and Robby needing a vacation, a hiatus of sorts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

He was a natural tinkerer with an orientation toward real-world problem solving.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2024

A self-proclaimed tech tinkerer, he prefers using Android phones because the system is more customizable than an iPhone.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

One wall was crowded with tacked-up plans and schematics; another was piled high with tinkerer junk; the bench TimeStar occupied was littered with snipped wires, and tools, and computer equipment.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles