miscellanea

• I found this daily carry page from someone I share a Discord server with. it's quite detailed and I quite like it. cowsay.io/backpack coming soon?
• Supabase Server is quite a neat little package that'll make it easier to build and deploy apps. I think that would entice me to build on them more
• Plane uses ephemeral deployment preview environments, which I think is the gold standard I'd like to move towards at work. I think we're already halfway there with devcontainers and Docker
• redefined bus factor (how many people can give up to become bus drivers before your org collapses) is a pretty good indicator of the mood in software engineering at the minute

musings

• I've been thinking a lot about my own mortality recently. I think I'd establish a trust to set up memorial benches for places I liked to visit. that'll give the lads something to do once I'm gone
• I've been feeling quite personally unfulfilled as of late, probably because I've been grinding out a lot at work. I'd like to reengage with communities I've been a part of in the past (Campaign Lab, codebar). Maybe I should cook at Ration Club again?
• how do people cross their legs without getting pins and needles?
• I know I've been saying this for ages, but I'd like to do more homelab stuff soon. maybe adding a receipt printer? all the stuff I'd like to do requires learning about networking, which is bleurgh
• I'd like to try messing around with SLMs locally, for summarising API responses for an upcoming talk. my initial playing around with tools and MCP servers has been quite painful, to be honest. I think getting it working would be worth it, but it risks becoming a rabbit hole
• I'm a little worried about the walk in a few weeks, given I haven't practiced at all. I also need to get walking shoes
• someone I've never met before linked to my sidequest-maxxing blog post from their homepage! I wonder how they found it?
• the Apple Music redesign is... firmly okay
• I noticed some advertising wrap goes on top of cabs... for people on the top deck of buses!
• I have very specific requirements for where I'd like to live, and I hate the fact I have to learn how to use Rightmove
  • I've been thinking of something that could spit out the total cost of ownership of a property in the UK. all the data is kind of there, but a lot of it just isn't publicly available
  • I'll probably start my house search in earnest post-EMF
• I need to buy a gazebo for EMF

misadventures

• spent bank holiday Monday chilling
• was a bit sick over this week
  • on Tuesday, went back to work. was sick with a bit of a head cold, blocked up and coughing
  • felt quite poorly on Wednesday, so called in sick to work. I felt bunged up, exhausted and didn't eat much. on Thursday, I felt a bit better but decided to rest up a little more
  • I need to take better care of my body if I don't want illness to hit as hard
• went into work on Friday, and saw an old Monzo colleague afterwards. we played Illuminati, which was quite a convoluted board game
• spent Sunday out and about in London
  • got my glasses cleaned and adjusted at the opticians. they've been a bit wonky after they got moshed on at a Fox Stevenson concert a few weeks ago. also got some glasses cleaner!
  • went searching for a cool building I saw the other day when taking a taxi into London. after walking for about two hours, I found Lisboa Patisserie on Goldhawk Road instead. I had pastry with fresh cream inside (that's what they called it, but I later found out it's called mil folhas, or a Portugese custard slice)