Weeknote #4 (20240922-20240928)

meta

for whatever reason, this week just never felt like it came together all that great. anyway, onward…

did

  • got incredibly frustrated trying to get macOS/CUPS to print PostScript again, like it used to
  • worked on porting work’s website from Next.js’s Pages Router to the new App Router, which also involves (for essentially silly reasons) a lot of CSS cleanup and refactoring — landed a draft PR Friday afternoon
  • attended/lead a Hack Salem meeting Wednesday evening
  • got flu and covid jabs sorted; minimal side effects (although i ended up sleeping most of the day, the next day…)
  • and a did NOT: due to schedules and the gym changing locations, this was the third week in a row that i didn’t work out. gotta change this next week…

read

  • Like everybody else who read it, linked it, and boosted it this week, I really enjoyed Tossed Salads And Scrumbled Eggs

    Given that you do not know who you are speaking to over the internet, whether they are competent engineers or self-proclaimed thought leaders, any statement about Agile “working for my team” does not convey much information, in the same way that someone proclaiming that they are totally not guilty is generally an insufficient defense in court.

    It is worth taking the time to explain what this means for the non-technicians in the audience, both so that they can follow what is going on, and so that the technicians here can develop an appreciation for how fucking nuts this all sounds when you explain it to someone with some distance. Most of us are so deeply immersed in this lunacy that we no longer have full context on how bizarre this all is.

Look, just go read it, it’s worth it.

listened

  • Iron & Wine’s cover of Never Meant, which is amazing

watched

  • continued the post-dinner NCIS binging with TheWife, we’re currently towards the end of Season 14

cooked

photo

muffaletta

looking forward to

As the weather starts to cool off, I’m looking forward to doing more indoor cooking — I love to grill, but I’m looking forward to some long braised roasts…