Weeknote #74 (20260222-20260228)

meta

One of the aspects of the new manager role I’m in at work is taking a shift in the rota of folks responsible for managing the releases of our internal software product — this week was my second time on the merry-go-round. It went better than the first time, largely because I’ve spent a fair chunk of time developing my own custom checklist for the process — and I’m happy I spent the time, because it made it significantly less painful and anxiety-inducing.

did

Not a whole lot else, honestly — between continuing to build out the checklist, dealing with managing the release process, and also being the production on-call L2 person all week, I didn’t have a lot of time or mental capacity for anything else.

(Did make it to the gym twice, and rowed two days too — whoo)

read

• Finished Apocalypse Codex, read more Four-Hour Chef, started Rhesus Chart (reminder that I track my book reading on StoryGraph)
• Our programs are fun to use is a great trip down memory lane, if you’re old enough (and nerdy enough) to remember Beagle Bros
• Dan Sinker is rapidly becoming a must-read for me, and stuff like Foundational Texts: Goonies Never Say Die is why

listened

• Ride - “Sight of You” (Pale Saints Cover)

watched

• Finished up S2 of Landman; started S2 of Shrinking

• Dropkick Murphys - “Never Git Drunk No More”

• The Menzingers - “Nobody’s Heroes”

  We are nobody’s heroes
  Cause we can only be ourselves.

  It has been a minute since there was new Menzingers stuff, and I. am. here. for. it. (The hockey mask callout in the video is awesome too, IYKYK)

cooked

• Monday: fideo loco
• Tuesday: roast pork loin, corn off the cob
• Thursday: rockfish tacos