About a week ago, I set up a new RSS feed in my feed reader, which is tied to a GitLab-based project I want to keep up to date on. So now, instead of via email, I can comfortably skim through release notes for the product in the same way I catch up on news, blogs, etc. š
Weekly Notes 2025.12
- This week is even lighter (on content) than last week!
- Early in the week, I finished reading Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. Overall, very interesting read, and Iād definitely suggest it to others!
- At work, we released a new product documentation website that Iāve been lightly involved in, based on Docusaurus, a FOSS project from Meta that Iāve been pretty impressed with.
- We built this in a very similar way to how I deploy my own website: markdown files in a git repo, with a build & deploy pipeline on push to AWS (S3 + CloudFront). Iāve been pretty happy with the overall design!
- Personally, Iāve spent some more time playing piano again this week, and even started working on learning some new songs!
I wish I still had a copy of my original MySpace and Facebook profiles and posts. Not because of anything overly interesting, but because I often feel like there is a whole portion of my youth and early adulthood that is just āmissingā, aside from some photos, even though I was online. :(
Saturdays are (once again) perfect days for relaxing on the couch with a cup of coffee while updating my various computers & servers (both local and remote), and reflecting on the past week. ā
Itās interesting, and somewhat unsettling, seeing photos from 5 years ago surfaced in memories. 5 years ago today I had recently pivoted to remote work for an indeterminate amount of time due to Covid-19, and apparently was working on improving my video conferencing setup, which is pale in comparison to the system I use when taking calls from home today!
Weekly Notes 2025.11
- I donāt have much to report on from work this week. I was in-office every day, and ended up doing some remote work on Saturday/Sunday too to catch up on an issue.
- Part of my work for the week included getting back involved in a software project that Iāve worked on historically, but have not had as much time for in the past few months.
- Over the weekend, when not working, I listened to this monthās ATP Memberās Special, which was all about both why the three hosts have websites, and how they create their respective sites.
- I wonāt spoil it, as this podcast is intended to be a perk for members who support the show, but I did have two takeaways: I have a website for similar reasons to the hosts, and my posting setup is simplistic by comparison!
- On Sunday, I became curious to see if I could get screenshots of not only what this website looked like over the years, but also what other websites I worked on looked like. This involved using the Internet Archiveās Wayback machine, and I was surprised to find just how far back their database ran!
- I added some of the screenshots for this website to my About page, for those interested.
- At some point, Iāll post images of how I got started in web development, but I havenāt decided the place or the format yet.
Weekly Notes 2025.10
- Wowā¦ itās already been another week? š®
- On Monday, I was scheduled to help some friends at a local church with some minor electronic repair after work. It took a little longer than I initially expected, but it was good to catch up, and itās a skill I enjoy using.
- The middle of the week was pretty normal, and thereās not really much to report. I was in-office every day for a combination of meetings and catching up on some projects.
- Friday I worked remotely. I wanted to enjoy the last very nice day (for at least a little while), and so used my breaks to take walks around my subdivision.
- Friday evening saw some pretty strong storms come through the Midwest; thankfully, nothing more than rain and wind near me!
- Saturday was a pretty relaxing day at home, where I didnāt do much outside of reading and going for a few walks. The weather started cooling off, though it was still nice enough to be outside in a short-sleeve shirt.
- My book of choice on Saturday was Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. I heard about it earlier in the week, specifically because of Metaās attempt to limit its promotion, which of course had the effect of making me curious about the book. Iām about half-way through, and so far itās a captivating read.
- On Sunday, by the time I left for church, there was snow on the ground! Itās amazing how fast weather can change in the Midwest this time of year.
- For the first time in a long time, I decided to make stir fry on Sunday. I think it was a successā¦ I enjoyed the taste, though I definitely wasnāt as fast at preparing the food as I thought I would be.
- Over the weekend I also played piano for a little while at home. Itās been quite a while since I really did that either, outside of a few times when visiting family.