Weekly Notes 2026.03

2026-01-18 3 min read

Shorter post this week… a lot has been going on, but mostly work-related, and therefore not much to share here…

Goal Progress

This week has been a whirlwind at work. Monday-Thursday were in office; Friday I stayed home for tire maintenance on my truck, expecting downtime, but had several unplanned conversations instead.
At the beginning of the week I felt on top of all of my projects; by the end of the week, I have a few hours of review/clean-up to do. I’ll focus on that some today, though it may bleed over into tomorrow in-office.

I finished my first book this year: Dr. Mutter’s Marvels. 🎉
And I’ve started another, this time in audiobook form: Apple in China, a book I’ve heard a lot about but never made time to read. So far, it’s a very interesting look into Apple’s interactions with contract manufacturers (I’m only 20% done).
My photo digitization & workouts still need more attention this week, though I did a bit better on my daily reviews!

Mid-week I started adding in game nights again with M and her mom (a consultant working with our company). And to mix things up a bit, this time we tried a few new/new-to-me games: Castle Panic (which I bought my sister for Christmas, and enjoyed enough I bought for myself too), Backgammon (I’m still learning), and Small World of Warcraft (owned for a while, only played once before). And we threw in some Mario Kart to break things up (which… I’m ok at. Not great…).

Late in the week (Saturday, maybe?) I ran across Cassidy’s encouragement to not give up your brain, related to using LLMs, and avoiding their overuse. It’s a good reminder, and reaffirms my current approach too.
Speaking of LLMs: earlier in the week I saw two articles that I’ve partially read, and will be revisiting over the coming weeks. I haven’t decided if I agree with them, but the first is from the founder of Todoist, who I’ve followed for years, and the second is a recommendation from his post:
- How to ramp up on AI (as a dev and non-dev)
- Everyone should be using Claude Code more
In non-LLM news… apparently there is some new Linux malware. 😬 It’s probably worth a quick review if you run Linux at home or in the cloud.
And finally, a fun post: a 100-year-old self-playing violin! I recommend checking the article out, and watching the accompanying videos!

This coming week is our annual Winter Conference at work. If you’re a farmer, in the ag industry, or even ag-adjacent or ag-curious (is that a thing?), it’s worth attending at a site near you to see what we’ve been working on, what’s coming, along with a whole load of agronomic data and commentary from our agronomists! 🚜