Blog

RSS Feed

MY DAILY AFFIRMATIONS 👍

I enjoy programming. 🙋‍♀️ I show code I've written, my technical blog, or everything else that shows that I program.

I want to get dramatically better. 🦄 I know my weaknesses as a programmer. I know how I want to grow.

I'm self-directed. 🧘‍♀️ I make substantial progress learning/doing hard things without externally imposed structure. I make informed decisions about how to spend my time without someone telling me what to do.

I'm sharp. 🔪 I'd rather have a deep understanding of one language than a superficial understanding of three. I pick things up quickly. I am rigorous and introspective, and understand the limits of my knowledge. I understand the code I write and don't just bang things together until they work.

I'm intellectually curious. 🐣

I don't claim to know something really well if I don't. 👂

Affirmations inspired by The Recurse Center
  • Jun 18, 2025 Dimensional Data Modeling

    Zach Morris put out a free community bootcamp for data engineering. It is a great place to put a word to things I have been doing for so long. He does a great job of explaining common patterns like cu...

  • Jun 16, 2025 Tech Updates

    I purchased Claude's highest tier subscription. I am loving the experience with Claude Code. iOS 26 etc. were released last week. I am waiting until I can use o3-pro.

  • Jun 01, 2025 Enjoy The Harvest

    Six days a week, I toil. I allow myself to relax for one day a week. The rest of the week, I toil. I think diligent work is important. Quietly working away at the profession we have chosen for decades...

  • May 15, 2025 You Should Use a Version Manager

    nvm, gvm, rvm, pyenv, asdf, etc.

  • May 13, 2025 My Cursor Rule

    From Gabriel Petersson, I now use the following in my `.cursorrules`:

  • May 11, 2025 Docker and K8s Review

    I have some interviews coming up so I'll be getting my website running on GKE.

  • May 11, 2025 High-achievers

    I was reading a book and one of the basic premises made by the author is that the sad person is actually arrogant. This person is actually feeling sorry for himself because he has realized he is not t...

  • May 09, 2025 Music Player

    I'd like a music player on my website like those that could be added to MySpace pages long ago.

  • May 07, 2025 AI Tools I use

    I pay for subscriptions to these platforms.

  • May 07, 2025 Tranquil Recovery Chat

    * trained in evidence-based approaches to treating addiction * promotes DBT and CBT skills * how to help someone in distress? * harm reduction * show listening without being too repetitive

  • May 06, 2025 My App's Tech Stack

    * Simple Flask application running on Vercel * CloudFlare for DNS