cmdln, I got through the topics I wanted to delve into #today while reading and researching. I think the existing code is starting to click, that I have a good enough mental model of it. I followed up on a coworker's suggestion by looking into a couple more capabilities of our cloud provider. I remembered more about one and realized the other was simply service mesh.
I managed to get out in the sun a couple times today too.
Now my weekend starts.