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cmdln

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I have been programming since I was 12 (born in '73 #genx), currently enjoy coding in #Rust. I use Linux every day; I prefer open to closed. I try to live and let live when it comes to people's tech choices.

I work in tech but am learning how better to separate that from my passion for programming.

I used to podcast, I plan to again soon.

I practice #zazen, #qigong, and #taichi every day.

Husband to https://social.horrorhub.club/@kamikat

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cmdln, to random
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We are warming up with Night Swim before with the later.

cmdln,
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This movie cannot escape what it is, as well made as it may be.

mm78, to random
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It wouldn’t be Friday if Shudder didn’t log me out at app load.

cmdln,
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@mm78 I know, right?!

kamikat, to bubbletea
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Getting bubble tea on Last Drive-in night has become a tradition. This is guava and jasmine green tea with strawberry jelly hearts, green tee boba and lychee jelly. This is a change up from my usual rose and lycee tea.

cmdln,
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@kamikat Sounds like Lucky Charms.

scalzi, to random
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Me, super enthused to be 55 today.

(Spoiler: I am actually having a pretty good day)

cmdln,
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@scalzi Happy birthday!

cmdln, (edited ) to random
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Good morning and TZAG, friends.

I am leaning into no meeting Friday with a slower start this morning. I puttered for a while which also gave my mind time to ponder my larger tasks ahead .

I've been processing my thoughts on equanimity from last night into how I want to approach work for my $dayjob. Mostly I am appreciating that there is no overblown sense of urgency. I want to do my best work and am re-learning what that looks like after 2+ years of a very different environment.

cmdln,
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I spent another good day working out thoughts and next steps for $dayjob.

Leaning more into curiosity led to me being happier with each iteration. I felt a lot less like checking specific boxes that needed filling and more like I was finding the best way to share my ideas and questions with my collaborators.

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Every new job I start, I have a lot of hopes.

The head instructor at my pro brewing program a couple of years ago advised us brewery-owners-in-planning that hope is not a plan.

This time, I made a plan and followed it. I shouldn't be surprised that a month in, that effort is paying off.

Except this is literally the first time I am doing this.

cmdln,
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I definitely still started with hopes. Many of the very same hopes dashed by my prior $dayjob.

Hope is necessary but insufficient. Or maybe better yet, hope favors the prepared, to tweak an old saying.

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I resolved a couple of months ago to strengthen my equanimity, mostly through deepening my meditation practices.

I am definitely experiencing results. I am recognizing how I used to react to similar circumstances and more often am finding the space to respond in ways and at times I am happier about.

Even more curious, I think I am retrospectively recognizing past experiences that were also progress. At the time, I was unsure what was going on other than it being deeply uncomfortable.

cmdln,
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One specific experience of equanimity is I feel like I can hold a looser grip on ideas while working through a technical design. In the past, I rushed to get a grasp on a solution which often wasn't conducive to changing my mind. With hindsight, I also likely missed a lot.

Now I feel a lot more ease adapting to feedback or considerations I missed. I did come up with a rough idea for my current project but didn't attach to it very strongly. Adjusting that idea has been a lot more comfortable.

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My lunch meeting went very well . I am cleared to proceed with my first $dayjob project. My ideas on approach were well received. I already have some solid next steps in mind for myself and my new team. I received helpful feedback.

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Good morning and TZAG, friends.

I am already in the midst of a busy #morning today. I started with a routine dental checkup and cleaning--all's well. Now in the first of a series of morning meetings that ends with a check-in on the preparation I've been doing for my first $dayjob project.

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Another day preparing for a check in with engineering leadership on my 1st $dayjob project. The code reading is becoming old hat. I am enjoying the conversations with my product partner. We seem to align well so far and have some common interests which helps with solidarity and rapport, which we'll need in abundance.

Most useful has been the internal work. My key insight is that I no longer am the most knowledgeable engineer on a small team. I can ease up a bit, I have tons of help now.

cmdln,
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That insight is easy to articulate, it was much harder to viscerally realize. I have been gutting my way through for over two years, the last eight months without even a CTO. Rightly or wrongly, I felt every technical decision was ultimately on me.x Combine that with a young founder who doesn't even know what sustainable looks like and, yeah. That. Better times now, for sure.

kamikat, to random
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I love this print but I suspect it will be too bright IRL thoughts?
https://www.kacustomfabrics.com/product-page/rainbow-lotus-drip

cmdln,
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@kamikat Maybe as a panel or lining? Otherwise I think you are probably right.

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You guys do realize that if you AI generate your code, you still have to read through all of it, right?

cmdln,
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@quinn Precisely. Worse than useless.

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Sun's out, good excuse to do my tour of the yard to take care of daily maintenance.

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Good morning and TZAG, friends.

We are enjoying some sun in the midst of a week of rain. The mix of sun and shadow mirrors my thoughts. I still feel uncertainty in my new $dayjob, not all of it owing to burnout and previous bad experience. I am also starting to feel bits of brightness as my awareness grows, spotting reasons of my own to move forward.

My morning reading was helpful, a reminder that there is always uncertainty. I am learning to better accept and work with that.

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The code reading I've been doing these past couple of weeks would have broken earlier versions of me, even as recently as a few months ago.

The code is far from the worst I've seen. About what you'd expect of even its brief history. Past me would have struggled, questioning that history mercilessly.

I've achieved enough equanimity that my mind now ruminates more on my actual job: what to do with my findings. My challenge right now is holding to beginner's mind, to keep options open.

cmdln,
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Past me also more likely would race to a snap judgment which inevitably would cause me to miss something critical. At best I'd have to backtrack, at worst throw away code and start over.

I'm enjoying both my stronger sense of equanimity and more time than I've enjoyed recently to really learn and understand before doing anything else.

cmdln,
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@grueproof This is the Way.

cmdln, to random
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I just remembered I bought the Hades II early access on Steam. Installing on my Deck now. I loved the first game. The mechanics were totally my jam and I adored the characters and story.

cmdln, to random
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The rest of my afternoon flew by . Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I didn't have much time to reflect on it, so at least a mildly bad thing for that reason.

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Good afternoon and TZAG, friends.

So far I have been completely absorbed in more software archeology for $dayjob. I am getting oriented more fully but still have many questions. I doubt there were will be many satisfying answers.

I do have my first working meeting with my partner from product. I am interested to see how receptive they are to the range of possibilities here. I think the simplest outcome may also be the most radical for folks to accept.

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