Theme of the month#

Slowing down, improving my craft, accomplishing more.

Where my time went#

Shipped an automated accounting posting issue and spent more time intentionally learning how to abstract complex logic in a way that I like and is easy to maintain.

Small wins#

I’m actually using OpenCode. Our team had a meeting this month that gave me some permission and time to explore the value of “agentic engineering.” The biggest win are the small dev environment tools that I have to work with now.

Settling into a flow of how to manage development work without feeling frenzied. As someone who always needs a productivity plan, this is huge for me.

I’m getting an office at work!

Worth a read#

Against Taste — capital, engineering and an orientation toward the divine Refactoring Guru — practical, and still worth learning We’ve Seen This Movie Before — is AI just Unity all over again?

Half-baked#

  • Working on fewer things leads to greater outcomes.
  • Sleep, diet and exercise are the best design patterns for your life, in that order.

Other Things#

I’ve been enjoying reading physical books. It turns out that guilting yourself into reading doesn’t work, but reading things that you might enjoy reading when you feel the urge to read does.

Fingers crossed to land a house this month. I feel good that it’s going to happen.

Ohio weather is not good.