Checking in for 2023-08-15:

• PayPal has decided to make their Business Debit card pretty much useless. On September 12th they'll no longer use your backup funding method (read: your bank account). This resulted in me taking the time today to think about all of the paces that I use that …

Checking in for 2023-08-13:

• Getting my energy back. Managed to not have to take a nap yesterday. Also feeling my desire to work on things coming back. Last night I was playing around with doing some cross-assembly from my Linux machine to the Atari 800 emulator. Managed to load some …

Earlier today I posted that I was deleting my Matrix account on 8/31. Naturally the thought that a user someone hasn't interacted with leaving a platform gives folks a sense of irreconcilable unease. Why would they do this? Am I missing out on something better? Is someone living their …

Checking in for 2023-06-15:

• Found out that I have one more round of chemo after this round. I think I mentioned this before but I just wanted to make sure that everyone was on the same page. I'm a bit tired this round, but doubly so because one of the …

I woke up this morning thinking about craftsmanship and programming.

Specifically, I think it's time to put this metaphor to bed.

I remember advertisements for Optimized Software Solutions (later ICD) that used the metaphor of craftsmen in need of precision tools, and extrapolating that metaphor to programmers demanding better software …