I recently read a Mandy Musing called, “Why aren’t you doing better“ and one of the parts I focused on was a lesson I learned from starting and running businesses. Growth in business follows a j-curve. This is widely known, but I’ve come to realize that growth of any kind follows similar patterns... Read More

Years ago I was working too much and burning out as a software engineer. I had been working solo on a multi-quarter project, and the sense of loneliness, focus, and pressure to deliver had worn on me. I began considering different jobs, a break from work in general, all of the things engineers do and consider when times get hard and no change is in sight... Read More

You’re not going to believe me that this is the best corn you’ve ever had. You’re not going to believe me that it’s good because it’s so easy. Despite all of those misgivings, you should still try it because it’s the best corn and it’s worth trying... Read More

When I’m looking for good phrases to tell to my kids, they have to be short and meaningful, and if they rhyme, it’s a huge bonus. “Smart’s a good start” is one of my favorites because it captures much of what I feel was missing from the teachings of my childhood, and provides through ambiguity the potential obvious solution to the real problem I’ve seen since then... Read More

Some recipes are too good not to share. My family complains when I don’t make potatoes this way... Read More

How cool is it that I can just type

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vue create newproject
cd newproject
vue use pug
vue use element-plus

and I have a working vue 3 system, complete with pug... Read More

I recently converted a project to use vue cli version 3. This change has helped with consistency across my app, but a few things that used to work don’t anymore. Specifically, the API urls I used to include in my webpack js are no longer updating during the production build. Here’s how I fixed that... Read More

There’s constant debate about the definition of sandwiches. Questions around hot dogs, tacos, sushi, etc. are all valid, but I’ve come to believe that based on most people’s definition of what makes a sandwich, everything is probably a sandwich... Read More

I’ve been working on a basic setup to host a number of sites through docker on a local machine. The theory goes... Read More

I’m writing to you from a desk in my house that has fruit snack wrappers, hand-made cards from my kids, and more empty yerba mate cans than I care to admit. When my camera faces one direction, I only need to clean one direction. When my priorities shift, things like organization and slack in my schedule are often the first to go... Read More