Now
Last update:
Here's what keeps me busy at the moment. What?
⛵ Onward
Fall is in full swing and we’re heading towards the end of the year. Things are getting a little more quiet, a little more cozy on my end after I steppped down from my current job. A little more than one year in I decided that it’s time for me to move on, to find an environment that is closer aligned to my values and ambitions, and to make room for someone who can do a better job at my current company than I did. Quitting is a bittersweet thing. I’m walking away from an extremely driven and talented crew that I shared a lot of great moments with. I know I’ll miss a lot of them. On the other hand I’ve got the thrill of starting a new chapter, diving head-first into the unknown. I’m sure the road ahead will be exciting and I’m looking forward to what’s to come.
🎨 Side Projects
Root Loops just got a nifty new feature. Expert Mode allows for much more fine-grained control over the lightness and base hue of generated color schemes, something users have been requesting a few times in the past.
On top of that, I just picked up a new (and somehow old) pet project that keeps me incredibly busy. If I can stick to it, it will require a ton of content to be written, software to be crafted and a community to be built. It’s something that’s been stuck in my brain for a couple of years at this point and it looks like I finally have the drive, energy, and ideas to bring it to life. Stay tuned!
📚 Reading
Learning Systems Thinking: Essential Non-Linear Skills and Practices for Software Professionals by Diana Montalion
It’s been a while since I’ve picked up a book for work. I’ve heard great things about “Learning Systems Thinking” and decided to pick it up.
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Books and movies dealing with war are always a tough pick to me. I’m often reading to escape the chaos of our day-to-day and thinking about the horrors of war and non-fictional events doesn’t exactly help with that. I’m glad I picked up Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” though. A classic, telling the story of the firebombing of Dresden in ‘45. Vonnegut’s style is simply one of a kind. Slaughterhouse-Five bends genres and stays entertaining, inspiring, gut-wrenching and deeply touching throughout.
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
An easy but entertaining autumn horror read. A modern spin on Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher that’s pretty entertaining and easy to get through. Some spins and twists felt a little too forced to me, but overall I enjoyed it.
🏋 Working Out
Focusing on weight loss and maintaining strength right now. My current workout program is nearing it’s end (after 21 weeks) and I’m still undecided what to focus on next. I recently discovered that the 100kg sandbag that’s sitting in the corner of my home gym, ridiculing me with its mere presence, has suddenly become a thing I can handle, pick, carry, and squat, which shows me that there’s not just progress on weight loss but also on building solid strength foundations without necessarily dipping into peak strength. Feels good.