From fcdf107f7cffac68f11f67204dfa69d568e26fdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 12:13:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] blog: vibecheck#18 --- src/content/blog/2024-03-10-vibe-check-18.md | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/content/blog/2024-03-10-vibe-check-18.md diff --git a/src/content/blog/2024-03-10-vibe-check-18.md b/src/content/blog/2024-03-10-vibe-check-18.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0910845 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/blog/2024-03-10-vibe-check-18.md @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +--- +title: 'Vibe Check #18' +date: 2024-03-10T12:12:04.807Z +slug: 2024-03-10-vibe-check-18 +author: Thomas Wilson + +--- +February 2024 was quite nice, to be honest. The weather ended up being less +dry and more windy, so it became harder to get out on the bike. Which was a +shame, after weeks of still, dry weather. Such is the nature of a false +spring. + +It's got to to the time of the year: small pots of mud on the window sill, +gently heated from underneath, condensation forming on the plastic dome, the +morning, afternoon, and evening checks to see if anyone's come up yet. The +_joy_ of seeing something white, and half the size of a grain of rice, emerge. + +To see it turn green, and tiny leaves unfold. + +Spring is a nice time to feel lucky. Lucky to share my house with these +plants, and a live-in gardener. Lucky to see the shoots come up and know (as +much as one can) that I'll be around to see them flower. Lucky that the +inescapable dark of winter happened long ago, and will return long in the +future. + +Yet more of my life is viewed in relation to the wedding. Chasing guest RSVPs, +making wedding rings (10/10 experience, would recommend), the suit. _The +Suit_, there is so much suit to make. So many things to hand-stitch, to +consider the finer details closely. How on earth we came to purchase these +things for _hundreds_ of Great British Pounds is beyond me. The seven year +tailor's apprenticeship seems fitting (forgive the pun). + +I've spent more time taking photos. A brief dalliance with my parents' film +camera yielded nothing but mechanical failures and issues. I'd love to spend +the money and time to find someone to get it fixed, but not right now. I +purchased an 85mm prime lens (second-hand from +[MPP](https://www.mpb.com/en-uk)). I've a lot of social engagements this year, +and I'm hopeful I can capture some nice portraits and candid shots with it. + +I an struggling to make the time to read, but I am continuing through Wool by +Hugh Howey, and enjoying it. A superb piece of dystopian sci-fi. Apple TV's +limited series *Silo* brought it to my attention. I'm only a half way through +the book, but it's interesting to see the drift. Similarly with *Lessons in +Chemistry* - the adaptation to limited series made artistic and plot changes +that were interesting. It's nice that they're essentially separate pieces. + +What of work, of software engineering? Yeah, it goes. I am still only months +into a new company, I have seen the challenges and problems, and found where +change is slow. + +I am still using neovim for test editing (I am using it _right now_). I'm +writing plaintext and _some_ code with it, but the features of JetBrain's IDEs +are a) worn into me, and b) _incredibly_ good for working in legacy and large +codebases. + +I also gave into another pull I have felt for a while: I span up a new Ruby on +Rails project. Just a little side project. Rails was the framework I wrote my +first ever major piece of software with. I am amazed how productive yet +uninformed I was, as a _solo engineer_. I've found myself thinking "this isn't +what I should be spending my time doing" a lot recently. + +