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  • Good News, Bad News, Who Knows?

    Once upon a time, a farmer had a valuable horse run away.

    “Bad News!” said the people.

    “Good news, bad news, who knows?” replied the farmer.

    Later, the horse returned to the farm with many wild horses accompanying it.

    “Good News!” said the people.

    “Good news, bad news, who knows?” replied the farmer.

    Some time after that, the farmer’s son fell and broke his leg while trying to train one of the wild horses.

    “Bad News!” said the people.

    “Good news, bad news, who knows?” replied the farmer.

    Soon after, the army came through town conscripting all able-bodied young men, and the farmer’s son was passed over.

    “Good News!” said the people.

    “Good news, bad news, who knows?” replied the farmer.

  • Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend.

    Every line of code written comes at a price: maintenance. To avoid paying for a lot of code, we build reusable software. The problem with code re-use is that it gets in the way of changing your mind later on.

  • Stacey looking into the sunset over the ocean with rays of sunlight breaking throught the clouds.
    View from hotel balcony overlooking the pool with palm trees.
    Stacey and I taking a selfie in front of the ocean on the beach.
    POG flavored shaved ice in my hand.
    View of the Maui mountside with a large lens flare from the sun.

    A special week in Maui sitting beach side watching whales migrate between the islands and consuming lots of POG flavored shaved ice.

  • Implementing next-mdx-remote server components on a Next.js project

    With the recent experimental release of server components in next-mdx-remote, I am excited to convert my site back over to using next-mdx-remote from Contentlayer.

    My co-worker Bryce Kalow (lead maintainer of next-mdx-remote) and I will be recording a pairing session between the two of us where we implement next-mdx-remote server components within a Next.js project. We're planning on roughly one hour and by the end of the session, we should have a PR opened for you all to reference and ask questions about.

    Subscribe to my channel to be notified when the video is released.

  • Everyday carry

    Weekend Carry

  • My morning routine:

    • Wake up in between 6-7am
    • Pull a shot of espresso
    • Make a cup of coffee with Kalita Wave
    • Brew cup of Matcha tea for my wife
    • Drink morning concoction
    • Hot/cold therapy every other day
      • Take hot bath with epsom salts
      • 3-6 minute ice bath
    • Start work around 9am
  • Athletic Greens
    Armra Colostrum

    Morning concoction:

    • 1 scoop of Athletic Greens
    • 1 scoop of Armra Colostrum
    • 1 drop of Vitamin D3+K2
  • Dygma Raise keyboard on desk
    Close up shot of Dygma Raise keyboard on desk
    Dygma Raise neon blue glowing keycaps

    New keyboard day. Picked up the Dygma Raise.

  • Continuing work on my gear blog. I just recently merged in a big redesign. Still a lot to flesh out, but happy with the direction it's heading.

  • Exploring a short form activity feed as a supplement to my primary blog. Next step is to add an RSS feed for those interested in following along. Let's see how this goes!

  • Selfie of Stacey and I in front of the ocean.
    Stacey taking a photo in between two giant red wood trees

    9 year wedding anniversary visiting the red woods in California.