Fun little health food hack.

I purchased a couple cheap Silicone Air Fryer Liners. They make it very convenient to quickly cook various white fish for lunch with almost zero cleanups (just throw them in the dishwasher).

Today's flounder below (about 9 minutes at 375)

I cannot comment on the specifics of the Microsoft layoffs, but one thing in the announcement jumped out to me as particularly bad:

...with some notifications happening today

Yuck. The rest of the 100K+ employees just get to sweat it out for the rest of the year. Maybe the news broke before they were fully ready, but this is not an acceptable way to treat your employees (especially when your pockets are as deep as Microsoft's).

I have worked through a couple major layoffs. The second was full of remote employees, and the founder wanted to take the time to talk to each employee affected. I knew I was safe and who would ultimately be let go. It was a dreadful day of waiting for everyone (obviously worse for those let go).

Extending this longer than today should be a crime.

On my desk, the last week or so has been the excellent Bauer 2 sporting some APL keycaps.

Hidden below is a full brass bottom...why? Just because.

All this board really needs is a POM plate.

Did you ever want to have a conversation with a book?

Pick a book to talk to

Jack Ryan - Season 1 - 8/10 on the treadmill watchability index.

• Back to a multi-monitor setup. I have been team one larger monitor for the last few years, but I felt like some of the work I have been doing benefits from having more fixed windows.
• I moved my desk back against the wall. It had been floating in the room for the last couple of years. I prefer not to stare at a wall in the background, but a floating desk that can also be stood at gets messy on the backside. In addition, the internet speed is nearly 1 Gbps when plugged in vs. 300/400 MPs over wifi.
• Removed the XLR mic and went with an Elgato Wave 3 USB mic. In quick testing, it seems more than adequate for my needs and does not require a Cloud booster, Focusrite Scarlett, extra cables, etc.
• Moved my Anker camera to the top of my MBP instead of the separate arm. Minor change, but one less thing on my desk. I still find it pathetic that Apple has not shipped a better laptop camera. It is cute I can use my iPhone, but who wants to go through all that effort every day.
• Semi-related, I disabled "Displays have separate spaces." I heavily use spaces and typically have a space for specific tasks with keyboard shortcuts. Once each display has its own space, this gets messy. The downside is I cannot just dock a window in a display across all spaces.

I mentioned the new Rails Docked option a couple of weeks ago. However, until watching Drifting Ruby's Rails Docked video, I did not fully grasp how simple a process of setting up a new rails project could be.

The first completed book of 2023 is Die With Zero by Bill Perkins (@bp22).

I heard about this book a couple of years ago, but I thought it was a "fuck the kids and spend it all" kind of book. I was very wrong.

Instead, the book focuses on the following:

• Understand how much money you need for the rest of your life and adjust your work habits based on this (slow down when you have enough, find more meaningful work, etc.)
• Do your best to have amazing experiences sooner than later. We often push things off for the future, but as you age (and your loved ones as well), your ability to enjoy those experiences in a meaningful way diminishes
• Don't wait until you die to give money to your children, charities, etc. Like you, a $1 today is far more valuable than a $1 tomorrow.

The audio version of the book takes about 4 hours (I think) on 1.2x speed and is worth a listen.

Quick Tip: This All the Hacks interview made me reconsider reading/listening to the book.

VSCode Short Cut for currently open files: control+tab.

I forget this one often and have to use the regular command+p and search through all of my projects' files. Hopefully, sharing this helps me to remember it....again control+tab. 😄

All The Hacks - is a fantastic podcast on life, money, and travel. I have been binging it for a couple of weeks now. Highly recommended.