Author: rommel

Blargh. It’s exhausting being professional. That’s not why I got into this field.

I saw footage of the bomb the Russians dropped in Ukraine. Ngl, I’m a little shook. It’s scary how much of what we take for granted could be gone in the blink of an eye. It’s not even a hypothetical, like what we waste so much energy on in the States. It’s a real scenario.…

meh

Ughhhhh, long day at work.

Well, I failed deploying to Fly due to Django security issues. There’s some kind of internal proxying going on in Fly that I don’t fully understand. Getting there, though. I think I attempted to run before I could crawl. Let’s go read their docs.

Still learning Fly.io. It’s fun.

The latest season of Taskmaster is amazing. Rosie. I love her. Mostly working on Fiber Club infrastructure tonight. Coffee and dubstep. A great combo for productivity.

it’s Friday, wheeeeeeew

Tired. My good friend Diego lost his dad on Tuesday. Liza and I were at the wake in Tijuana. It was a fun time though. Mexicans handle death better than other cultures. Also, I’ve suffered enough loss that it’s not as shocking as it was when I was young.

One of the hardest parts of being a manager is having to deal with coworkers that time after time just disappoint. I’m having to toe the line between being honest and direct and not trying to damage team morale or hurt people’s feelings or be considerate about situations going on with their personal life. That…