Week 2693
I took my bike in for maintenance and learned that when my axle came loose last month, the damage to my chainstay was deeper than paint. It’s going to cost more to repair than a lower-cost but perfectly fine full bike would.
Even before that little shock, I’ve been really angsty this week. My dreams keep dwelling on the 4 men I’ve known who took their lives when younger than I am.
But it was a pretty good work week; I’ve checked off a few of my goals for the first 90 days, and the team seems to be weathering change pretty well. I spent much of today playing Found and struggling to “test” more than “play”. And it’s been nice to revive Hexmap.
Writing
2 Notes
I have been trying models from 3 providers on 2 very different codebases and using 4 different agent/IDE toolchains. For any given task, all of these variables figure into which setup works best.
Anyone who asserts “this is the best model for coding” is oversimplifying, grifting, or has found an optimal configuration that eludes me.
SpaceX is doing amazing work, and is full of engineers I really want to celebrate.
I would find the usual regulatory capture antics gross, but that’s not why I cannot enjoy their achievement. It’s that every success of these brilliant people is directly empowering their actively-fascist oligarch. And I despise him all the more for this.