Daily Stock Market Updates In Slack Using Python and AWS Lambda

Posted on Mon 20 February 2023 in Tech • Tagged with python, aws, tech, money • 3 min read

A way to get daily updates of the major stock indicies in Slack using a Python script running in AWS Lambda


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Playing Your Own Games

Posted on Sat 07 January 2023 in Tech • Tagged with godot, gamedev • 2 min read

Constantly playing the games you're developing can have great benefits.


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Spices Instead Of Sauces

Posted on Sat 31 December 2022 in Fitness • Tagged with fitness, diet • 2 min read

When cooking for weight loss, I try to use more spices than sauces to help reduce excess calories.


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Two Tasks Per Day

Posted on Sat 17 December 2022 in Life • Tagged with life, philosophy • 3 min read

Balancing my use of free time is hard, so I've been trying to complete two small tasks per day on my current side project to feel productive.


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Automatically Update Godot Game Clients

Posted on Sun 04 September 2022 in Tech • Tagged with godot, gamedev • 5 min read

Code and setup instructions for creating a game launcher in Godot to automatically download and run the latest game version.


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Post to Slack from Godot

Posted on Sun 17 July 2022 in Tech • Tagged with godot, gamedev • 2 min read

Code and setup instructions for posting directly to a Slack channel from a Godot app.


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Productivity Groove vs Productivity Rut

Posted on Sun 26 June 2022 in Life • Tagged with life, philosophy • 3 min read

"I think that’s what defines a proper rut—a loss of momentum so thorough that simply resuming what you were doing, as you might have after a single bad day, no longer seems like an option." - David Cain


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Sending Minimed 770G Data To Nightscout On AWS

Posted on Sat 12 March 2022 in Tech • Tagged with tech, aws, diabetes, health • 7 min read

I set up Nightscout on AWS using EC2, ALB, and Route 53 instead of Heroku and Mongo Atlas. I also used a custom xDrip+ Android app to send CGM data to my Ticwatch E3. Here are the details!


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Continuous Restarting

Posted on Sat 19 February 2022 in Life • Tagged with life, philosophy • 4 min read

Trying and failing can lead to not wanting to retry, but I've found that restarting your efforts numerous times is the key to making it stick.


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The Joys of MTG Prerelease Sealed Events

Posted on Sat 12 February 2022 in Games • Tagged with games, mtg • 4 min read

Each game type of Magic: The Gathering has it's own strategies and approaches. I've attended a few prerelease events, and I really enjoy the sealed deckbuilding


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