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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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

Installing TriggerMesh and Knative in Minikube

Posted on Sat 05 February 2022 in Tech • Tagged with tech, kubernetes, triggermesh, work, howto • 3 min read

Notes, resources, and thoughts on the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional exam after passing in January 2022.

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional Exam

Posted on Sat 29 January 2022 in Tech • Tagged with aws, work • 5 min read

Notes, resources, and thoughts on the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional exam after passing in January 2022.

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