I have the same problem writing code as prose - sometimes it's better to write out all the bad stuff, that you know is bad as you're writing it, than not to write anything at all. Even though you're going to rewrite / refactor most of it later, it's getting you started.

I work with some really great people.

Either the hardware and tooling has gotten a lot better around running a decent home CA in the last ten years, or spending that long in an enterprise environment means I've lost touch with what "easy" really means.

Sigh... *walks over to a storage closet* *finds key from old, heavy key ring, unlocking closet* *moves wilted cardboard boxes to reveal a faded sign reading, "Days since confusing hash symbols and strings in Ruby coding"* *erases four-digit number, writes zero instead*

You've probably guessed by now, but my problem was that I had commented out the part of my handler that handled things. (Seriously, the automation that replaces me will just go around commenting out useful code, generating a thousand pipelines and then reverting the comment.)

It's taking a lot longer than I thought to dust off my "Writing a Chef handler" knowledge, but I guess I'm not considering the fact that I'm now trying to write _and test_ a much fancier handler for a newer, totally different platform...

observation: Angular syntax in changelogs makes it look like HK-47 wrote your commit history.

Working with generators across multiple CI pipelines may be breaking my brain. My commit messages are just bargaining. "Can't xxx work?" Might be time for a break?

OH: One, we turn on the oven... two, we grease the pan ... three, we slowly spread the batter... ME, SILENTLY: ... AND FOUR, YOU CATCH THE MAN.

Looking up an old drum and bass tune today, realized that the big bombastic vocal sample was none other than @SteveMartinToGo in Prince of Egypt.

#hugOps to Bungie while they work through today’s issues. I wish the player base patience.

Just read an article summarizing a study that suggested ending all homelessness in California would cost 80 billion in total over ten years. Sounds good - maybe if I were a billionaire with forty or fifty billion to spend on impulse buys…

I see I’m going to have to convince my kids’ elementary school to start posting bus schedule updates to Mastodon before I can really be rid of this place.

As this centrally-hosted medium slides into further dysfunction, consider investing in alternatives. Your local public broadcaster, perhaps. Don’t like NPR? There’s indie stations like KPFA, local newspapers, bookstores…

I’d almost forgotten the unexpected joy of being out in public seeing someone wearing an old Chef Community Summit shirt.