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TL;DR When working with an API that returned json with inconsistent types, json.Unmarshal would fail because it was mapped to a matching Go type via tags in the struct.

Systems Thinking More than ever software cannot be thought of in a linear, one-off environment way.

Working from neovim and writing go code I find myself often cycling through multiple terminal windows while working on projects.

Working on more R&D time as well as self-improvement

Continuing to explore experimentation and learning as life rapidly changes

Sadly my paternal grandfather passed

Spent more time writing code, found joy in this

The book explains simple methods for collecting and displaying data and presents comparative experiments for testing hypotheses.

Why This was added to my list by my lead software architect.

Fairly low energy week

Some handy small snippets for when working with go's net/http

This HBR article attempts to categorize leadership into 6 distinct styles, and aggregate quantitative data on the effectiveness of each.

First week timeshifting to have greater overlap with IST and EU timezones

IndieAuth IndieAuth is built upon OAuth 2.0 and OpenID.

Week 1 of digital detox

Week of new experiments

Useful Go-isms Popping an element from a slice via cutting </div> func arrayPop(list []int, index int) []int { return append(list[:index], list[index+1:]...) } evenNumbers := []int{2,4,6,8,9,10} evenNumbers = arrayPop(evenNumbers,4) Combining 3 slices…

Problem I'm a manager of a team that maintains a large scale CIAM solution.

Algorithm Simple Sorts Selection Sort Sort a list of []Type by searching for the smallest (or largest) element of the array, removing the found element from the list, and copying it to a new list.

I picked this book up, intending to better understand how I could optimize my day as a people leader to achieve flow state, and thus maximize my output and productivity.

Advice on how to negotiate from a former hostage negotiator.

The week of Gumma's funeral

Abstract I invest too much of my time into low value, low reward activities.

VIM Basics Movement </div> ↑ - k ← - h → - l ↓ - j Words </div> w - next word b - previous word e - end of next word Exit </div> :q - quit :qw - save & quit :w - save :q!

The Rubber meets the road

Recap Digital Minimalism, by Cal Newport, focused on applying the ideals of the minimalism moment to a chaotic, digital world.

Recap Cal discusses the impact of the youth ban on social media in Australia, and really dives into the big picture of the motivation behind such a new regulation.

New Year; New Routines

Rolling into 2025

Keep on keeping on

Life happens, working through the advent of code

Inspired by the community posts at uses.tech, here's my list of regular tools.

Neovim Basics Open New Pane opens a in-memory file (buffer) and creates a viewport of that buffer (window) </div> <c-w> v - split window vertically :vsplit :vs - alais for above <c-w><c-s> - split window in 2 horizontally :split :sp - alais for above :…

Introduction What started as small bug when attempting a Web Sign-In, quickly rabbit holed into attempting to craft an IndieAuth playground for testing Web Sign-In.

Reorganizing after a chaotic June

Taking some time away

Recharging and finding a center at a tech conference

Striking work/life balance

Taking some recharge time