What I'm doing now
A snapshot of where my attention is this season. Inspired by Derek Sivers' /now page convention — updated whenever it stops being true.
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Building
- Neofolio — the portfolio template this site runs on. Currently sanding the rough edges around the Network page.
- A small CLI for managing AWS Lightsail snapshots, because the official tools forget snapshots older than 90 days exist.
Learning
- Rust — slow going. Currently working through "Programming Rust" (2nd ed) on the side.
- Distributed transaction patterns. The Sagas chapter of "Microservices Patterns" has earned its dog-ears.
Reading
- "The Idea Factory" by Jon Gertner — Bell Labs history. The chapter on the discovery of the transistor is the best engineering writing I have read this year.
- "A Philosophy of Software Design" — second pass. Different highlights than the first time.
Life
- Moved to a smaller town in late 2025. Still adjusting to having a yard.
- Trying to play guitar 15 minutes a day. Mostly failing. Some days succeeding.
Other "now" pages in the directory at nownownow.com.