Working on a “developer experience” project. If you’re a software dev, what do you like or dislike about the “DevEx” at your company? How’s onboarding? Knowledge sharing? Do you have an internal developer portal/platform? #DeveloperExperience #DevEx #DX #SoftwareEngineering

My 2016 MacBook Pro is dying on me. What should I get to replace it?

🎼🎶”Wake me up…when it feels like Fall again…”🎵🍁🍂

I’m looking for good ideas for an AWS learning project. I’ve been studying for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam, but I’d like to get some more hands-on experience with services like Lambda and Kinesis. What are some things I could build to maximize learning? (Keeping costs reasonably low)

What are you excited about these days?

Supplementing my history education

My own history education (at least outside of the ANE and Greco-Roman history of my biblical/theological studies) was inadequate. I’m trying to supplement that now with various sources. I’m excited to read more from this open-source USA history project called The American Yawp: www.americanyawp.com/index.htm…

Check it out and let me know what you think! Also, let me know if you’ve got any other good historical reading recommendations.

This is a fantastic essay on how to do great work! If you can make it all the way to the end, please let me know and let’s talk about it! paulgraham.com/greatwork…

Currently reading: Walk in Love: Episcopal Beliefs and Practices by Scott Gunn 📚

MWAA: Make the Weather Autumnal Again 🍁🍂

💻🧙 Command line wizards! What are the most useful aliases, functions, etc. in your config files? I’m looking for ways to improve my workflows re: AWS, docker, k8s, mysql, env vars, ssh, checking logs in various places, etc.

“Christian” Nationalism is anti-Christ.

Forget the means of production. Seize the means of distraction!

Want to read: American Idolatry by Andrew L. Whitehead 📚 Anyone reading this yet?

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Finished reading: The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal 📚

What’s the lowest-effort, highest-impact way to track what you eat and drink for the purposes of weight-loss and overall health? I understand the clear benefits of tracking, but I hate doing it. What’s an “easy win” method, tool, app, etc. you’d recommend?

Why is my GMail address suddenly getting a ton of spam messages to its main inbox? It’s like someone put my email address in hundreds of website forms and triggered auto replies.

I’m looking for ways to automate social media posting. My micro.blog allows me to link WordPress, Mastodon, Bluesky, and even LinkedIn. But how can I automate posting to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter? Is this even possible? Does anyone else out there have an automated posting/sharing workflow that they enjoy?

Hoo boy, I’m really enjoying listening to Andy Serkis read The Silmarillion!

My latest email newsletter: 35 or so life-changing questions to ask! buttondown.email/joshuapst…

🃏 I’m a huge sucker for decks of cards with mental models, cognitive biases, logical fallacies, self-elicitation questions, etc. SO: Are there any decks that you have that you use regularly and that have made such a difference in your life/work that you would have gladly paid even more for them? 🃏