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And have a great new year 🙂

Technology changes quickly, but patterns persist. I’m halfway through my working age and seen reinvention of the wheel multiple times already. Hard not to get jaded, but hey, keeps me having a job. Now, 5-10 year doomer predictions

Just a reminder to

Recent years have been rife with tech layoffs under the guise of AI and RTO, and the bandwagons are still going strong. I’ve seen multiple articles, but this one has a nice summary: https://content.techgig.com/technology/hidden-tax-rule-causes-major-tech-layoffs-the-untold-story/articleshow/121772068.cms When firms filed taxes in 2022, they were hit hard. Their deductions shrank, and tax bills jumped. Funding had already dried

I recently saw an article for GrapheneOS: https://grapheneos.org/ It’s an open source fork of Android that runs exclusively on Pixel phones. When I have an extra $600 bucks to spare and time to kill, I’m gonna try it out.

I can’t recall an instance where I regretted taking care of myself. I’ve been pushed in my career to work the extra hours, even for obviously bad reasons. That arbitrary internal deadline no one was actually waiting on? Yeah, we all knew. Do you remember the classic quote “20 Years From Now, the Only People

I’ve wanted to create a site for a while, but could never justify the cost to myself. Another monthly bill, another thing to manage. I’m still not sure it’s worth it. Creating the site was surprisingly easy. Took 5 minutes to get my domain from GoDaddy. Another 30 minutes to setup the site and integrate