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+title = "July 2024"
+description = "What I've been up to since June'"
+tags = ["Recently"]
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+
+Paternal leave and summer vacation is over, but here's another update for what
+I've been up to since June!
+
+## ✍️ Blogging
+
+I wrote two this month:
+
+- [I received an AI email](/blog/i-received-an-ai-email)
+- [I broke my glasses](/blog/i-broke-my-glasses)
+
+One of these posts was posted on Hacker News. I woke up to a message
+congratulating me on reaching the frontpage. The message didn't say which
+frontpage, but I went on Hacker News and there it was:
+<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40862865>
+
+And to my suprise, a lot of people felt the same way about it. That is was
+unpersonal and straight up bad. And there was a lot of great discussion about
+the issue itself. The discussion was a lot less divided than the
+[last time](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33904017).
+
+If you are a new reader because of the recent post, greetings and salutations!
+
+## 🍀 Life
+
+<!-- TODO: What has been going on -->
+
+We started the month with visiting family and friends in my hometown. It was a
+busy week! Even managed to sneak in doing some manual maintenence on our car,
+with some much appericated family-help!
+
+We also had some family over for a week and it was a lot of fun when I was
+supposed to be home alone with our daughter. Time flew by quickly!
+
+And my paternal leave is over! I've been back at work for a week and a half now,
+and I see that I've missed working... but I also miss being back home. It's been
+a great leave from work, we managed to do a lot stuff and I managed to work on
+some side-projects in the downtime.
+
+I'm looking forward to the remainder of the year, new projects at work and I
+have a few trips planned as well!
+
+## 💪 Health
+
+It's less than a month until the next race, and I feel great when it comes to my
+running routine! After the test last month I feel like I have improved a lot.
+It's also much less tiring to run now after I learned about what my pace and
+heart-rate should be for getting faster.
+
+I've managed to keep up an average of 20 km running and 10 km biking per week
+this last month. It feels great, especially in the summer weather! I want to try
+biking to work one day and see how that feels. It's 15 km one way, with a lot of
+road-biking without bikelanes. I think I'll try on a Saturday or Sunday, just to
+make sure I get home safely.
+
+## 🧑💻 Development
+
+I started work on a new project, an API-client for [TheMovieDB] (or TMDb). I
+switched all of my [watched-logs] over to TMDb instead of relying on [OMDb].
+Right now it's very barebone, but it's enough for my needs. I want to publish it
+on JSR when I have something to show.
+
+I also started work on a wedding-invitation app, using Deno, Fresh and SQLite.
+That's also veeeeery barebone, but it's functional. Hopefully it will be in a
+usable state in the next couple of days. And don't worry, it's not for me ;)
+
+There is an upcoming edition of [Kaizen] coming!
+
+[TheMovieDB]: https://www.themoviedb.org/
+[OMDb]: https://www.omdbapi.com/
+[watched-logs]: /logs/watched
+[kaizen]: /tags/kaizen
+
+## 🎬 Entertainment
+
+From my [logs](/logs).
+
+### Movies
+
+- **Inside Out (2015)** – A fun rewatch!
+- **Inside Out 2 (2024)** – It felt like too much, not as great as the first
+ one.
+- **The Zone of Interest (2023)** – Too abstract/artsy for me. I like the
+ sentiment the movie tells, but it was slow.
+- **The Bikeriders (2024)** – Cool movie with an interesting setting.
+- **Logan (2017)** – A rewatch to prepare myself for Deadpool & Wolverine.
+- **Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)** – Went to the midnight premiere. I wasn't
+ expecting this kind of nostaglia trip, having watched almost every single
+ Marvel movie since 2000 I wasn't expecting this. It was a lot of fun, awesome
+ to see Wolverine an d Deadpool finally interact on the big screen. I did go
+ home feeling like this movie almost was self-contained although it's set in
+ the MCU.
+
+### TV
+
+- **The Acolyte S1** – Cool show. Some of the characters decisions were weird,
+ and the flashbacks felt rushed.
+- **The Boys S4** – Overall I enjoyed this season. Unexpected ending.
+- **Game of Thrones S1** – Rewatch. It's a lot of fun!
+
+## 🌐 Links
+
+[Copying is the way design works]
+
+> Good artists copy, great artists steal
+
+I have learned a lot by copying others, also when I just do an exact copy. It
+helps me become a better developer and designer.
+
+[Fear Of Missing Out is lethal when somebody invents a footgun]
+
+> All existing generative model products are unethical.
+
+- [The lone developer problem] – I think this is more common than we think. I
+ know I do this sometimes.
+- [Learn X in Y Minutes] – This is super powerful! A must have resource!
+- [commit messages are optional] – Maybe this isn’t so dumb, it could invoke
+ unexpected behavior.
+- [I lost my love for the web] – Be kind guys!
+- [Time travelling for parents] – Wise words!
+- [Firing Myself] – It should be OK to make mistakes. We learn from our
+ mistakes.
+- [The Baked Data architectural pattern] – Baked data makes sense, it's
+ read/consume only.
+- [89 things I know about Git commits] – Great tips!
+- [GUIs are Antisocial] – I have never thought about it this way before.
+- [Love, Death, and Computers] – It’s important to think about what we leave
+ behind when we die when it comes to technology.
+- [My programming beliefs as of July 2024] – This is a great list regardless of
+ it's personal to Evan. I think he has some great points about everything, it
+ makes sense.
+- [Why Have a Personal Site Instead of Social Media?] – Kev has some excellent
+ points for why!
+- [Start all of your commands with a comma] – This is game-changing!
+- [Seek the good (enough) things] – Don't go too far...
+- [Do not try to be the smartest in the room; try to be the kindest.] – Be nice
+ to each other!
+- [Zero draft] – Iterate, iterate, but remember to understand the initial
+ problem first.
+- [RFS: A Call for Software Handyman] – I would sign up to be a software
+ handyman. I like helping out, for small or big projects!
+- [Sanity Content Lake - Their data, not yours] – Own your own data, don't let
+ someone else own it in their proprietary format.
+- [Seek First to Understand] – Don't try to fix everything. Focus on a few
+ things, and suck it up for the rest.
+
+[Copying is the way design works]: https://matthewstrom.com/writing/copying/
+[The lone developer problem]: https://evanhahn.com/the-lone-developer-problem/
+[Learn X in Y Minutes]: https://learnxinyminutes.com/
+[commit messages are optional]:
+ https://schpet.com/note/git-commit-messages-are-optional
+[I lost my love for the web]:
+ https://ambitiousfounder.com/i-lost-my-love-for-the-web
+[Time travelling for parents]: https://hauken.io/time-travelling/
+[Firing Myself]: https://backintyme.substack.com/p/firing-myself
+[The Baked Data architectural pattern]:
+ https://simonwillison.net/2021/Jul/28/baked-data/
+[89 things I know about Git commits]:
+ https://www.jvt.me/posts/2024/07/12/things-know-commits/
+[GUIs are Antisocial]: https://mtlynch.io/notes/guis-are-antisocial/
+[Love, Death, and Computers]: https://lmnt.me/blog/love-death-and-computers.html
+[My programming beliefs as of July 2024]:
+ https://evanhahn.com/programming-beliefs-as-of-july-2024/
+[Why Have a Personal Site Instead of Social Media?]:
+ https://kevquirk.com/blog/why-have-a-personal-site-instead-of-social-media
+[Start all of your commands with a comma]:
+ https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/
+[Seek the good (enough) things]:
+ https://therealadam.com/2024/06/16/seek-the-good.html
+[Do not try to be the smartest in the room; try to be the kindest.]:
+ https://www.jorgegalindo.me/en/blog/posts/do-not-be-the-smartest-in-the-room-try-to-be-the-kindest
+[Zero draft]: https://jmduke.com/posts/microblog/zero-draft/
+[RFS: A Call for Software Handyman]:
+ https://www.trevoragilbert.com/posts/the-need-for-software-handyman/
+[Fear Of Missing Out is lethal when somebody invents a footgun]:
+ https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/fomo-is-lethal/
+[Sanity Content Lake - Their data, not yours]:
+ https://www.eddiedale.com/blog/sanity-content-lake-their-data-not-yours
+[Seek First to Understand]: https://dannorth.net/seek-first-to-understand/