Tech — Work — Ramblings

by Mike Kalvas

I see you're not using JavaScript (which is awesome!) on one of my pages that uses it to provide a better experience. If you see something not working right, please let me know. My site should work exactly the same without it apart from any exceptions noted here.

I use prism.min.js to do syntax highlighting. It clocks in at 23kb total in size. Since the majority of the writing I do involves coding, I personally find this to be a worthwhile trade off. If you choose to keep this disabled, rest assured, the code examples are still there, they just may have some extra whitespace and obviously no syntax highlighting.

I do no tracking at all and am a zealot about keeping my pages as small as possible. If you're reading a page of mine that transfers more than about 250kb over the wire (including my most gratuitous indulgence — fonts) I've messed up.

So, if you'd like to have a slightly richer experience, consider enabling javascript for my site and I promise your trust won't be misplaced.

202109121550 Maturity of dependence

Dependence means that you need others to get what you need.¹ We're naturally in a state of dependence when we're young and can't provide for ourselves. Much of natural life centers around growing up and moving from dependence to the 202109121536 Maturity of independence.

Unfortunately, there are many people who live their entire lives in different states of dependence even if they are grown and seemingly independent. Dependency can come from many places and take many forms. Things like addiction, abusive relationships, and exploitative socioeconomic conditions all involve dependency.

Covey, S. R. (2004). The 7 habits of highly effective people: Restoring the character ethic (Rev. ed.). Free Press. ↩