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.

202110220840 Simple stress measurement questions

Here are a few questions we can ask ourselves and others to measure their level of stress and burnout.¹

How stressed are you right now?
What is your ideal stress level? Ideal meaning the stress is useful and not debilitating.
What is your max stress level?
What behaviors do you see in yourself when you close or at max?

Another similar question can help us identify stressors and guide a path to a more healthy lifestyle.

Food, exercise, sleep, and time are the most important things. What's keeping me from them?

Lopp, M. (2021, June 25). The Hotel Giraffe. Rands in Repose. https://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-hotel-giraffe/ ↩