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.

202206112312 Stop chasing ghosts

Don’t judge your current situations like previous ones. Come at everything with fresh energy.¹ This can mean chasing after highs or avoiding lows. Just because you were bitten once does not mean that it has to be that way this time. Just because something worked in the past does not mean it will continue to work in the future (202304031233 Repeated success requires adaptation).

Larson, W. (2021). Staff engineer: Leadership beyond the management track. https://staffeng.com/ ↩

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