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.

202304041631 The end of all things

I'm glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam."¹

We should live our lives so that we're happy with how we spent our time at the end. Part of this is fostering family and community. The people we surround ourselves with have an impact on our lives that are hard to underestimate. Ask yourself who you'd like to be with at the end of all things.

This quote also speaks to the power of friendship and love to overcome darkness. Even if the entire world is falling apart around us, we can have joy and comfort in our shared humanity and communion with each other — to be known and seen by another.

Tolkien, J. R. R. (2020). The hobbit & The lord of the rings boxed set. HarperCollinsPublishers. ↩