Published: October 27, 2024
Another year gone by since I last wrote here (although the phlog saw some love for you gopher fans out there). And what a year it has been!
Since my last update, the trend of taking on non-tech hobbies has stayed. In fact, for the past few months, one might say I haven't had time for hobbies at all... why, you ask?
In July, Jennie and I welcomed our first child, our beautiful boy Wesley <3. Parenting has been the hardest and most rewarding thing I've ever taken on, and we've just begun! Words can't describe the rollercoaster of emotions that have become my daily life, but I can say that I have so much newfound respect for parents and Moms in particular. And that Jennie is truly a superhero <3
I don't plan to blog much about it, as it feels too personal to broadcast to the public. Likewise, I don't feel qualified enough to give any parenting advice. Instead I'll stay on-brand and give some technical advice for software-engineers-soon-to-become-parents :)
Always Leave a Note!
Yes thats right! For the nerds like me who are constantly chasing new
technical rabbit holes and learning obscure software, its easy to think
that you'll forever remember the cryptsetup(8) command to mount your
homemade NAS' LVM-on-LUKS encrypted drive. Or that you'll know how to
connect that Plan 9 install to wifi (you've been doing it every day for
weeks!).
But alas, when the baby comes and these sit idle for months or more, those chops do fade. So do yourself a favor. Leave yourself a note!
I won't fool myself like last year with a prediction of more blog activity :) I expect it'll stay relatively quiet over here. But there is oh so much to look forward to: first words, family time over the holidays, rolling, crawling, walking! Life has just begun, and its beautiful.