Weeknotes March 17 2025

Work

  • More clean-up of outdated and dead code. Removing code is at least very satisfying, if not very challenging 😌
  • Our team size will reduce by half from next week, so enjoying having extra people around while it lasts
  • Figuring out a bunch of stuff around how we currently manage liquid templates in Shopify in preparation for developing a couple of new ones

Other Dev

  • Launched the revamp of this website! If you're reading this you're probably on the new site with its fancy new colours! Still some kinks to iron out but happy with what I have as an MVP
  • Lots of little project ideas still bumping around in my head, but need to focus on the site rework first lest I get distracted and finish absolutely nothing again.

Learning

  • I feel like I'm constantly bumping into new things in CSS I wasn't aware of this week! I was reading the docs on the masonry layout, which is still an experimental feature but seems cool!
  • Back onto The Joy of React this week in fits and bursts as I have time. Still working through the hooks module

Personal

  • Feeling a bit of burnout post-diagnosis, which a friend has said is normal from what she's read. It's a lot to come to terms with, so I'm starting with the book Your Brain's Not Broken by Tamara Rosier. Big thank you to Chris Ferdinandi and the ADHD folks in his discord server for book suggestions!
  • Singing lessons went super well this week! We nailed Faithfully by Journey in half an hour (including warmups) to the surprise of both myself and my teacher. Songs with a B5 are my "rest" songs now which is huge progress from a few months ago when I was red in the face trying to hit that note
  • Applied to speak at the YOW Tech Leaders Summit Sydney in June this year