The insecurities of older successful people Success breeds ego. No two ways about it. In a theme I should probably stop returning to, I was listening to Maron’s interview with Shatner, and it was a rough one. Shatner kept doing what my old boss used to do: Was he a good guy? ‘Good guy’ - what does that mean? Are you happy? ‘Happy’ - what does that mean? So you were gonna be a broadway guy?...

I hate spending money And my wife loves to shop. That sounds stereotypical, but it’s true. And I’ve been thinking more and more about that lately. On the Giovanni Ribisi episode of my new favourite podcast, Maron starts out talking about this. Maybe sometimes it’s okay to buy stuff and feel good about it. I was brought up always not to spend money frivolously - in fact, not spending money was a bit of a virtue, and going without?...

Not listening to Marc Maron for years because he seemed ’too popular'. My new all time long form interview podcast. The addict in me is delighted by the sheer volume to binge. There’s also a lesson in there or two about just sticking around for long enough. Something to chew on.

Going where the opportunity is How I ended up here When I left private practice, I had burnt out. I had hit 30, looked up for the first time in a while, and realized I didn’t like the train I was on. There was nothing necessarily wrong with being a working professional, per se. But it just turned out not to be the life that I wanted for the next 30 years....

Biting the Docker/Caprover Bullet I’ve only ever deployed things the easiest possible ways. For me, that has meant Django on heroku, basic python/flask serverlessly on vercel, and static (custom or Hugo) on Netlify/Cloudflare Pages. But - being a devout hater of javascript, and wanting to stand up more complicated, multi-service applications, I knew the day would come when I would need to sit down and reckon with Docker. I theoretically understand the value of docker, but my god is it a pain in the ass to learn....