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I need to get back into running again, and after a bunch of health issues I need to be gentle which means doing C25K again. The NHS podcast was fine but I don't think I can really work through that again as it is kind of annoying.

This might be worth trying.

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Stop making me justify my paycheck

I don't want a yearly performance review. I don't want to spend two hours filling out a form about my "top accomplishments" like I forgot what I worked on all year. You saw the work. You paid me. That was the agreement.

I also don't want to invent five ways I should magically do more next year for the same money. If I mess up, tell me when it happens. If I'm doing fine, stop asking me to write essays about it.

Let me just enjoy the holidays and leave me be!

Python database wrapper for the lazy developer. The main selling point being:

dataset provides a simple abstraction layer that removes most direct SQL statements without the necessity for a full ORM model - essentially, databases can be used like a JSON file or NoSQL store.

Being in a senior role I find I often run into resistance, especially from product manegers, when it comes to trying to really get to the bottom of some requirement. Sometimes I find myself second-guessing if I should bother.

This article was a good reminder that I should bother.

Excellent simple breakdown of why pretty much all crypto is complete nonsense.

Was at https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/nothing-burger.html but got deleted.

Another week, another Next.js security problem.

Well, okay, two new security problems...

I keep getting this pop up as an advert on Reddit. If I could be tempted somewhere other than Scotland, it would be here, so it's weird that I keep getting it.

Not that I could ever move somewhere like Helsinki. I can't speak anythign other than English, and I suck at learning another language (over a year into trying to learn some Dutch, at this point, and getting nowhere).

Still, it's nice to dream...