icco @icco@merveilles.town

Took Friday and Monday off. Normally I'd take these days off for my birthday and go to a museum or something. Instead I'm trying to get my second book out the door.

... Taking time off of work to do work is something I always feel weird about.

@glyph this message originally angered me because of its wording. A possibly nicer way to say this would have been to remind folks of the instance rules, specifically around https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/discourse.html as listed in https://merveilles.town/about/more

@birdstare oooh, that sounds tasty. Mapo Tofu Taco Salad?

@flaneur hi! nice to meet you as well.

Yup! I wrote https://realworldsre.com even :D

My current title doesn't involve SRE, but I'm still deep in that world.

@flaneur On 1. right now we're going to use Github. We're talking about other platforms, Patreon & OpenCollective for example, but right now we're keeping it simple.

2. I don't know anything about fedstoa. Where can I read to learn more?

@rek so pretty!

I realize I've been tooting for a while on Merveilles and never wrote an intro. so sorry for the delay... of 12 months or so?

#introductions

I'm Nat, or icco. I've been building software since the early 2000s. I love building cli and web tools, and spend a lot of time #datahoarding. I try to do everything in the open, so all of my personal code in FOSS, and most of my thoughts are public on subdomains of https://natwelch.com.

When I'm not writing code, I like hiking, fly fishing, reading, writing, and listening to and making music.

My work (timebyping.com) is looking to start donating small amounts of money to open source projects that sanctify or save time.

As a common theme of merv is journaling and time tracking, I'd love to hear suggestions from you all.

@aadil oh wow, we're almost at 500! I had no idea. https://merveilles.town/about/more

I wonder what the monthly active count is. @somnius do you have access to extra data like that?

@tehn I really enjoyed this, thanks for sharing.

@aadil is there a way to o see how many people are on an instance?

@dogstar I listen to NPRs up first podcast while making coffee in the morning, and limit myself to that. I'll research something if it sounds interesting, but since I'm focusing on making breakfast, I'm usually only half listening.

@dualhammers I tend to need to do something, or the depression just gets worse. But you're right, a bit of rest is a good idea.

One of those days where I'm just too overwhelmed to do anything.

@s_ol I'd be interested!

@aadil @jakeisnt I'd be down.