Thoughts

On Newborn Parenting

Photo by Kelly Sikkema (Unsplash)

We recently added a beautiful baby girl to our family, and it’s been a wild ride. Since tech workers are a fairly new phenomenon, I suspect that a majority of tech workers are now currently in the same life stage. As this happens, I suspect that tech companies will change how work is done, now that more and more of the workforce leaves their 20s and moves into their 30s.

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Today I Learned

Nerfing Google Analytics to be more privacy-friendly

assorted-color security cameras

Photo by Lianhao Qu on Unsplash

I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. I’m only sharing how I navigated privacy legislation and attempted compliance on a personal website.

I recently revamped my personal website to connect more closely to my “second brain” which is in Obsidian. It’s now published via Obsidian Publish. I’m pretty happy with it so far!

As I polished it up, I realized that I wanted to understand how readers read, interacted, and understood, especially as they go through the digital garden part of the site, hence my exploration of website tracking tools.

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Thoughts

How the 2008 Financial Crisis Still Affects Us

I had recently stumbled upon this video that stitches together the great recession of 2008 to the crisis we are experiencing now. It’s a great video, and I recommend watching it in its entirety.

One thing I found super fun to build was a map of the root causes and effects stemming from 20 years ago all the way to today, and I wanted to share it here in case it helps anyone make sense of the mess.

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