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+title: "This Week (2024-06-29)"
+published: "2024-08-03T14:32:27.351169Z"
+updated: "2024-08-03T14:32:27.351169Z"
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+*These "week in review" posts seem to be pretty popular so I thought I'd jump on that trend, too. Also, I struggle to post regularly. I tell myself it's because I'm busy building things (and documenting things), but Robert Birming assures me that there is [always time to write](https://birming.com/no-time-write/). So let's give that a try.*
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+This was a busy week at work (that seems to be a trend of late), but I still managed to find time for some fun personal projects and self-improvement.
+
+### Rocket Surgery
+
+Last weekend, I [started building](https://social.lol/@jbowdre/112662255926100056) the [LEGO Artemis Space Launch System model](https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/nasa-artemis-space-launch-system-10341). I was only able to drag out construction for a week, and I didn't go over budget, either. I really don't get why Boeing had such trouble with this build.
+
+### ChillFeed
+
+Last weekend I *also* began developing a lightweight feed aggregator based on my rather specific preferences. I used [Claude](https://www.anthropic.com/claude) to help me rapidly prototype and iterate on my ideas, and had a working demo about two hours after the idea first popped into my head. It doesn't track read/unread status (unread indicators stress me out) and doesn't display the full text of any post (I'd rather see what the author wrote on their site than in a stripped-down form). It uses GitHub Actions to refresh the subscribed feeds and uses GitHub Pages to provide the web interface. And it's configured with YAML. I'm still doing a lot of tweaking but I've been quite pleased using [ChillFeed](https://github.com/chillfeed/chillfeed/) to follow blogs this week.
+
+### Cycling
+
+I (along with many others, apparently) picked up cycling during lockdown, and I've done a reasonably good job of keeping with it. I try to ride three times a week, and aim for at least 12 miles each ride. I had been doing those rides primarily on the multi-use paths near my home, but lately I'm doing more and more of those rides on the road. That seems to give me a much better workout, and this week I hit a few personal records along the way. It feels good, man!
+
+### In other news...
+
+- I moved some of the more personal (that is, about me rather than a piece of technology) slash pages from my [runtimeterror blog](https://runtimeterror.dev/) over here: namely, [/uses](/uses/) and [/save](/save/). My thinking is this blog will be a more logical place for stuff about me rather than just the technology I play with (though there's of course going to be a ton of crossover there).
+- Semi-related, I finally figured out how to use [Hugo's link render-hook templates](https://gohugo.io/render-hooks/links/) to flag external links with a little ↗ indicator so I implemented that on the other site. Maybe I can figure out a CSS-based approach to do that here too. *(Update: [I did](/adding-external-link-markers-in-hugo-and-bear/).)*
+- I built on [last week's work](/tracking-bear-upvotes-from-my-cabin/) on using Cabin analytics to track upvotes on Bear posts and added a [similar "kudos" function](https://runtimeterror.dev/kudos-with-cabin/) to runtimeterror.
+- A fun side project at work this week was creating a GitHub Actions workflow to help us decide where we should go for lunch each day. It's another excuse for me to keep practicing building stuff with Go, and I think it's helping some of the other team members get a better understanding of how GitHub Actions workflows work.
+- I've been *s l o w l y* reading the [O'Reilly Production Kubernetes](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/production-kubernetes/9781492092292/) book for what seems like ages. I finally finished it last night.🎉 It gave me a lot of good insight and things to consider when it comes to building a production Kubernetes platform. My next "for learning" book will probably be something Go-related.
+
+### Top scrobble
+
+My most-played track of the week:
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+🎧 [LoST by Bring Me The Horizon](https://musicthread.app/link/2iaBglbchB4b8l55ZXioOHatRcO)
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+=> https://srsbsns.lol/this-week-2024-06-29/ 📡 Originally posted on jbowdre's weblog