The Meeting Ran Long and the Dash Window Closed
A sprint review that wouldn't end cost Jeff a two-hour DoorDash window and about thirty-eight dollars he'd already me...
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The Deploy That Ate My DoorDash Window
A Friday deploy went sideways at 5:47 p.m. and took my entire DoorDash shift with it. Here's the specific, unflatteri...
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A bad sprint, a dead side hustle week, and the specific Tuesday I remembered why the day job is the whole foundation.
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A bad deploy on a Thursday afternoon turned Jeff's whole side-hustle week into collateral damage — the specific, unfl...
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A staging deploy decided noon was a great time to hang, and Jeff's lunch break went with it. The sandwich got eaten e...
Read it14 Years In and I Still Google the Same Command
A senior engineer who Googles `git stash pop` more than he should reflects on fourteen years of knowing just enough t...
Read itStandup From the Driveway, Build Still Running
The build took eleven minutes. Standup was at nine. Jeff took the call from the driveway in yesterday's hoodie and no...
Read itStandup at Nine, Deliveries at Seven
Running DoorDash before the standup meeting sounds clever until the bag smells like tacos and you're still on mute at...
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Remote work didn't buy freedom or flexibility — it bought a commute of twelve steps and the ability to hear every arg...
Read itThe Day Job Is the Hustle That Actually Works
Every side thing on this site is measured against the boring job that pays the mortgage. The boring job wins every single time.
Read articleThe Meeting I Took From a Parking Lot
Remote work and side work overlap more than I admit. One afternoon the overlap became literal, and I did not enjoy what it showed me.
Read articleWhy I Have Never Quit to Do This Full Time
People ask when I am going all in on the side stuff. The answer is never, and the reasons are less noble than they sound.
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- The Meeting Ran Long and the Dash Window Closed
- The Deploy That Ate My DoorDash Window
- The Week the Day Job Kept Me
- The Week the Deploy Ate My Buffer Time
- The Deploy That Ate My Whole Lunch Break
- 14 Years In and I Still Google the Same Command
- Standup From the Driveway, Build Still Running
- Standup at Nine, Deliveries at Seven
- What Remote Work Actually Bought Me
- The Day Job Is the Hustle That Actually Works
- The Meeting I Took From a Parking Lot
- Why I Have Never Quit to Do This Full Time