Initially, I planned to write about renovating my apartment in Stockholm, as it was such a completely new experience in carpentry and building conservation. However, I realized that diverging from the core themes immediately might not be the best introduction. The story of my old home, now up for sale, is well documented and something I might revisit in the future.

The entries in this learning journal are intended to share glimpses of my personal and professional growth journey. Publishing them will force me to be more vocal, reinforce what I learn and help ideas to sink in. This process encourages me to capture my insights and reflections along the way. Moreover, the journal serves as a living record, a structured way to track and revisit past lessons and experiences I have collected.

Before going any further, a huge Thank you! to Martin Bäumer. A brilliant colleague with a knack for cracking everyday jokes, and whose directness I really appreciate.

Martin often ends up helping me with various consultant issues, sometimes not entirely voluntarily, I must admit. He also inspired my first Christmas blog post in 2022, a tradition at Squeed, which I titled “Care for some DevOps?”.

Every year, my consultancy firm publishes educational blog posts the days leading up to Christmas. I read and reflected on that year’s State of DevOps Report, here’s a preview from my contribution, which I will elaborate on in my next post.

“As a fairly new member of Squeed and Software Engineer I sometimes face technical overload in our industry. Adaptation to new tech is essential and a growth mindset coupled with speed is a winning strategy.

Attaining DevOps culture takes more time, longer than any innovation sprint. It is a marathon where teams evolve by embracing new ways of working which involve deeper collaboration, refinement and communication between team members.”

Todo’s

The current main goal is to take care of our newborn - we are happily living in our newborn bubble. I’ll find time to work on stuff in between babysitting duties, here are some of my backlog stories and their status at the moment.

Hobby projects

[ x ] Get GitHub Pages started - Done, scary to put myself out there.
[ x ] Add first journal entry on site - Done, hard work finding my voice and rhythm.
[ - ] Add any theme supported by GitHub - In progress, looking into minima and minimal.
[ - ] Finish Tekk-Fungi-Feed component - In progress, I guesstimate the CF-template is 90% done.
[ - ] Start writing Java for Tekk-Fungi components - In progress, I am outlining the ecosystem.

Food

[ x ] Make a batch of mom’s creole stew - Done, but immensely better when my parents cook.
[ - ] Practice making my own pizza dough - In progress, collecting supplies!

Reading

[ - ] Finish L’Abbé C by Georges Bataille - In progress, I can’t stay awake past two pages.
[ x ] Gather material for AWS Developer Exam in September - Done, white papers > videos.
[ x ] Glance through chapters 1-3 in “Modern Software Engineering”- Done, book club worthy.

Training

[ x ] Running - In progress, low commitment but was schedule to run Salomon 27K in July.
[ - ] Gym - Blocked, isolated until w.34
[ - ] Yoga - Blocked, isolated until w.34
[ - ] Bouldering - Blocked, isolated until w.34

Thank you for your time, follow as I continue to explore and document my journey.

Take care!