It’s 2 AM, and I’m staring at my screen, bleary-eyed and frustrated. The CI pipeline has failed for the third time tonight. I’ve spent the last week writing tests for a feature so small, I’m not even sure anyone will notice it. As I sip my

1. Decide that the activities you’re doing aren’t actually a waste of time. You like these activities on some level, so just embrace it. Nobody has the power to dictate what is a “waste” except you, so exercise this power and decide your “waste” is actually good. Maybe

Everyday you know you need to sleep more. You can feel it as concentration starts to wane a few hours into the day. You have coffee, but an afternoon coffee can make the problem worse the next day. In my opinion, this is actually the sign you’re on the

I don’t get as much done as I would want when I sit down to program. At least that describes many days in my programming career. Getting started is always the most difficult part of the day. Or, more often, multiple parts of my day, as I switch tasks,

Bhavana means “development” or “cultivating” in Pali, the language of the Buddhist canon. Here, I am attempting to develop myself. Currently, I am a passable software engineer with a range of interests that is arguably too broad. The goal is to become as skillful as possible. This blog is where