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A rant about Apple not playing nice with RCS interoperability

• technology
• rant

Reviewing pull requests on GitHub can be awkward. When a software developer is finally ready to share their code they have to wait for the dreaded review comments. If the reviewer has a question about some aspect of the code, they have a choice. They can either raise their concern,...

• technology

Earlier this year, we took Denver, our Golden Retriever, to a puppy kinder class. While my wife is very experienced with dogs and Denver was making good progress, a significant reason we enrolled him was to expose him to working around other dogs. I joke that a puppy class is...

• dog
• Denver

Software projects succeed or fail based on the quality of the teams behind them. Expert developers can be hard to find. So how do you get junior developers to level up? It’s not enough to teach how to use a framework or tech stack. Good developers can follow a pattern....

• technology

I added the /search page to the site with a form supporting multiple search engines. The hope is to give visitors a bit more choice in what companies to interact with. The challenge was managing different query param for different sites. DuckDuckGo doesn’t support multiple q= params, but does accept...

• site changes
• technology

Following my 2021 birding summary, I’m excited to share my 2022 birding review! My travels brought me to 7 different states, Italy, and a bonus layover sighting. Between the varied locations and some active days, my total number of species identified was up slightly over the previous year. But my...

• birding
• birds
• travel

Typically I do a year-in-review of my birding, but I fell behind posting 2021. Before I share about my birding in 2022, I wanted to give a quick update to fill in the gap. Despite the continuing pandemic and being busy with a new house and foster care, I still...

• travel
• birds
• birding

An excessively detailed description of my plans and failures taking on an ambitious woodworking project

• personal
• woodworking

About a month ago, I received a letter from the city about a potential development of the old Pacifica Elementary property by Meritage Homes. This project would bring 164 three-story units to an interior portion of our neighborhood that has been an empty concrete lot since 2004. The letter informed...

• local
• Oceanside

And other PNW adventures

• travel
• personal
• Washington

It has now been more than six months since our last foster placement. At the beginning of the year, we made the difficult decision to switch foster agencies. After how long it took to get licensed the first time, the prospect of another delay was discouraging. But I feel confident...

• personal
• foster care

After six weeks together our first foster kiddos were able to return to live with family members while their parent’s case continues to progress. This is great news for the kids as it will allow them to stay connected with their relatives. Throughout this journey, we were relieved to see...

• personal
• foster care
• parenting

After several weeks, our crash course in parenting has continually thought me new things. There are a lot of parenting lessons I’ve seen played out in other’s homes. But being now being the parent has really brought a lot of those into focus. Gains Our foster care certification process had...

• personal
• foster care
• parenting

A couple weeks ago, Bekah and I accepted our first foster placement of two young kiddos; a five-year-old boy and a one-year-old girl. They are beautiful kids who love to have fun. They also have been through a lot, both in life and now being separated from their family. We...

• foster care
• personal

I’m excited to announce that after 10 months of the certification process and years of discussion and planning Bekah and I have been licensed by the state of California to serve as foster parents. Since the earliest days of our marriage, we’ve discussed how we could care for children needing...

• personal
• foster care