Does loss or gain affect my soul? Can humans gauge glory's weight? Celestial portals open wide. The Way is narrow, but Heaven's gate Welcomes body and spirit, whole.

Continued from Part 7 In this part Ina goes on to talk about books and music. As to the place of books in my life - how they became so important to me I don't know. They were not readily accessible - there was a small library in which there were very old, dark, hard-backed books. One I remember was called 'Eric or...

It is highly unlikely that you've missed the events of the last month or so. If you were sufficiently fortunate to have been in a medically induced coma, you missed Donald Trump not only alienating every possible ally the United States still had on this planet but starting a trade war by enacting a tariff policy...

I'm starting this post with a specific passage from my upcoming book. It's important for context.

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%.- Donald KnuthIn this post, we're going to explore how to reduce memory used by your Rails applications by only querying the data you...

It’s dead Jim The friendly global market died in the beginning of 2025. The idea that software & services (yes, hardware too) can be procured from anywhere and used where needed died with it. The European Union cannot rely on operating systems made in the USA, or host our own services in US data centers. Now, this...

Some days is like this I replaced the front door yesterday. Today, I took it off again to paint. The wind blew it over and it snapped in two. Unbelieveable. I made an ugly repair job and stuck it back in the frame anyway. I am feeling particularly old and crabby this weekend. I'll be on a plane to New Zealand this...