• carplayinstaller.com
  • let the user know when their order has been successfully submitted with a status message
  • shows an error message if it failed; eg if the backend is down
  • small tweaks for seo
  • added an info card that tells you what the site is for
  • created a facebook account
  • found a provider in one of the areas we are getting orders, but don’t have an existing presence
  • added button to allow people to email us
  • communicating with customers to work through the existing orders.

• AR whiteboard
  • https://info.ar.whiteboard.omniinc.app/
  • added the signup for beta form
  • rewriting the app in react/typescript to make the devex a bit easier
    • this means we can’t live program any more
    • but it means better ide integration and I can now share the code and collaborate
      • no one else knew how to program in the lisp/juno env.

• Entrepreneurship
  • expanded my team to now have a partner to focus on the business/sales/marketing side of things, while I can focus on the product dev and technical aspects.
  • we had some good brainstorming sessions.
  • will share more once we have something live.

• Computing environment
  • added workrave on the thinkpad running fedora
  • added stretchly on the macbook running macOS
    • these were added to remind me to take frequent breaks when working for long hours.
  • update fedora on t14
    • I broke the bootloader because the initramfs did not get re-generated for the new kernel
      • https://old.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/1hfkqnq/boot_error_after_updating_to_6124200/
      • haven’t fixed this yet, but was able to get back to work by booting the previous kernel – grub is great.
  • alt-left and alt-right are not working in emacs when running inside tmux over ssh.
    • didn’t have time to debug this yet.
  • install bartender 5 on the macbook so I can see more than 10 menubar icons.
    • a lot of my apps were falling off the screen and I couldnt access them
  • NAS tailscale cert expired, updated that.

• Mentorship
  • worked with one of my mentees to debug why their production site wasn’t being updated on git push.

• Personal
  • catching up on some personal finance admin work
  • slowly getting back into good habits: gym, yoga, diary entries, eating at home more often.
  • had some friends over for a dinner party
    • had fun shopping at costco to prep 🙂

• Social
  • Went to the hack613 meetup to meet like minded hackers and creators. Had an absolute blast.
  • started pair programming on twitch, trying to share more about my workflow, and find ways to socialize a bit while working. I work alone, so it can get pretty isolating :/

That’s all for now.

It was a good week. I’m really proud of what I accomplished, where I failed, and the lessons learned.