Yesterday evening I wondered how long this blog had been around. So I decided to look it up on the wayback machine. I was not ready to realize that yesterday was my blogs BIRTHDAY 🎉 Wow. It's been 12 years! Crazy how fast time has flown and how much of my life has changed since then. I'm now no longer: * Working at Boostability. * Married. * Mormon. However, a lot is the same! I'm still a dad. I'm still a software engineer (and I've grown in my career a lot!). _And a lot is actually better_. I've never been happier than Azure and I started dating last year. I've learned so much more about myself and who I am. It's been a wild ride! Here's to another 12 years! 🍻

Since I'm now in my third week of employment with them I figured it was safe to announce: After 4+ years with Govalo I started a new job at Filevine! Honestly this was one of the longer job hunts of my career so far. I'm not sure if it's the market or that I was a bit more picky in what I applied for, but it started way back in September of last year (2025). I was mostly applying for staff level engineer roles and a small handful of manager roles. I hadn't considered Filevine but a friend who works there reached out and encouraged me to apply. After finding a position that matched, applying, and going through the interview process I was offered a position. I started back mid-January and since then you've probably noticed I haven't been updating here as often. I figured that would happen the first couple weeks as I got up to speed with my new gig. I was correct, but it's now starting to feel like I have a lot more energy. I'm excited to get back to posting here and working on Webstead.

The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.

A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation

I've been sharing a lot of links to my blog on social media lately. I figured I should probably help those of you still stuck in the social silos of big tech break free from the chains of the algorithmic feed. It’s time to remind you of tech long forgotten by many, but still widely used if you know where to look. ## RSS Remember that orange square with two quarter circles and a dot? Yeah, this thing! RSS (short for Really Simple Syndication) was developed in the late 1990s and early 2000s as a way to easily distribute and aggregate frequently updated content, like blog posts and news articles. It allowed users to subscribe to websites and receive updates automatically, avoiding the need to visit each site individually. Though it’s been somewhat overshadowed by social media platforms in recent years, RSS remains a powerful, decentralized tool for keeping up with your favorite content on your own terms. Back in the day, you used to look for this button on interesting websites and copy the URL to paste into your feed reader and subscribe. Practically every website had it! Even today, the vast majority of blogs publish RSS feeds. News websites publish them. Even some social media sites (like Mastodon, simply add `.rss` to the end of a profile URL) publish RSS feeds! ### Feed Readers If you want a blog post about which RSS feed reader to pick, you’ve come to the wrong place. Many folks with more time on their hands than I do have compiled copious lists and notes extolling the virtues and weaknesses of various options. Suffice to say, you have choices: Feedly, Feedbin, The Old Reader, and many more. ### Links If you're looking for the links to add to your feed reader, look no further than my new Subscribe page. You can also find a link near the top of this page! From there, you’ll find links to all my feeds. Happy blogging, friends!