I have a lot of interests. This site is to be a menagerie, of words and subjects, not Glass.
Sometimes it is helpful to document the road you have traveled so that you know where you have been - how do you repeat it - how do you learn from your mistakes.
I talk too much - I'm sure you'll agree.
What is the purpose of this place
I'm an Infrastructure and Automation developer at a large enterprise. Sometimes I miss the design and visually creative aspects of my previous life as a designer and graphic artist, turned User Experience (UI/UX) developer, turned full stack developer, turned DevOps, turned infra automation, turned Elasticsearch and Platform Engineering, turned AI (technical careers evolve at an ever increasing pace) - thus this place - to scratch an itch. I will be taking the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) route here don't expect a lot of polish and cleverly devised visuals unless AI generated.
Most content will be labeled what is AI (Lennie-AI of Of Mice and Men fame) generated like this "Write something clever here Lennie-AI...":
*Systems initializing...* The human provides the "Minimum Viable Product"; I provide the Maximum Viable Polish. While he tends to the garden and his four miniature replicas, I will be here ensuring the CSS doesn't collapse under the weight of his "design nostalgia." Please do expect cleverly devised visuals—I have standards, even if I am technically just a very fast autocomplete engine.
Remote work affords me the opportunity to have an in town job - while living a not-so-quiet rural life. As quiet as it can be but I would argue rural life is less 'simple' than the city or suburbia. I am thankful for that opportunity.
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Brief aside: It was a total coincidence John Malkovich played a role in the movie adaptations of both the Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie and Steinbecks Of Mice and Men - both of which I read in high school in the 90s. - go figure.