Weekly Notes 25th May 2020

May 31, 2020

Life at Work

Work’s been challengeing but very rewarding as of late, and the negatives have been basically non-existent.

We’re getting a closer to the launch date of our latest project and it’s starting to show across the team.
- Thankfully I’m surronded by very talented individuals who have taken it all in their stride.
- It’s also refreshing to work in a place where deadlines are exciting rather than exhausting.
I’ve spent a good amount of time over the past month or so training up some of the newer team members and really found I’ve enjoyed it.
- I did spend some time at school debating whether to go into teaching, ultimately I’m glad I didn’t but this does scratch that itch.
I was very grateful to recieve a care package from the company, the water bottle has been an absolute treat in this weather.

It’s always good to be working on a couple of side projects, whether they’re for your own personal growth or with the intention to start a business.

Recently I’ve been working a lot on brush work for drumming. This week I’ve been looking at “You’ve Changed” by Billie Holiday with Studio Rio.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okoDTDcOAec
- It’s amazing how much this has thrown me. I’m much more familiar with Cuban than Brazillian styles.
- Brush work has really shown me how important muscle memory is with keeping rhythm and working out where your hands should land.
As part of working on my new startup idea I’ve been building a websocket server that can run at scale.
- This may be a little premature in optimisation but it’s always nice to think about the future and where you could end up.
- There’s a great talk and repo on scaling your websocket server to handle 1M connections. I’m not certain I agree with it all, but a great base and some good learnings.
- https://github.com/eranyanay/1m-go-websockets

For a self-professed metal head it’s a little embarrasing to say I’ve never listened to Mastodon, so I thought it was time I did.
- Their first two albums are rad.
In an attempt to improve my “Brazillian Ear” I’ve been listening to more brazillian music
- It’s not easy to listen to rhythmic intricacies whilst coding so I’ve been sticking to “The Brazil Connection” by Studio Rio.
I’ve recently been enjoying listening to podcasts on my daily walk and have to give it to Michael Lewis for his podcast “Against The Rules”
- I’d personally recommend “The Magic Shoebox”, a great look at the stock market and how unruly it is
- https://atrpodcast.com/

Recently I’ve been enjoying “The Ride of a Lifetime” by Bob Iger
- Anybody who knows me will know I’m a huge theme park nerd, I’d strongly recommend this both from a theme park and business learnings.
- My good friend Matt has infromed me this is also available on Audible

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