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So what I am doing to earn a living these days

I’m still doing freelance ‘full stack development’ using Ruby on Rails and maintain several Rails applications. One of these uses the latest Rails ‘Hotwire’ stack with Turbo + Stimulus, and it still amazes how much interactivity you can add with just a few lines of code.

Besides Rails, somehow C++ got back into the picture for me. In a stark contrast with Ruby, because for me it’s considerably less productive. I usually over-estimate when doing Ruby and under-estimate when doing C++.

I’m also assisting my previous employer with ISO 27001/27701 certifications, where I think there’s an opportunity for better custom tooling but it isn’t 100% clear yet in my mind.

Tech stuff I’ve recently been toying with

Personal projects

Picked up writing again, check The Pragmatic Software Development Guide.

Thinking about developing toolage for small businesses wanting to get ISO 27001 certified. But this is still very much in the ideation phase.

There are some other ideas, but nothing concrete. Should do some MVP’s and check if they get any traction… but I find those 24h days rather limiting 🙂

Books I’m reading, or I’ve recently read

  • Tidy First? (Kent Beck) .
  • Design and Build Great Web APIs: Robust, Reliable, and Resilient (Mike Amundsen).
  • Layered Design for Ruby on Rails Applications: Discover practical design patterns for maintainable web applications (Vladimir Dementyev).
  • API Design Patterns (J.J. Geewax).
  • Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card).

Traveling

Bucket list: Iceland, Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand), Mainland Greece (Meteora, Delphi,…), Albania, Istanbul, Morocco, Northern Europe,…

Recent travels: Berlin, The Peloponnese (recommended!).

Near future travels: Samos in Greece, maybe Tuscany or South of France for a week.

Cooking

I’m trying to enhance the way I make the classics like coq au vin and gratin dauphinois (the Philippe Etchebest recipe is so good and quite foolproof) and trying Ottolenghi recipes if I can find the time and ingredients.

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