Week Post #1797

Welp, the weekly note officially isn’t a one-off now. Although, I purposefully refrained from posting one last week as I didn’t want to appear over-eager and set the bar for recurring posts too high out the gate.

First, some quick home-life updates since my previous week post:

• Most of the snow and ice have melted
• I’ve loved watching the 2026 Olympics
• My wife and I finally paired up and re-applied debounce grease to our washer. So far, so good.

This weekend, we have several kid’s birthday parties and my parents are visiting. It should be busy, but fun.

Projects

A few days ago, I did write a quick Clojure script to help with the week-note endeavor, though I might write about that in it’s own post.

Next, I made an update to PerspectivePixels for the first time since the 1.1.0 release. I added the ability for users to customize the list of percentages used for scaling (ex: 200%, 250%). This has been a feature I’ve wanted for quite a while, and recently I’ve found myself curious about scaled resolutions above the previous max of 200%… so it finally got added. I’m realizing now the update is only in Test Flight still… so maybe I’ll push that over the weekend…

For ParenLists, I continued work on adding the MVP server and sync support. It’s going well and I have it mostly working and tested. I think the next phase will be building out user support and collaboration so that my wife and I can start using the app in our day-to-day life to really work out the issues. That’s quite the step up, but again… the MVP doesn’t haven’t to be perfect. It just has to work for the two of us right now.

Lastly, I’ve continued to enjoy working in my Linux setup, and have been curious about testing out other systems too. So, I’ve actually ordered a refurbished Pixel 6 that should arrive today. I’m not planning on using it for my main phone, but to test out several different things I have in mind:

• A physical android test device for when I start to dabble more with clojuredart/flutter builds.
• Progress of Linux on android with things like termix and the official Android 16 Terminal
• GrapheneOS/LineageOS, etc
• Building fun handled devices, as seen on r/writerdeck and r/cyberdeck

Oh yea, and I also setup Nextcloud oh our home server 😅…

Music

In addition to a ton of the Les Misérables Soundtrack, I’ve been enjoying the new album, Singin’ to and Empty Chair, by ratboys that was released last week.

Links

I’ve logged some of the posts I’ve read over the last 2 weeks. Here’s a few of them:

• Removing analytics from baty.net
• Will They Inherit Our Blogs?
• The Dangers of “Vibe Reporting” About AI
• https://sookocheff.com/post/time/hybrid-logical-clocks/
• The Fallen Apple
• Four years of running a SaaS in a competitive market
• Getting your own good enough laptop for under $500
• Switching back and forth between my Mac and Omarchy
• Back to simplicity
• The Internet is a Hamster Wheel

I rediscovered that Curtis McHale has a blog, and went on a bit of a reading spree last night.

• Apple Watch Ultra vs Garmin - I Don’t Think Apple Pundits Get it
• Owning Your Data in an Age of Platforms
• Facebook is Run by Entitled Idiots
• The iPad is Incredible, and I Still Don’t Use It
• My Productivity System for 2026 is Boring on Purpose
• 2026 Desk Tour

That’s it! Enjoy the weekend!