Week ending 2025-08-01

I’m still struggling to get back into the habit of writing, and my thumb has been acting up, so going back to the one habit I had while working: weekly updates. It’s easier to write things in short stints, and hopefully it’ll put me back into the habit of writing longer things.

I got into Recurse for Fall 2025! I’m still working out what I’d like to work on. I think I’d like to work through a few textbooks, and build a few apps, and continue to write. I think I’d also like to understand agentic workflows better, so maybe handling a few throwaway apps with Claude and see how far I get.

I passed the LFCS, so with that out of the way, I’m working on the CKA. I probably am not currently the most amazing qualified Linux admin out there, but doing all that legwork before the CKA gave me slightly more confidence, and now I’m working my way (slowly) through the assorted distros a little more fearlessly.

It’s also back to teaching, and I’ve needed to get around reviewing the class material again now that we’re on the new platform.