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    <p>
        Last updated: 2024-06-22
    </p>
    <h2>Work</h2>
    <p>
        Still in Toronto, still working in software at Amazon.
        Having been here for more than 2 years now the impostor syndrome is now a background hum instead of all consuming.
        My team writes tools to help automate and test new machine setups.
    </p>
    <h2>Life</h2>
    <p>
        I am engaged and living with the most wonderful woman I have ever met.
        Planning our wedding (slowly bit by bit) for next spring.
    </p>
    <p>
        Actually planning for the long term financially now that I am lucky enough to have a job that leaves me with money to save and invest after the bills are payed.
        It still feels new to have that cushion and to plan long term, definitely enjoying it.        
    </p>
    <h2>Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu</h2>
    <p>
        Got my blue belt just before the new year.
        Still training as much as I can.
        The team here at GB Toronto has become an external family.
        I am so grateful for the community.
        First competition of the year for me is July 13th.
        Have a touch over a Kg to cut to make weight.
    </p>
    <h2>Learning</h2>
    <p>
        I am working to learn Japanese and Portuguese on Duolingo.
        I love the program and it is 100% worth paying for, but the fact that even when paying it keeps asking for ratings, putting widgets on my home screen, or turning on notifications bothers me.
        You already have my money now please don't bother me.
        Finding the lessons really helpful.
    </p>
    <p>
        I started studying for the CompTIA ITF+ certification test but that has fallen off in the last little bit.
        I have been learning hardware and networking playing with my home network and a small homelab consisting of my NAS and a few raspberry pis.
        Just not very stoked on going for certifications and much prefer to learn this stuff by just playing around with it than reading textbooks and doing practice questions.
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    <h2>Tinkering</h2>
    <p>
        Have just finished setting up some self hosted software.
        Firefly for budgeting and personal finance.
        Pihole for local network addblocking and as a DNS server.
        Syncthing to keep all my devices synchronized.
        Slowly working to have more and more of my digital life hosted myself, and it feels good to have control over these things even though it is more work.
    </p>
    <p>
       This website is the main thing that I have been working with.
       I rebuilt it using HTMX and a Rust backend.
       No more Javascript.
       Next step is to add some curated pages, links that I have found interesting, tools that I use.
       I have found a lot of utility in those pages on other personal websites and have started working on doing the same with this one.
    </p>
    <p>
        Awstin
    </p>
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