An archive of snippets from the “Now” page, in reverse order:
Web development interests
- Apr-Dec 2022: We are now doing an access product migration from Ping Identity to Auth0. I am learning a lot about OAuth 2.0.
- Nov 2021-Apr 2022: Professionally I have joined a cloud-migration project at its tail end, and continue to improve the Infrastructure setup on AWS with Terraform.
- Nov 2021-Apr 2022: I am intrigued by Kotlin and functional programming, and do a bit of investigation into them in my free time.
- Sep – Nov 2021: In my spare time I am doing a Thoughtworks internal training course on Data Engineering, due for completion mid November. Data Mesh has particularly caught my attention.
- Apr – Sep 2021: Professionally, I work on a project with a React/Typescript frontend with an Express.js BFF, and Java/Kotlin/Spring Boot backend. Currently studying in my spare time, in no specific order:
- OOP Design Patterns and implementing them in Kotlin
- Kent C Dodd’s Epic React course
- Execute Program’s Modern JavaScript course
- Jan – Mar 2021: I am now learning the basics of DevOps, security and app performance.
Learning interests
- Lockdown workout routine is 6 days a week x 25-40 min sessions, mix of strength (bodyweight), cardio, yoga, pilates, and hip-hop dance.
- I walk 5.1km per day on average since September 2020.
- March – May 2021: Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need To Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall.
- January – February 2021: I’m now reading Bunker by Bradley Garrett.
- October 2020 – January 2021: I recently finished Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari and am now reading Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows.
Other life things
- Oct – Dec 2020: I’m experimenting with plant-based cooking.