Katy DeCorah

Some of my favorite work days start with an activity that puts me in a good mood. Here are some vetted suggestions.

I have been using GitHub Desktop for years now and it’s one of my favorite development tools. Desktop has evolved over the years from an interface for git commands to the command center for development.

Last year I worked through the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series as a first-time watcher. The comparison of what’s old and new is a strong theme in the series and is often projected as magic.

The books, music, and recipes I enjoyed this spring.

On video calls, I receive a lot of compliments about my plant wall. Before the pandemic, people asked if my background is real live plants, and now they ask if it’s virtual.

This year I migrated my scheduled bots (like Weatherbot and Weather status) from using AWS Lambda to GitHub Actions.

Last year, I met my goal of reading 52 books in 52 weeks and then some. I owe it all to audiobooks, mainly, but also Libby, friends with great book suggestions, Roxane Gay’s audacious book club, and learning that New York State residents can apply for a New York Public Library card.

The books, music, and recipes I enjoyed this winter.

As I write this, I have already eaten two pains au chocolat (chocolate croissants). Since I am new to having a fresh-out-of-the-oven croissant, it only seemed reasonable to try it twice.

Last year, I started to track new recipes I tried and books I read by saving their metadata to YAML files. I had already been saving Spotify playlists in the same way and then this year I started saving Wordle games. I have found something deeply gratifying about maintaining metadata libraries.