Week 183: Bluebells

A week of tracking down bugs, availability metrics, far-too-large conferences, showering in the light, udon, shopping trips, co-op video games, and walks in bluebell woods.

Posted on 29 April 2024 by Rowan Manning .
Tagged with Work, House, Walking, Games, Food

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I’ve been feeling quite smug at work this week. I managed to track down and debug an error in our CDN config that’s probably been there for about 8 years. It’s reduced our error rate by a good amount and we’re going to see our availability metrics creep further towards where we want them.
On Wednesday I went to AWS Summit and wished I hadn’t. There was a lot of AI hype and the talks I went to were very sales-pitchy. I’ve managed to avoid events at the ExCeL so far and I’m not in a hurry to return – it’s too big. After lunch, I left to get some work done. It was still nice to hang out with Alex for a bit.
We have a bathroom light again! An electrician came to check the wiring and fit a new light on Friday and it’s still such a novelty to be able to see while I shower or clean my teeth. We’ve been using a torch in there for 10 weeks!
The weekend was lovely, on Saturday we went for some udon near Spitalfields Market, did some shopping, then came home and played It Takes Two. We tried a long time ago and didn’t enjoy it initially so gave up; It stuck this time and we had a lot of fun!
On Sunday we went for a short walk near Shoreham in Kent so as not to leave the lads for too long. It was so nice: perfect weather, lots of wildlife, bluebells, and I think we both needed a break from the city.

Charlotte walking through a tree tunnel with the wood around us carpeted in bluebells