I love skiing. A lot. I went all in in 2021 during COVID. I moved to Colorado and scheduled my winter around getting as many days on the mountain as possible. There was one catch: most resorts required reservation due to social distancing. You could lock in a few days further out but have unlimited reservations within 7 days. These reservations became available at 12:00am every night. If you didn’t book soon after that window opened or very early in the morning, you were out of luck.

Looking back, scripting was one of most important things I failed to learn while completing my CS degree. I picked up a few basic bash commands here and there but was far from proficient. Some of the tricks and tools I now use might only save me a few minutes here and there, but those minutes quickly add up to hours over time. Sometimes its a matter of saving a few key strokes while creating a pull request:

I’ve been meaning to make my own personal site for a while and have finally got around to getting it started. I would like to give special thanks to David for some inspiration from the blog post he put together. Its a fun read and I can recommend it for anybody else thinking about staring their own site. Check it out here.