June 9 - June 15
I was in New York City this week for work. It has taken me a few years to stick to a routine when traveling.
Training
I used the hotel gym to lift each morning, making small adjustments to use only dumbbells and cables. I also went for a few runs along the West Side Highway. Back in San Francisco, I rode to Mill Valley and back. The only thing I’d change about this week is how front-loaded the weightlifting was. It meant taking three days off until lifting again the following Monday.
Health metrics
Being in New York certainly helped with daily steps. The runs, combined with walking around the city each day contributed enough. Sunday and Friday are the days of the flights. Sleep was not as good as I expected. Perhaps the adjustment to the different time zone affected me. The average was also brought down by a 5.5 hour night Thursday, where I went out with my team.
Languages
I did not really study at all this week. I am still on Unit 9 of 22 of Section 2 (A1) of Duolingo’s French course. I completed 1 lesson.
What I read, watched, listened to
Netflix recently released a documentary on the Titan Submersible implosion. It is highly critical of OceanGate founder Stockton Rush. Many OceanGate engineers who raised safety concerns either quit or were fired by Rush. Rush repeatedly refused to have the submarine tested by a third-party, likely knowing that the tests would fail.
TITAN: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster | Official Trailer | Netflix
The deeper you look, the darker it gets. Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster examines CEO Stockton Rush’s quest to become the next billionaire innovator and the doomed underwater endeavor that called into question the price of ambition in the depths of the ocean. The Titan submersible’s ill-fated journey to the ruins of the Titanic dominated headlines in June 2023, yet the shocking decisions that led to the disaster have never been revealed like this before. Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster, Only on Netflix, June 11. Watch on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81712178 About Netflix: Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time. TITAN: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster | Official Trailer | Netflix https://www.youtube.com/@Netflix OceanGate's Titan tourist submersible imploded in 2023 on a deep-sea dive to the Titanic. This documentary details how a bold vision ended in tragedy.
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This is a great example of how LLMs can help with performance investigations. In my day-to-day work, I often share stack traces with LLMs to get an opinion on why a crash occurred.
It's The End Of Observability As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
The history of observability tools over the past decade has been about a pretty simple concept, but LLMs bring the death of that paradigm.
www.honeycomb.io
I’ve been doing more work with Claude Code. Using these tools is a skill in and of itself, and the right way of prompting can mean the difference between saving an hour or having the code not work at all.
Claude Code Best Practices
A blog post covering tips and tricks that have proven effective for using Claude Code across various codebases, languages, and environments.
www.anthropic.com
