I have wow, my silly little JRPGs and I can watch my wife play pokopia on the TV. Weather is sunny and the writing for book 2 is coming along. It’s a beautiful world today.

Thin mint pop tarts are kinda ass. Like it’s just dry, no filling and it almost feels like it’s a ploy by big milk since I feel the need to slam a gallon after eating them.

sometimes you really just kinda lock in and write a whole chapter. I should probably take a break and go play a video game or something to that effect...

So far the first pass on chapter 1 and 2 of Recursion is going well. Starting getting some of the points for chapter 3 down as well. Also started plotting out two other books, and working on some small proofs to share with a publisher, which is crazy what happens when you reach back to old friends.

But like...so what if I just printed of cloud's buster sword for no other reason than to hang it on the wall?

Pat pat #rem #deadlock

I want the weather to be just a bit warmer so I can actually buy a new hardwood desk and properly seal it...... ughhhhhhhhhh I also guess that I need to paint my office again....

Big brother Apollo #deadlock

Can officially say that I am writing book 2, and about 5k words in now. Feels good. Just want to also mention, that I appreciate everyone's support on Containment and it is crazy to see folks outside of friends and family picking the book up and reaching out on thoughts!

Name of a dark academia novel: “Honey & Hemlock” A group of students get obsessed with an enigmatic professor whose lessons blur the line between enlightenment and manipulation. Totally not at all inspired from all the pretty little liars I have been watching. I blame @keelyclove.bsky.social

Monster Hunter is good, even better with friends.

My wife pointed out to me that I have a book that is technically now in the library of congress and I think that is pretty neat. Anyways I just spent like the last 48 hours cranking out a feature and so I am going to stop looking at the bad screen to go look at the good screen. (Scriviner)

My absolute hot takes about the discord ID rollout: I don’t think NSFW content should be on discord at all. If you want that, take the nitro subscription and server boosts and go and purchase a domain and slap a website or forum on it. (Will probably save you money long term tbh)

I get my nitro for free like a real e-girl *bats my eyelashes*

Tracking Jin Dahaad is really cold yall [ #monsterhunter #MHW #mizutsune #sakuratide ]

I had a crash out today around A.I so that was fun. But also I think it’s because I have been spending to much time looking at a computer screen and need to go stare at some trees.

That is crazy, I had my first no-show to an interview. It has also been a few hours with no follow up or anything like that. With how the job market is in tech right now, all I can say is that I hope everything is okay.

straight up looking at all the work that is going on in New York and being like... "what if I moved there and helped out?" It is a lot of cool pushes to educate and let the people know and I respect that so much.

My wife has discovered bebop and has become a menace

The baby thumbnails have the same energy as "I can haz cheezeborger?" and I am here for it

hey friends over at #booksky! Do you have any services or places that would be best to look for an editor? I have the readers, and all that but I need some help on the editing front, and I for sure don't want to use A.I

I am sending out invites for the first round on this role this week. This is also a small bump for IT/Sec people who may have missed it before.

Snow days are rather nice. Spent the day relaxing with my wife and playing in the snow with the dogs. Was a great way to just, recharge.

Working on a rough draft of plot points and key moments with book 2, along with monitoring a prod deploy I did last night. I think I need to do some recording today as well but first…. I want pancakes. 🥞

Okay, I fixed it. It is a lot more concise and not looking like a weekend project anymore (which is what it totally was, since I was using it to learn some typescript, wrangler and hono)

You know, maybe I fix my website this weekend. That sounds like a good idea honestly.

Idk what’s even happening man. You mean to tell me I have to attempt to sleep? After seeing this? I am flabbergasted but also so thankful.

Y'all do not understand, I am going to be a menace with this little guy. The helpful is a typo, it should be menace. I can't wait to jump into this new update

I was just told by my brother, that my book is currently sitting at #42 in the psychological horror category on Amazon. I…uh….don’t really know how to feel about that. Uh…. Thanks???? 🙏 Okay I guess I will get going on the sequel sooner rather than later??? BWAHHHHHHHHHHH

Want to take a moment and thank everyone who reached out, reposted, and overall the support for my debut novel. I truly appreciate it. Kinda just sat around today just soaking it in. Last time I felt like this was when I saw my name in the credits of a game years ago. So thanks 🙏

I get to say I'm a published author now! 📚💙 My debut novel CONTAINMENT is officially out in paperback and ebook! If you like psychological horror with slow-burn dread, this one's for you. — Some doors, once opened, can't be closed again. Check it out here: a.co/d/iTsGkzV

Like did I jsut start a new JRPG? yes. But do I want to start up a new run of Factorio? Also yes.

Totally not checking the KDP review process like 5 times an hour to see if it gets out of review. Totally couldn't be me. So maybe I go start a new JRPG to take my mind of it.

Hit the big scary publish button on my book. Fingers crossed it goes well 🤞

And I’ll do it again.

For those who have already reached out for the engineering roles, we are sending out some follow up emails tomorrow to get some times for people. Trying to be transparent (and this is easier than sending like a ton of DMs)

I have been robbed this day

This is partially how my book came to be.

Love is real. I've seen it in the patch notes.

Officially like....purchased and assigned an ISBN to my book. That feels a little surreal. huh.

Love it. The theater staff is already telling me to leave but I am glued to my seat. Put that Godzilla -0 on right before and let me just fuse with the imax screen.

Unironically this is me right now. Like in a good way (kinda) Soft launched a PoC Kicked of some professional growth tracks for some engineers Rewriting IT policies with security at the same time to prep for a soc2 renewal Cost reduction for infra Oh and fixing logging and monitoring for the stack

I officially took over all the responsibilities for IT... oh mah gawd (its not that bad, i'm just being dramatic)

As a fun additional note, if I spoke with you in the past with the original round of hiring I was doing, you have not been forgotten. I am going through everyone I spoke with and reaching out to those who may be a good fit. Thanks!

A new dawn approaches... I am responding as often as I can to those for the job postings, but I am also trying to launch a PoC today as well and several other hats. Please be patient with me! Happy Friday!

Currently blasting out the job rec via copy paste to folks. The official posting wont be live till sometime next week, but I am looking to get this ball rolling asap for the roles: -Full-stack Engineer ( specializing on mobile, api, web ) -IT Engineer ( boons of having some security experince)

Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you.

Thanks everyone (specially the game dev family) for reposting and the like for the job post. Working on the req right now and answering DMs. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions.

Alright coming back to my #gamedev network with some open roles. Full remote, and official job posting will be coming next week. This is not in game dev sadly but the work is impactful. I have 4 open reqs, looking to fill with full-stack engineers, mobile experience is a huge plus. (1/?)

God it has been a day, so many meetings, what is going on with bsky... yep alright cool, gonna just log off and return with better news in like a day