What is your overarching goal? What drives you? Is your current list of projects supporting that goal? If not, it's time to do a little triage and drop the things that aren't fulfilling. Sometimes quitting is good.

Freakonomics Podcast - https://freakonomics.com/podcast/goal-hierarchy/

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Good news everyone! I've been awarded HashiCorp Ambassador status again for 2021, which made me reflect on the program and people I've met. It also got me thinking about the Microsoft MVP program and how much my career has benefited from being a part of that excellent community.

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There are many things I'm looking forward to as we get closer to herd immunity through vaccination. Chief among them are tech conferences/gatherings and concerts. What are you most excited to do this coming autumn?

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The future of computing is going to vastly change what we think of as a server. The promise of composable architecture will be ushered in by silicon photonics and specialized processing units. At least, that's what I think.

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I find I am most successful when I am intrinsically motivated to complete a task or project. While external motivations certainly play a part, internal factors will always win out. Recently, I've been thinking about how to structure my business to include more projects that satisfy that intrinsic itch.

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We recorded three episodes of Day Two Cloud this week and the common theme was Modern Applications. What does that mean and how does it impact operations and infrastructure? Tune in to find out.

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Low-code and no-code solutions seem particularly poised to take advantage of serverless. Their structure matches what serverless excels at, especially functions as a service. The more business logic I have to do, the more I appreciate tools that don't force me to write code.

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I really struggle with focusing on a single area of technology or specialization. I want to do ALL THE THINGS. But that's not a recipe for success, is it? I've been making some hard calls on what I want to focus on and I think I've got more work to do.

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Today was my last episode of Buffer Overflow, and it was an emotional adieu. I'll miss the BO crew and all the ridiculousness we got up to. But it was time to move on. I wish the crew all the best for the future of the podcast, whatever new form it may take.

Buffer Overflow: https://anexinet.com/resources/podcasts/buffer-overflow/

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And it wasn't a pleasant ending, but it was probably the best outcome for software development houses out there. Oracle got a black eye. Google got their way. And now you can make "fair-use" of copyrighted APIs in your software. Congratulations!?

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