I unplugged from social media yesterday. Too many bad takes, distressing takes, etc.
Instead I somehow managed to successfully(?) refactor and improve the most complicated area of the @SeedSigner code.
This isn't really meant to be a flex, more of a: "Oh, shit. I got something amazing done during peak outside world distraction!"
Of course I'll return to moments of obsessive scrolling and the associated rage, terror, depression. But diving DEEP into something really f'n complicated was an unexpectedly effective escape.
Try to stop fretting. Just keep building.
Turns out that the BOX IT CAME PACKAGED IN sounded WAY better! 🤣
...uh, oh, uh, wait, what...?
[Narrator: He read the instructions]
The best doggo ever is 6 today!
She's been a bit miserable the last few months because the vet said she had to lose 9lbs -- 23% of her total body weight!!
Vet said to cut her normal food in half -- IN HALF!!! -- and replace with vegetables.
She hates it, but happy to report that she's making EXCELLENT progress toward the 30lb target!
How fast could YOU lose 23% of your total body weight, anon? 🤣
#flower #iris(?)
#cicadas #bugs #gross #whygodwhy
The meet ran smoothly, the gym was packed (by our standards; this isn't TX football...), and the kids had the high energy, high stakes State Meet they deserved.
I volunteered to create and run the scoring for the meet. Had to write 5000+ lines of code, work out all the coordination logistics, do all the ENDLESS data dumps and filtering along the way to figure out who qualified and how to slot them into the meet, train the workers, brief all the coaches and judges, and -- most importantly -- oversee and troubleshoot the entire process during the meet.
It was STRESSFUL. My code drove our leaderboard displays as well as provided live web-based results. I'd take quick glances up at the display board and pray it wouldn't be showing an http 404 or 500 error.
(pic doesn't do it justice; the leaderboards looked AMAZING!)
The State Meet was in my hands, on my shoulders. If I fucked up, the meet would be a disaster. Thankfully there were NO problems. Coaches were AMAZED at how well everything ran.
We had to figure out EVERY aspect of this meet. Managing who qualifies, who pays for what, selecting officials, how does the host school break even or possibly profit, all the day-of logistics, designing and ordering the trophies and medals, even produce the freakin' meet decorations, signage, and souvenir program!
ENORMOUS amount of work. But at the end of the day, we ran a PHENOMENAL, professional State Meet.
JUDGING:
I judged 2 of the 4 Sectionals meets (head high bar judge!) which determine who qualifies to State. Plus a ton of dual meets throughout the season, Varsity invites, and culminating Varsity Conference meets. I'm usually voted by the coaches to be one of the top 12 judges in the state and therefore asked to judge the State Meet, but obviously had to decline this year in order to focus on my other duties.
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ONGOING:
I'm on our Rules Committee which is just starting to gear up to review and revise our rules for next season. And volunteered to remain on the Steering Committee to do it all again in 2025.