#Reflection

Building in Public

The GitLab commit message says 'fix RS485 timeout on startup.' It doesn't say what finding that fix actually took. Building in public means sharing both.

SEIN - Reconnecting Circles·Jul 6·9 min read

Sense ,Grow ,Reflection Open source

From Root Cellar to Data Logger

Every generation builds new infrastructure to do the same thing: give the culture the right conditions, then get out of the way. The sourdough keeper and fermentation controller are the latest iterati…

SEIN - Reconnecting Circles·Jun 29·8 min read

Ferment ,Distil ,Reflection Fermentation

Your Smart Home Is a Rental

Most smart home devices are cloud subscriptions in disguise. When the company shifts, gets acquired, or decides to charge more, your automation stops working. There's a better way.

SEIN - Reconnecting Circles·Jun 22·8 min read

Sense ,Reflection Open source Home assistant

Better Than Sex, 30 Years Later: Revisiting the Book That Broke My Brain

07:39. I’m in my lounge chair drinking black coffee, the morning still soft around the edges. For my morning read today, I’ve been revisiting Hunter S. Thompson, starting with the book that began my l…

Soulcruzer·Jun 20·10 min read

Better Than Sex Harold Jerche Hunter S. Thompson PLaud

Fail-Safe by Default

The valve that closes itself when connectivity is lost isn't a clever feature: it's the minimum standard for any system that controls water near living things. Fail-safe design is an ethical choice, n…

SEIN - Reconnecting Circles·Jun 15·8 min read

Sense ,Reflection Engineering Open source

Water Has Memory

Most irrigation systems water on a schedule, regardless of whether the soil needs it. In the driest state on the driest inhabited continent, we can't afford that kind of indifference.

SEIN - Reconnecting Circles·Jun 8·7 min read

Grow ,Sense ,Reflection Irrigation

The Invisible Language of Plants

Vapour Pressure Deficit is the metric professional growers use to understand plant stress, and that most small-scale horticulturalists have never heard of. It's time to change that.

SEIN - Reconnecting Circles·Jun 1·6 min read

Sense ,Grow ,Reflection Vpd

Peeking into Go struct tags

A quick tour of Go struct tags: how different libraries use them, how you read them at runtime with reflection, and how other tools read them at build time instead.

Redowan Delowar·Apr 18·5 min read

Go Reflection Codegen

A Walk to the Park

A reflection from several years ago

Cody Coyne (he/him)·Apr 16·2 min read

Reflection Nature Faith

What Venice Still Has to Teach Us

Venice's thousand-year success offers a powerful lesson in balancing competing forces and the dangers of institutional rigidity in a changing world.

SEIN - Reconnecting Circles·Mar 30·8 min read

Sense ,Reflection Venice History

Part III: Sick by Design

Part three investigates the healthcare industry, arguing that the corporate profit motive creates a system that profits from sickness rather than promoting wellness.

SEIN - Reconnecting Circles·Jan 16·8 min read

Sense ,Reflection Healthcare Pharmaceuticals