Software developer and do-it-yourselfer, trying to master the fine art of creating something awesome

First quarter reflections

I usually tend to say that the beginning of the year is fast; this year was no exception.

Starting the year with some holidays. Discovering LinkedIn bots, our first development hire and bringing back some memories with buying a lathe.

January was a quick one. The first week, we went with family, the four of us, to a cabin in the forest. It was just plain nature, no internet, no fridge (just ice packs), playing board games, outdoor walks, barbecues, and a lot of rain. But one thing I always look forward to is lighting up the stove and creating some kindling with my mini axe – instant satisfaction.

At work, I started polishing our '24 roadmap and preparing for a lesser favourite type of work, hiring. The Exatom business is growing at a steady pace, so we'll need to make sure we can also keep up at the development side because over there, it's just me-myself-and-I soloing with some side-kicks.

Let's dive a bit deeper into that whole hiring process. We posted our job opening on LinkedIn, this is what happened:

🚀 A super handy piece of software tooling on this ride was Calendly. My sales and client services colleagues were already fans; now I am too.

Lastly, a super exciting item to share. After years of just looking around I came across a 1963 Schaublin 102VM lathe. I called my father, we jumped into the car, did an inspection, could not find any deficiencies, rented a truck for transport and now she's home.

This brings back so many good memories from my middle grade studies and I'm sure there will be many posts over here on my re-discovery and joy of working with it.