Notes about my work, projects, training, and life.
I took the day off from the jail so I could spend it with Kelly and her family while they’re vacationing at a resort about two hours south of home.
I missed her and wanted to be part of the experience, so I made the two-hour drive down, spent the day with everyone, then drove two hours back home.
Totally worth every mile.
In other news, this hawk decided my house was a good place to hang out this evening.
Not a bad visitor to have in the front yard.
Bonumark Stream can now connect to the fediverse from my dev server.
It is not complete yet, and there is still more testing to do, but ActivityPub is starting to work.
Progress.
I took a rest day today.
That has always been hard for me, but I’ve gotten better at knowing when not to push. So today, no run.
Instead, I started working on implementing ActivityPub in Bonumark Stream, did some laundry, and got a haircut.
Kelly is away on vacation with her family, so for now it’s just me and the critters holding down the house.
I had an idea for a WordPress plugin that understands the content already on a site and suggests relevant internal links while you write.
That idea is now Intertexere.
I created a private GitHub repository, defined the architecture and product rules, mapped the development stages, and opened the first implementation issue.
No code yet. I wanted the requirements clear before the build starts.
Bonumark Stream v0.7.2 is now available on GitHub.
This release is focused on hosting portability and the upgrade workflow. Bonumark now better supports locked-down VPS installs, owner-run CLI upgrades, deployment verification, Nginx, hosting capability checks, safer upgrade recovery, and tested MySQL/MariaDB compatibility.
A lot of this came directly from moving Bonumark onto a real VPS and finding the assumptions that broke outside shared hosting.
Next up: ActivityPub.
https://github.com/jimlunsford/bonumarkstream/releases/tag/v0.7.2
I know I said there would be a new Bonumark Stream release last weekend, but a few bugs popped up that needed fixed first.
The next version will be released tomorrow.
Once that is out, I’m moving on to ActivityPub and figuring out how I want to implement it in Bonumark Stream.
I’ve been struggling to get my runs in since moving from the 1800-0600 shift to 1200-0000.
Had enough of struggling with it, so I got out and did the damn thing.
Three miles in.
Starting today’s shift with a much clearer head because of it.
Today I worked on a training plan for our Correctional Emergency Response Team at the jail, then spent the last half of my shift dealing with a mental health crisis.
Meanwhile, part of my brain was thinking about ActivityPub and how I might implement it in Bonumark Stream.
Corrections, mental health, software, publishing.
I live in a couple of realities at once most days.
I keep telling myself I run because it clears my head.
Which is true.
It also gives my brain 30 or 40 uninterrupted minutes to come up with new projects, solve problems nobody asked me to solve, and make plans for things I definitely do not have time for.
Very peaceful.