I didn’t run yesterday or today.

After running almost all week during a heat advisory, getting very little sleep, and working two night shifts, my Garmin health stats tanked.

Last year I would have looked at that and kept pushing anyway.

I already learned where that can lead. I pushed through the warning signs then and ended up in the hospital.

So this time I’m listening.

Bonumark Stream v0.8.1 is out.

This release brings ActivityPub federation into the project, but getting there took a lot more than making two servers talk.

I tested it against real Mastodon, GoToSocial, and Misskey accounts. Those tests found problems automated testing missed, so I corrected the product, tested again, and kept withholding release approval until it held up in actual use.

That work is now public.

https://github.com/jimlunsford/bonumarkstream/releases/tag/v0.8.1

Before getting on the lake today was split between two very different kinds of building.

Bonumark Stream was release validation, ActivityPub testing, UI correction, and protecting the v0.8.0 release gate.

Intertexere was repository forensics, licensing, provenance, Git history, and getting it ready for public development without cutting corners.

Not much flashy work today.

A lot of the kind that determines whether the flashy stuff deserves to ship.

Got away from the computer and spent the evening on the lake with Kelly, Garrett, and Sebastian.

We swam, ate pizza, listened to a live band playing on the lake, then the boys wanted to swim again.

So I got back in with them.

They told us they had a great time.

Yeah, I did too.

Facebook outrage got me thinking about a bigger question:

What actually changes after everybody gets pissed off?

I looked at failed boycotts, ones that actually worked, Facebook’s ranking incentives, and the difference between being loud online and producing a measurable result.

That same problem with attention, control, and platform dependence is part of what pushed me to build Bonumark Stream.

https://jimlunsford.com/your-outrage-is-their-business-model/

My cat Milo has figured out the perfect life.

Eat. Sleep. Attack someone occasionally. Demand affection only when he wants it. Ignore everyone else. Steal my recliner spot like he owns the deed.

I spent 50 years developing discipline and boundaries.

Milo apparently came preinstalled with both.

Not every day will be a strong day.

You will be tired, overloaded, distracted, or out of rhythm. That is when your minimum matters most.

You may not hit the ceiling today. Do not abandon the floor.

Keep one promise. Complete one action. Protect enough of the standard to keep yourself from returning to zero.

https://jimlunsford.com/discipline-dispatch-protect-the-floor/

Two night shifts. Four hours of sleep between them.

My brain is cooked, my body is running on fumes, and I have nothing profound to say.

I made it through.

That is the post.

Yesterday the heat was the problem.

Today it was the heat plus four hours of sleep after another night shift.

I could feel the difference immediately. I didn't have much in the tank, but I still managed 3.05 miles before calling it.

Some days you push. Some days you take what the body gives you and move on.

The hard days test whether you can survive.

The comfortable days test whether you will stay disciplined.

When life gets easier, it becomes tempting to loosen the routines, boundaries, and standards that helped rebuild you.

That is where drift starts.

Comfort does not mean the work is over.

https://jimlunsford.com/recovery-standard-comfort-tests-standards/