Lifenotes 3
Big Business
- HappyGastropod, LLC is officially a thing. I’ve
been using the name HappyGastropod since 2008. Thirteen years later, we’re
officially in business! I’ve been working on a little bulletin-board software
called Cafayo that prompted the move to start a company.
I’ve always loved the name HappyGastropod, and loved the goofy logo I made
all those years ago:
This thing remains a nights-and-weekends type of project. It’s been a fun
learning experience thus far, and I’m excited by the possibilities. - I’m building Cafayo using some Hotwire libraries and techniques. It’s an absolute delight to build apps this way. It’s so refreshing, having spent the past several years writing in the flavor-of-the-month single-page-app framework for work. Hotwire is simple, fast, and (once you wrap your brain around it) surprisingly flexible. A shame about its whole relation to Basecamp…
- After years of prodding by some family and friends, I broke down and bought an Xbox Series-S. I got it primarily to whip my brother’s ass in the MotoGP Game. It’s not going as planned, thus far. I have much practice to do.
- Governor’s Island is open to the public yet again. Cynthia and I went this
weekend and enjoyed the scenery.