This is my first attempt at a /now page, so I will keep it short and promise to do better next time.
I'm moving away from GitHub
Well, kind of. I guess I’m leaving GitHub like I left Facebook: I don’t plan on using it anymore, but since that’s where the people of our residence tell us about their kids’ lemonade stands, I’m keeping my account to interact with the outside world when needed.
2025 - Week 33
I’m finally getting my head out of the water after a pretty eventful summer, which started with spending eleven days caring for my partner, stuck at the hospital. It really sucked, I wouldn’t wish it on anybody and this is something that will keep my wonderful therapist busy for the forseeable future. Fortunately, as soon as things started improving, I took some time off for some much needed rest as well as entertaining my little sister who visited for the month.
Expanding the elements of an array with PostgreSQL and Exposed
One of the things I really like about Postgres is the various types of columns you can use (without saying that this is limited to Postgres). In this context, the array column type makes it easy to store a list of “stuff”. You can then use the various functions that PostgreSQL provides to query and transform those data. Recently I needed to get all the unique elements from all the values of an array column and once it worked, I pushed a little further to achieve the same result with Exposed.
2025 - Week 23
I’ve spent so much time working from this nice coffee shop close to me that I think they’re gonna start charging me for rent. The coffee is nice, I’m on a first name basis with most of the baristas and there is a park on the way where I can check on my crow friends and give them peanuts. Anyway, I’ve decided that time is not real. I’m somehow supposed to believe that it’s already been a month since I published my last post, but Trump has only been in power for less than 5 months?