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	(It's been hell and this is my journal)
	September 24, 2020

	It's been a while since I've written here, because it's been hell. I
	probably don't need to extemporize a whole lot about it, I think we've all
	been suffering our own hells as of late. Mine is the Northern California
	variety with wildfire and liberal (me) panic.

	Not much related, I think I'm going to try to keep a daily journal, right
	here. I really only have the personal resources to maybe write once a day
	in one place, and keeping a public journal, even if I don't read it, is
	enough of an exhibitionist hook to maybe keep me writing.

	So, to start, what's on my mind today? My thoughts of the professional and
	constructive kind have turned to the idea of low-friction pull requests. I
	would like to explore this further and maybe write up something about it.
	It seems like anymore that 30% of my work is just getting my code through
	various procedural hurdles. If I could lube it up and slip it through
	faster, more's the better.

	Because really, I get disproportionately angry when some pedantic co-
	worker holds up getting a feature out because he prefers dangling commas.
	I have too much pride sometimes, I have a lot of trouble getting past
	these things without having some sort of mantra or manifesto to rely on.

	Aside from that, I'm just tired today. I pulled an all day coding session
	trying to get a feature to send out event logs yesterday under some tricky
	situations. I got the job done, but I'm depleted. There's only so much of
	me to go around, and when I start borrowing, I'm left with empty holes
	that take a bit to fill up. I'm not a 10x coder, nor a HaX0r, and I can
	often care less than I should about my profession.