I was looking at my stats the other day, and I saw someone had stumbled into some of my old weeknotes. Back at the beginning of season 8, actually. I went back and read them. They’re really good. They’re really good. They’re so much more bold than the insipid, high-level nonsense I’ve been pushing out for the past quarter.

I think I’ve been scared, because I got a couple of knocks to my confidence, of putting my entire intense self out here. I also hit 25 whole subscribers, and I don’t know – I’m suddenly more aware that people read these things I write. But they signed up for a reason and this aint it.

So. Back to basics. Back to proper work.

Onwards.

I’ve done a lot more AWS this week, but it’s all flowed fairly nicely. So you’ll be glad/disappointed to hear that this week it’s back to the every day.

This week I learned a lot about AWS, and I need to write it down before I forget it again. If you came here for high drama, I apologise; if you came here for information on the AWS Python CDK, you’re in luck (and a tragic minority)

This week: Finland were robbed; the MSc churned out new ideas; I wrote some code (that unwrote some code I’d previously written); and I serendipitously did not miss a train.

This week I figured out how Roles and Users and things are supposed to work in AWS. From that, I’ve done some fun work to clean up bits of our infrastructure that needed a spring clean. I’ve also on-boarded permanent staff and contractors.

Despite not getting that promotion last week, I seem to have got that promotion. You know what I mean?

This week I didn’t get a job I went for, and I’m trying to figure out what to do next. I’ve also got someone new on the team, and I’ve been catapulted into figuring out things that are interesting and should already have been figured out.

Gosh, this week has been busy. It’s been short, which I suspect is a reason why it feels so busy. But I’m also feeling the pressure of being the only technical person across many different places.

This week: two exams, one easy, one difficult. Work has become difficult, and I want to know what to think about that.

Wrote answers for mock exam. Thought seriously about code. Took on new student. Watched a play.

Lemons. Lemons, lemons, lemons, lemons.