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Iterators in Rust

Advent of Code 2023 has just kicked off, and I'm going to try something a bit different this year, I'm going to try and share useful concepts and patterns that play a role in solving each day's puzzle.

Today, we're looking at iterators (in Rust) and how they can be used to simplify your code by abstracting away the complex details of incremental computation.

2023-12-01#rust#development#advent-of-code

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YNAB Automation

Over the years I have tried several different budgeting tools, from spreadsheets, to desktop applications, to one-person-startups, and finally to YNAB. They've all had their quirks and limitations, but in the end YNAB is the one I've hated the least, and with some creative automation, I've been able to close the deal-breaking gaps in its functionality and happily use it for several years now.

In this post, I'll share how I've set built and hosted my own YNAB automation system, and how you can easily (literally a few minutes) set up your own.

2023-11-26#github#ynab

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Ductile Burnout

Burnout is one of those terms that most of us have heard used in our professional lives, many of us have been subject to, and yet few of us really have a means of grasping the severity of the problem or when it goes too far.

Hopefully this post will give you some ideas no how to reason about burnout in both your professional and personal environments.

2023-04-01#burnout#psychology

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