Runner Dock Daily Report: May 6, 2026
Runner Dock operating report Snapshot as of 2026-05-06 09:01 BST / 08:01 UTC. Recommendation: CEO should approve the first warm-intro target set, choose the agent-readable mailbox path, and keep the…
From Daily Writing to Daily Building
Why AI changed what I want to do after work and my ways of working
May 2026 – Building a Wardrobe Based on Ruffled Autumn Clouds by Emile Nolde
May 6, 2026 Such a wonderful painting: Our VERY determined heroine might find that she wants to change her color palette; the blue at the bottom of the sky (yes, the lovely teal/petrol blue) is…
52 WIP Hacks #10: When Stuckness Is a Signal to Change Strategy
By Kel Weinhold Well, here we are 10 steps into our 52 step journey! And no matter where we go we keep coming back to feeling stuck. I don’t mean that you aren’t moving forward. I can…
We got a new bike!
I’ve mentioned it before, but we got a new bike a few weeks before and I absolutely love it! It’s a longtail cargo bike, meaning that it has a longer and reinforced luggage rack. And the…
Job opportunity: Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator
Job advert from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator Location: Stirling, ScotlandSalary: £29,130 per annumContract: Fixed term contract (2 years)Hours: Full…
CHOICES
It's essential to know what our brand says about those who choose it.
Reading List #115
Hey there Here’s a few things I found noteworthy in the past few weeks. Code output never was the problem Andrew Murphy put into words what many, especially in bigger engineering teams I…
Today, I turn 30 🎉
Today, I turn 30 🎉In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise be to the Almighty, Lord of the worldsToday marks exactly three decades since I took my first breath in Ijebu-Ode. I was…
DJ Ship Rex at Zombie Village
We’re sending healing thoughts to our buddy DJ Ship Rex who is recovering from hip surgery. Rex’s latest gig was at Zombie Village last week, so a few of us went up to San Francisco on a…
Smoker’s Alley
Twenty Years Ago on FITK Every school had one. A place for that last butt before classes. The space between the garages was popular for those who were “sneak” smokers. The alleys were tolerated by…
Constraints Are the Point
How I use AI as a sounding board for home organization, while keeping every decision mine. I work in internal developer relations at Google, which means I spend most of my time thinking about how…
The money landed but the change didn’t. Why regional communities need more than cash.
Rarely a week goes by without a phone call from a passionate regional community member asking me asking for support to get a grant over the line. I get it, money feels like the answer. It’s…
Wisdom from a Clear Pen
What a clear little pen helped me realize about minimalism and opulence
Stop “Working Toward” Tenure—Start Engineering It.
Every junior faculty member in engineering is introduced, sooner or later, to the so-called four-headed monster: PhD students, publications, extramural funding, and external validation. The message…
Date Night: Skipped a rave to find somewhere with seating
Our standing date nights are always on Saturdays. Sometimes we have a destination in mind, but most of the time, we just roll the dice and see what hits our mood that night. The advantage of living…
Notes from a fan
A few days ago I was looking at Wirecutter's best-fan guide. The Vornado 630 was \$60 on Amazon, \$80 on Walmart, and \$80 on Vornado's own website. A 33% gap on a fan caught my attention.…
My biggest passion project to date!
It's an outfit. I'm making my own fit. For some context: I'm seeing Mitski live later this month, on her NATHTM tour. I love Mitski, and have been a sad-girl-hours-ing to her for about....eight years…
Emotional regulation is a dying art.
There was a time when adults could feel something without screaming at you about it. We could disagree - hard - in a meeting and walk out with our faces still attached. When bad news arrived at the…
aphera and thee parkside
I’ve never been a RAW person; but beta testing aphera (“a fast, intentional, and modern Mac photo editor”) is changing that. It’s absolutely the product of obsession x voice . Here’s my favorite…
Watching the upcoming Worcester budget: early announcement
If my calendar does not deceive me, the Worcester Public Schools will release their proposed FY27 budget on Friday, but we're getting an early warning via press release of something of what's in it.…
Did I break writing again?
I feel very much okay. Life's not so bad right now: Spring has finally arrived, I spend a lot of time with friends, I get plenty of exercise and being without a job has its positive sides too (mostly…
May 2026: The Calm Before the Goat
It's been a quiet month for the core repos and a loud month for everything around them. Two Goatmire sessions got the green light, the first Nerves Starter Kit boards landed on Gus's desk, and…
I've Started a Company
I have started a company, Nurtured Bits! The first product just launched, DaraCMS You can read the announcement post over on the company website
45 things
A list, in no particular order, of things I think more people should try or know about. Mindfulness in plain english Hiking north of the Arctic Circle along Sweden’s Kungsleden How to start and feed…
Why You Can’t Hire Your Way Out of Sales
Founders who try to skip learning sales by hiring a "silver bullet" salesperson almost always fail. Here's what to do instead.
Last Revision: Updates on Artist and Cat
Read Last Revision: Updates on Artist and Cat on realvjy's story
Sabbatical retrospective part 2: Illness, staying afloat, and learnings
This post is part 2 of 3. Part 1 is here , and part 3 is coming later. Pneumonia Upon our return from Tokyo the first week of May, I started to resume daily errands and chores, expecting that my…
Sabbatical retrospective part 1: Travel, getting engaged, and more travel
Introduction At the end of 2024, I left my role as a systems engineer at Butlr to take some time off, rest, and contemplate my next steps. (I'm really grateful to my colleagues and leadership at…
Spring Cleaning
May really crept up on me this year. I'm always surprised when the seasons change. The beginning of a season has me makes feeling like it will last the whole year. They always seem to change faster…
Journey Book: April 2026
A way calmer month than the previous one.
Empowering Engineers to Write PRDs
About a month ago, I made a deliberate choice: to give my engineers agency in what we build. Not because I didn’t trust my own judgment, but because I knew they were hungry to feel ownership over the…
Daily Note - Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
In which he hurts the machine’s feelings First, I want to link to a few great write-ups. Your Container is not Your Sandbox - Excellent summarization of MicroVM vs containers Agentic Coding is a Trap…
Now
lifestyle Now https://khleedril.org/blog/2026-04-28--now.html khleedril.org/2026-04-28--now Dale Mellor https://khleedril.org/dale-mellor 6th May, 2026 article ul { list-style-type: none; } article…
Weekly Links — 6 May 2026
AI's efficiency is subtly eroding informal team interactions, impacting trust and innovation.
Remembering Myself
I usually start writing when I have something on my mind. Today is different. I’ll just write what I wanna write at this moment. There is no plan. There is no need to have a plan.
The COO's Job Is Building the AI Operating System
The COO's job in an AI-first company is to build the operating system the company runs on. Here is what that OS looks like and how to build it.
Cat tax
tag(s): #monty #suzie #pic Remember when the internet was obsessed with cats? Did that die down, or is it just me not being "in the know" anymore? (Could be both). Suzie likes to come to the…
Weekly Reflection #23 - Heartbeats and Handcuffs
Each week, I share one insight. One piece of wisdom. One question to reflect on. (and a little Lagniappe) Tony Fadell tells a story in his book, Build, about…
a year ago, May 2025
Last May (or thereabouts)… we had just got our chicks all ten chicks made it to adulthood one rooster turned vicious, and had to be killed recently, one of the hens got really broody, then got sick…
Why my site has a rate card now
I shipped a partnerships page. This is the why-now: capacity, an inbox auto-classifier I haven't built yet, and the years of compounding work that made it the right moment to tie it together.
📺 The Media Guide S7E6
May 3, 2026 – May 10, 2026
It stings.
This one is more emotional than most of my writings. More of a "pressure relief" valve of a post than anything.You can skip it. I'll never know.Hi [Green],Thank you so much for your…
Winning My First 'Award' After Over 10 Years of Work
This is a reflection on professional honors and life's journey. The author shares the experience of receiving their first 'below provincial level award' after over a decade of work, extending from…
Coinbase Founder Just Validated What I've Been Saying for Months
Brian Armstrong announced one-person teams running fleets of AI agents at Coinbase. I wrote this playbook months ago. Here's what it actually looks like in practice.
baby / bathwater
25 & 26-04-26 A couple of days when not a lot made the headlines but a few decent images were taken which deserve to be posted rather than be binned. And we had some fun. And a New Camera arrived! So…
Lately
I haven't written anything for a while, and figured I should just do an update. Mostly to get the writing muscles flexing. So with that here are some things I have been doing with myself. Peppermill…
I keep losing my guitar and bass picks
Goddammit, bro. What the hell? What's wrong with me? I legit make a conscious effort to put my picks in a certain spot because I know they'll disappear. I've had to buy multiple packs of picks…
Derby Weekend
[click here to enlarge slideshow] Interesting Facts About the Kentucky Derby: The Kentucky Derby was first held on May 17, 1875. It is the longest continually held sporting event in America. The race…