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BG3 is so addictive 😭 it's past 3AM and I'm wired after the end of act 2

Yessir, I've been wanting to get back into writing for a while 👀

I think I've abandoned my website for long enough. I might go for a short story this week instead of commenting on something that already exists.

I was going to do a blog post, but I think that can wait until I start my new job.

I have a week of unemployment before my next adventure; I am going to sleep like a log 🪵

Must say, while I'm definitely excited for my next step in life, this last week at my current employer is feeling very melancholy. Working at a startup is so much more personal than working at a larger, established corporate.

It's sad, but I'm going to stop donating to Gofundme campaigns. No matter how many times I make sure all marketing/comms are unselected I STILL get spam and campaign updates.

I don't have the emotional bandwidth for that shit, which is why I opt out. Now, I'll just no longer donate at all.

Dropped down to ¼ what the doctor prescribed and I still feel fucked up. Gonna give it a skip entirely tomorrow.

Also, y'all, Mybulen doesn't play 💀 I'm taking half what the doctor prescribed and I've been on a cloud of shaky coherence for the past 2 days

A word of warning: maybe don't listen to true crime videos in the background. I was having some WHACK fever dreams.

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There will be no new post on Seale.io tomorrow morning. I've been man down with bronchitis.

I thought I might be able to read, but the words started blurring together and I knew I was too far gone to do anything other than drink soup, sleep, and listen to true crime videos in the background.

The image shows a mobile phone screen displaying a Google Play Books page for the book 'Refuge: Stories of War (and Love)' by Sunny Singh. The book cover is visible on the left, featuring a dark blue background with red flowers and the title in white and red text. Below the title, the author's name, Sunny Singh, is listed. The page indicates the book is available in eBook format, is 208 pages long, and is 'Eligible'. A large blue button says 'Cancel', with text below it stating, 'Pre-ordered and available 07 August 2025'. Below this, there is a section titled 'Family Library' with a toggle switch. The bottom of the screen displays a 'More by Sunny Singh' section, with two identical thumbnails of what appears to be a different book or work titled 'Amitabh BACHCHAN' by Sunny Singh.

Pre-ordered a digital copy and very excited to read it when it's out

Other queries work fine, and I have noticed Mongo gets a bit funny sometimes.

I am using a data model instead of a table directly from the database, could that be it? I prefer using models because the data loads faster since I'm only querying and fetching what I need to use.

It's transaction value and number of transactions grouped by business name. I've used a similar query many times and it's worked, so not sure why it wasn't playing nice today.

Hey Maz, I appreciate you reaching out! I managed to sort out that issue, but I've run into another one where, when I group data by a column (e.g.: business name), it's blank in the results even though the source data definitely has a business name. We're using v1.54.6 and we query MongoDB.

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna My Rating ★★★ Note: 3 stars means it's good. It means the plot, writing, and characters are well done. 3 stars is what I expect from a book. For something to reach 4 or 5 stars it needs to change my life in some way. (Very Short) Story Summary Not-so-secret witch Mika Moon takes on an au pairing job to a trio of young girls who need to learn to manage their out-of-control magic before the family solicitor makes a visit, lest he find out that they are, in fact, witches.

Review of my book club's July pick: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Congratulations 🎉

Also, anyone who says they enjoy working with Metabase is a filthy liar.

Me: I really just want to show the count of records that don't have null in this column 😭

Metabase: screw you, here's an error message instead 😊

Sometimes my data analysis skills are unparalleled. Other times, I stare at a table for 10 minutes straight trying to figure out how I'd join it to another table.

A calico cat with black, orange, and white fur sits on a grey blanket with white stars, next to a laptop with a large, orange, cartoon cat emoji covering its screen. The cat is looking directly at the viewer.

This is my baby girl named Biscuit

Imagine being so selfish that you demand your misery be pandemic. Let people enjoy their internet cat pics.

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Now that seale.io is up and running and I'm happy with the layout, I'm keen to get into some writing.

First up: a book review from my Ladies Book Club. I'm committing to getting it out by 08:00 on Saturday morning (SAST).

Chronic migraines are certainly... Something.

Hello World True to my "act first, think later" nature, I woke up one day and decided to purchase a domain (which I pronounce as "Seale-ee-oh") without knowing entirely what I want to put on it. I do know I'd like to go for a digital garden vibe, so consider this the first seed. When I was a child I wanted to be a writer, but my parents had sacrificed a lot to send me to a private school so becoming a writer instead of pursuing a "stable" career would be a "waste".

First post on seale.io!