May 15, 2026
I owe my blog an update. I'm still working for the same software company.
Good news is that I was promoted into the IT Infrastructure team.
Lots of new people in the last year, and unfortunately lost a few coworkers leaving my team stretched thin.
My boss is a good guy and I admire him, but I don't feel like I'm meeting his expectations.
My now ex girlfriend I was living with at the time of my last post moved out and is now with someone else and pregnant. I started dating someone else, but it feels more like we have a dynamic than a traditional relationship.
One of the best things to happen to me last year was when I was hit by someone driving through a red light on the way to work. A nice woman who only spoke with the office that arrived showed dashcam footage that was in my favor.
Setting up AI access for clients has been the majority of my work recently.
Everything is AI or becoming AI assisted.
From a technical standpoint I think AI research is really cool and will push our race towards a better future.
On the other hand it's getting more and more frustrating to see people vibe code projects they don't understand the backend to.
The noticeable impact I've seen this have has mostly been towards they way open source projects are supported because it's rough. You work hard to make a piece of software people use and one day login to find a ton of AI generated git requests that you then have to review. The tools can be useful sure and help in a pinch, but it seems to just be making more work for the people who actually understand what they're looking at.
Cloud security over the next few years is gonna be one interesting game.
Maybe I need to just throw myself into my work because it seems like the only thing I really have going for me.
I definitely need to lock in and make sure I get my work done. I feel like I'm letting my team down when I'm having a rough day at work.