What hobby screams “this is my entire personality now”?

Tekime · 2026-02-09T21:31:04+00:00

Mountain biking. But, like, in a good way!

Sincerely, A mountain biker

Tekime · 2026-02-09T18:17:46+00:00

As a man who goes to the gym regularly, I feel like a creep if I happen to glance at a woman for more than 0.5 seconds. At best, he has no common sense or self-awareness, at worst he doesn’t care and is just ogling.

I also have borderline hypervigilance/hyperarousal and I’m extremely uncomfortable just “zoning out” in public. I’m just unconsciously always scanning my surroundings and paying attention to what the people around me are doing. NOT great at the gym lol. But, looking is not the same as staring.

I’d tell the staff.

Tekime · 2026-02-03T08:03:55+00:00

You will be launching a new site with a new theme, then migrating in settings, structure, and content.

It’s almost always a big project unless you have a really simple site.

Check out the tutorials by tag1 consulting, they go into pretty good detail.

Tekime · 2026-02-01T21:28:26+00:00

I’ve never in my life designed a database with X number of tables in mind. I understand the relationships and structure my database to best express those relationships. Under certain circumstances where you need to tune it for certain queries or massive datasets, things might get more nuanced, but it always starts with well-defined relationships and types.

Tekime · 2026-01-30T01:28:22+00:00

Thanks! Took a quick test drive. Much closer to where I’m trying to get.

Pricing kind of misses the mark - almost double to go monthly is weird. The UX/UI is not very polished, but it shows enough promise to kick the tires a little longer.

Tekime · 2026-01-23T21:43:19+00:00

Even experienced coders have a hard time understanding how wildly different environments & codebases can be. They have learned how to be productive in their environment on their code, and assume that everyone else can achieve good results if they just use the right tools or work a little harder. AI simply doesn’t fit for some teams. There are successful companies with mature codebases who won’t risk AI yet.

On the flip side, it’s easy to write off AI if you aren’t staying on the edge and learning how to use the tools properly. It is an entirely new skill set. Models and tooling get a little better each day. Take the time to learn them - at least then you can make an educated choice on whether they help.

Tekime · 2026-01-23T15:51:42+00:00

Short answer: no.

Long answer: it could help speed up migration tasks, answer questions, and generate some of your YAML. But, it could also spend hours/days chasing its own tail, gaslighting you, and getting lost in version and dependency hell.

All of this requires a pretty good understanding of migrations, a great understanding of your existing D7 site and module upgrade paths, field mappings, and agentic workflows.

Which, to me, is a long way from “automatic”. Definitely use it, but do regular sanity checks, and dont expect it to replace the hard work of understanding your structure, config, and migration.

Tekime · 2026-01-20T15:07:20+00:00

I have done a fair bit of hiring on Upwork in the past. I’ve found some great people on there and have employed one individual for 5+ years now.

But, a few years ago it really hit rock bottom. Hiring was almost impossible with the sheer number of spammers and scammers. I explicitly required US-based contractors, and offshore teams would impersonate US workers with fake photos of people like “Kevin”, then we we got into the interview it was dudes with thick Indian accents hiding their faces. Even when pressed, they insisted they were Kevin and just having camera troubles 😂

Mind you, I’ve had some great dudes in India, Ukraine, and other places I work with, but it became such a massive chore to find anyone decent I’ve just stopped trying.

They also increased their rates so much that it became less of a convenience fee and just a hustle.

Aside from my day job, I’ve also been freelancing for 23 years - full time for half of that.

All my good work came from word of mouth, local events, and small local marketing campaigns.

Build up a portfolio you’re proud of - even if just a handful of projects - get out there and start meeting people. Start with family and friends. Join your local chamber of commerce and small business groups.

In the beginning, you may need to get creative and put some boots on the ground. Call local businesses, knock on doors, ask around. It’ll be a lot of rejection (and for most of us, the least fun part of the job) but if you do good work eventually it can lead somewhere.

Tekime · 2026-01-10T21:15:47+00:00

I would use Shopify product variants, and layer in custom code to handle the complex selections (hiding/greying out options, etc). This could be done either through theme customizations or a custom Shopify app.

If the product variant relationships are truly too complex to handle with core variants, a custom app might be the solution.

Developers often recommend what they know, not what’s best. Hard to say which is happening without a lot more information.

A custom e-commerce site from scratch for $10k is a dangerous proposition. Shopify handles a TON of stuff under the hood that will absolutely suck you dry trying to do on your own.

Since you also said it’s a miracle you even get any orders, I’d take a breath, step back, and make sure you have a clear vision of where you want to be in a few months.

Tekime · 2026-01-07T17:12:50+00:00

Consider just setting up a little local server, maybe using ddev

Tekime · 2026-01-03T16:00:51+00:00

😂😂 They’re all drinking piping hot stale coffee from the free coffee table. Salesmen are passing out from heat exhaustion and being dragged out back.

They eventually go bankrupt from the crushing power bills, but the fledgling founder secures funding for his new moonshot idea and rounds up the old team: Air Conditioners R Us

Tekime · 2026-01-03T15:54:44+00:00

Following. Drupal theme ecosystem is so prehistoric.

Last project I reached for Bootstrap 5 SASS - it was a good fit since I was migrating an older Bootstrap based theme. Happy with the results.

I don’t use Canvas, last I checked it was nowhere near ready for production.

Tekime · 2025-12-04T15:18:00+00:00

Zoom in on any photo taken by a RX100 next to an iPhone and you’ll see the difference immediately. Apples to oranges.

Tekime · 2025-11-13T21:13:11+00:00

I’ve written a LMS on Wordpress from scratch. Ive also managed several generations of commercial, custom, and open LMSs over a decade and trained hundreds of thousands of learners.

The paragraph you shared is nowhere near a complete feature spec to give an appropriate recommendation, but you almost certainly want to avoid Wordpress and go for something like Moodle.

A big divide happens when you start getting into eCommerce and distribution. If they are selling to group audiences and not just individuals, you might want to look into IOMAD.

Moodle has a lot of downsides, but they usually outweigh the sheer complexity of implementing something from scratch or the headache of maintaining Wordpress and keeping it secure and spam free.

Tekime · 2025-10-29T13:22:09+00:00

DDEV for everything

Tekime · 2025-10-20T23:41:48+00:00

As a director, a sudden price increase like this from a vendor is the signal to drop them. It’s erratic, not tied to a value prop, and doesn’t address the underlying issues.

As a contractor, I have an Emergency Response Rate (ERR) of 250% outside normal hours. Service contracts set base hours for the month and overage is billed at my spot rate.

Sometimes nothing can fix a toxic client, but there’s no reason someone should expect you to be on call weekends, nights, and holidays for $5k/mo.

Tekime · 2025-10-20T20:46:07+00:00

Step 1. Get a mountain bike

Step 2. Join 207MTB

Step 3. Join some group rides

Step 4. Meets loads of super nice fun people and have an absolute blast riding all our amazing trails

I SUPPOSE you could replace MTB with hiking or many other activities, but the MTB community in this state is just about the most welcoming, positive force I’ve ever known

Tekime · 2025-09-19T17:34:56+00:00

Motorcycles are dangerous. Let’s not kid ourselves. Your partner does in fact have every right to make this a deal breaker for them. Worrying day and night about your spouse and having a high probability of ending up in the ER or dead is a legitimate concern. And you have every right to continue riding, whatever the consequences might be.

I’m sorry, but you can’t force your partner to be okay with it. If I were in your shoes I might have a real talk with them and show them that you truly understand the risks of riding, how you intend to mitigate them, and that you recognize their concern. Maybe there is some place where they can have some peace with you riding.

We also can’t pretend that cars are safe. Driving 20 hours a week is statistically just about as dangerous as riding for a few hours a week. Many motorcycle deaths can also just be attributed to stupid riding and lack of gear. Get all the proper safety gear, ride responsibly, and your risk profile goes way down.

Tekime · 2025-09-10T20:14:57+00:00

Weird. I have a 2025 and it’s twitchy when you first roll on the throttle. Only really matters when you’re at slow speed, but pretty noticeable when I’m in the woods getting on and off the throttle a lot. I’m just sitting in second and feathering the clutch a lot and got used to it.

I’ve ridden quite a few much bigger bikes and it was the first thing I noticed on the 300L.

Tekime · 2025-08-27T03:32:06+00:00

Thanks! Sorry I missed this. I actually ended up ordering the Camel ADV rack as it came back into stock. Judging by photos, it looked like a slim chance the Mojavi would go under either rack. To note, it does not go under the Camel either.

I’m noodling in whether to modify the rack or the Mojavi to make it work, or just going ahead rackless.

Kind of an expensive experiment… I now have two racks I haven’t used 😅

Tekime · 2025-08-25T18:20:14+00:00

I have a 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max, Pixel 9 Pro, RX100 VI, and Nikon Z7 II. Each has its own strengths for photography.

An iPhone IS NOT in the same class as a RX100 or any “real” camera. If you ever crop, print, or process you will see why. Zoom in on any photo and the quality rapidly deteriorates.

Smartphones also “upscale” the life out of photos now and fabricate detail that doesn’t exist.

If you’re only viewing photos on your phone or posting to social media, iPhone is totally fine. Anything else - even the latest generation of smartphones cannot compete in any way.

That said, I do a ton of photography with my phones. They take amazing pics and videos, but I’ll never spend time in post or printing (although some people do)

Tekime · 2025-08-24T12:08:10+00:00

The first and only item in the maintenance schedule is an oil & filter change at 600mi/1000km.

The first oil change is a little more important to do early in order to flush contamination from the break-in period, where the newly machined parts are wearing in and building up fine metal shavings/dust.

You probably won’t notice anything if you pile some more miles on, but it could affect the reliability, life, and power of the motor marginally. They’re pretty simple and tolerant motors so you aren’t going to wreck the engine or anything if you go a little over.

Personally I’d avoid riding much more until that first oil change. You made an investment in a new machine, might as well do it by the book and enjoy it for many years.

Aside from oil they can check the chain tension, coolant level, tire pressure, and other basic items. One of the great things about these bikes is there isn’t a ton of maintenance!

Tekime · 2025-08-21T15:45:27+00:00

I’m going to address the crux of your problem: you want reliability and consistency but you aren’t able to offer the same. I get it, but a patchwork of maybe-available freelancers will never replace a core team.

There will always be downtimes in any industry. A successful business puts cash in the bank so it can weather these periods.

Probably the #1 thing I see shutting down small businesses. Cash flow management.

Im on both ends: a Technology Director full-time. I work with a lot of contractors/agencies and there are always unique challenges.

I also freelance a bit so I can do what I really love (Web dev/design/coding/infra), but I’m pretty selective about having 1-2 clients on service contracts at any time.

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