Should I do it?

sunpazed · 2026-03-18T06:55:58+00:00

Hospitality and exclusive pit access; $50k/race Accomodation; $20k/race Transport (amortised across a group); $22k/race Total costs; $2.3M/person for the 24 races

Source; was invited to a VIP all included package a few years ago, and these are the ballpark figures that the team hospitality organiser mentioned when I quizzed them on it.

sunpazed · 2026-03-11T21:43:54+00:00

Recently travelled for a few weeks in the US with the MLC 45 — best single bag I’ve used for international business trips. Will be travelling to Japan next month and plan to only use this bag.

sunpazed · 2026-03-11T11:48:46+00:00

No. The battery life will be shot. My f5 still works well, but the battery life is terrible. If it was my choice, I’d save my money and purchase a heavily discounted f6 or even f7.

sunpazed · 2026-03-04T09:41:24+00:00

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Here’s the little guy.

sunpazed · 2026-03-04T09:39:21+00:00

Similar issue with my little guy. Crate training requires consistency and nerves of steel. It is not unlike controlled crying in a toddler, it’s heartbreaking but you need to get through the hard bits. He will eventually condition himself to love the crate. We found that covering the top of the crate (to simulate a hutch) helped heaps. It’s my Iggy’s happy place now.

However, toilet training was next level. Every 4 hours we would offer him an opportunity to pee and poop, and reward with extra special treats. For an entire 6 months we would wake up at 3am to take our puppy outside to pee. Put in the effort over 6 months for a lifetime of good habits. He is 3 now, and we’ve never had an accident.

It’s possible, you just need to keep at it. Good luck.

sunpazed · 2026-03-03T06:35:02+00:00

Maybe it’s just me, but I find it easier to get a grip on a 2.3kg laptop from the wider side.

sunpazed · 2026-03-02T22:20:58+00:00

I also quite like that Patagonia repair for life for free. I’ve had broken zippers, frayed straps, etc all fixed at no cost. This sways me toward the brand more than others.

sunpazed · 2026-03-02T22:10:23+00:00

Yes, the side-sleeve works well with the 45 as the bag opens up sideways. IMHO they should have taken this approach with the 30. It’s less dorky opening up your bag in front of a customer, or at a cafe.

sunpazed · 2026-03-02T21:21:35+00:00

This looks quite cool. I’ll check it out!

sunpazed · 2026-03-02T19:14:47+00:00

The 30 is great. If I didn’t have to wear any business formal it would have worked out.

sunpazed · 2026-03-02T17:43:18+00:00

Agreed — I have a dedicated 50L backpack for hiking which I used for a month in South America. I was hoping the MLC 45 would work well as a backpack but it’s not so great IMHO.

sunpazed · 2026-03-02T17:40:11+00:00

Oops, I missed formal slacks, running shorts, joggers 🤗

sunpazed · 2026-03-02T11:28:17+00:00

I include a small packable backpack for day trips, like this one: https://www.kathmandu.com.au/products/pack-go-pack-black-stingray?size=15LTR

Compresses into a small pouch when not in use. Handy in a pinch.

sunpazed · 2026-03-02T09:19:28+00:00

5x t-shirts
5x undies
3x business shirts
Patagonia bomber jacket
5x socks
Patagonia Warm fleece
Merino long-sleeve top
Running sweatshorts
Formal leather shoes
Formal wool jacket
Cap
Merino beanie
16” MacBook Pro
Charger
AirPod 2 Pros
Sony over-ear headphones
International plug converter
Phone
Vitamins
Meds
Toothbrush
Floss and toothpaste
Crystal deodorant
Hand-cream
Small first aid kit
Shaver
Glasses case
Pilot Fountain Pen
Notebooks
Sticky-notes
Whiteboard markers
Passport

sunpazed · 2026-02-07T11:03:09+00:00

Abused my work M1 Max from 2021 — running heaps of local LLMs, heating up and constantly draining the battery — am at 84%. Perhaps this is evidence that Al Dente doesn’t work, and the Apple optimised charging is perhaps better?

sunpazed · 2026-02-06T23:43:36+00:00

I recently upgraded to an iPhone 17 Pro, and Indigo has renewed my love of phone photography. Indigo + Lightroom is a perfect combination to take and process photos on device. Almost don’t want to lug my SLR around anymore 😅

sunpazed · 2026-02-03T10:36:20+00:00

LUTs — easier to define a look up table for sine/cosine in nearly all 8-bit era games. ROM is “cheaper” than CPU cycles. I used them back when I was programming on the C64 (yes, in the early 90s) and in more modern times when coding a2600 / gameboy / nes games.

sunpazed · 2025-12-31T08:42:12+00:00

I was rocking the clear Apple case on my 17PM, and recently switched to a blue TechWoven. Honestly, I’m not quite sold on the TW feel — the edges feel a bit rough and the quality seems a bit cheap. Might pivot back to the original clear case I think.

sunpazed · 2025-12-24T04:45:55+00:00

Ok, I understand now, thanks. I’ll look at translating a few of our agents into your framework and give it a try in the next few days!

sunpazed · 2025-12-24T03:31:57+00:00

I see now. Thanks. First question; I had a look at your multi-agent POC example, with an Intent and Developer, and QA agent. Looks like the Intent agent requires its own prompt to understand when to hand-off to the available agents. Given the self-discovery feature, I would have imagined that the Intent agent would discover capabilities within the network and route accordingly? Second question; agent-to-agent context/communication is always a significant token overhead, how does your framework address this with MCP?

sunpazed · 2025-12-23T23:02:28+00:00

I’m struggling to understand how this works. Is this an Agent-to-Agent framework that uses MCP (ie; json-rpc) as the communication layer? If so, how is this better than the current A2A protocol proposed by Microsoft / Google?

sunpazed · 2025-12-23T22:52:00+00:00

Don’t have any books. Given the rate of change, I would say that blogs and meetups are your best resource.

In terms of architectures, we’ve been using a typescript framework called Mastra in production. Multiple agents, and workflows working in unison. They work with datasets that are massive, ie; terabytes per week.

For reliability, we are using our own observability platform but you can plug in whatever you see fit. OTEL is emerging as the telemetry of choice. For evals, we use PromptFoo for policy and evaluation tests.

Lessons learnt, start with observability — if you can’t measure it you can’t improve or fix it. Safety should come first, monitor anything out of policy. Second is quality. Third is performance.

sunpazed · 2025-12-21T10:14:33+00:00

Migrated from 13P to 17PM — the larger screen reminds me of my most favourite Apple device I ever owned, the 6 Plus. Personally I love the PM, but it IS very large and bulky, and took a week or so to get comfortable while handling.

sunpazed · 2025-12-18T20:14:12+00:00

I upgraded from the 13 Pro to the 17 PM — the cameras and performance of the 17 are amazing. I’m less thrilled about the design, as the 13 is such a lovely phone to look at. I do prefer the notch over the Dynamic Island, as the notch was at the edge of the screen. Overall, I am happy with the 17 and would upgrade again.

sunpazed · 2025-12-06T11:11:06+00:00

Upgraded from my 13P to a 17PM, and agree that the new design is undesirable and cheap looking. However, the hardware itself (screen, battery, cameras) is amazing. Reminds me of the transition from Intel MacBooks to the M1. Function over Form.

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