I’m currently working on a fun personal project that needs lots of websocket logic, but isn’t large enough to warrant adding Redux + Sagas (or Thunks). I decided on this implementation using React’s Context API and Socket.io. (note: To use hooks, you’ll need to update package.json to use react@16.8.0 …

I woke up in Neustadt (north east Germany) to the strangest weather. There would be ferocious winds and rain for about 30 mins and then cut to 30 mins of extremely sunny, calm weather. This happened over and over again to the point of it being predictable. It was lovely…

I’m going to write about a bunch of short blog posts about little moments that happened on this trip as there was too much. Biking through some storm in Germany ??? ???

I woke up and biked down to Sausalito to grab a mimosa and breakfast. Luckily leave there and get to the ferry right when it’s about to leave. I grab a beer and ride it over, and when I’m getting my bike to leave I…

Today is another stupidly relaxing ride and get there with a good amount of sunlight left. …

Woke up and lay there for a while thinking “this tent is probably pretty sketch in daylight”. I’d locked my bike to the tent in a really “you could easily steal this if you have scissors” sort of way. …

So i’m super duper glad I sat down at that buffet and ate a bunch in the morning because I ended up on a hiking / biking trail that didn’t. stop. being. uphill. I saw a small road on a map I had and decided to go down it as…

I woke up and packed my stuff, again had trouble falling asleep, not sure whats going on. Maybe I’m not eating enough at night and my body is feeling bleh. Listened to sleepy vibes playlists again. Got up and was planning on going to that coffee shop but there is…

Since the first day kicked my ass so much I decided to plan a harder route this day to make sure I wasn’t psyched out at all. …