Uncle Versace

Dev Logs

Brief updates about my days as a software engineer

Dev Logs Posts

Dev Log 03.11.2026: Refactors, Sorkin, and Rubber Toys

The Technical: Today’s "Senior Dev Rescue" involves more than just a standard IDE refactor. I’m using...

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Dev Log 03.12.2026: PR Friction and the Burrito Betrayal

The Technical: Today was a study in communication overhead. Being a Senior Dev on an "emergency" project...

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Dev Log 03.25.2026: Grids, SASS, and a Sleeping Frenchie

The Technical: The day job has me deep in a Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce B2B implementation that's in...

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Dev Log 03.26.2026: Dashboards, Blanket Forts, and Good News

The Technical: Back at it on the B2B implementation — dashboard improvements and bug fixes today. Nothing...

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Dev Log 03.27.2026: Claude Code and FNM

The Technical: Another day on the emergency project, plus some time studying Claude Code. Starting to...

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Dev Log 04.06.2026: PRs, Dayseeker, and the AI Reliability Tax

The Technical: PR reviews and customization work on the emergency project today. The kind of day where...

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Dev Log 04.07.2026: Tickets, Discord, and a General Malaise

The Technical: Wrapped up a couple of tickets on the emergency project and got through some more PR...

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Dev Log 04.14.2026: History Logs, Servers, and Rainy Day Naps

The Technical: Still deep in the emergency B2B project — today's focus was adding history logging to...

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Dev Log 04.15.2026: The Cockpit Reset

The Technical: Gave a tech talk to the team today — got a "it was good," which in that context is a...

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Dev Log 04.17.2026: Power Save Mode

The Technical: Honestly? Not much code today, and I made peace with that. The brain was in power saver...

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Dev Log 04.25.2026: New Rig, Among Other Things

I missed the daily logs all week, so this one's a recap.The Technical: Steady ticket flow on the emergency...

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Dev Log 04.28.2026: Staging Fixes, WSL, and a Hard Visit

The Technical: Resolved a high-priority staging site issue today — emergency ticket landed first thing,...

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Dev Log 04.29.2026: QA Deep-Dives, Strixhaven, and a Wheel I'm Proud Of

Dev Log 04.29.2026: QA Deep-Dives, Strixhaven, and a Wheel I'm Proud OfThe Technical: Spent most of...

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Dev Log 05.01.2026: Pivot and Play

🤓 The Technical: Reviewed and submitted a PR today on the Magento side — built out an inventory history...

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Dev Log 05.04.2026: Bereavement Leave

🤓 The Technical: I took the day off from work — the day job involves complex Magento environments, and...

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Dev Log 05.18.2026: Twurple, Wheels Within Wheels, and a Canadian Holiday

🤓 The Technical: At the day job, I was mostly blocked — the lead is out for Victoria Day (yes, I looked...

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Dev Log 05.20.2026: Seasons, Leaderboards, and the Beginning of Something

🤓 The Technical: Quiet day at the job — PR's been sitting out there with both reviewers assigned, neither...

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Dev Log 05.21.2025: Identity Providers and Smoke Detectors

🤓 The TechnicalToday was a tale of two projects. On the day job side, I spent the morning tracking down...

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Dev Log 05.26.2026: Symfony 7.4 and Frozen Ziti

🤓 The Technical: First day back at the day job after the long weekend, and the Adobe Commerce B2B push...

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Dev Log 05.28.2026: Four Sites on LTS and a Blade Runner Education

🤓 The Technical: The headline today is personal-project work: all four of my Symfony sites are now on...

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Dev Log 06.09.2026: Task Board Toggles, Seven Seasons Too Many, and a Good Movie Night

🤓 The Technical: Quiet day on the work side - had a PR to submit and that was mostly it. The personal...

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Dev Log 06.15.2026: A PR Before 9:15 and the Long Road to Six O'Clock

🤓 The Technical: Set the alarm for 7 AM to knock out the training that was due this past Saturday. Logged...

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Dev Log 06.17.2026: A QA-Failed Ticket, a Rainy Stream, and Time Entry Hell

🤓 The Technical: Lighter work day, which I didn't mind after wondering lately whether the assignments...

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Dev Log 06.23.2026: Merge Conflicts, a Public Stats Page, and a Plan to Take the Week Back

🤓 The Technical: Finally heard back from QA, so the day job had a fresh batch of work waiting on me....

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Dev Log 06.24.2026: A Sick Day, a Frodo Bracket, and the Due Date That Wouldn't Move

🤓 The Technical: Took a sick day. The honest version is it was a mental health day, and as far as I'm...

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Dev Log 06.25.2026: Twitch Integration, a Healthcare Runaround, and the Dog Who Knew

🤓 The Technical: Busy day, no fires, which is the good kind of busy. At the day job I got pulled into...

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Dev Log 07.08.2026: Win Rate Tables, a Trackpad Betrayal, and Endgame (Again)

🤓 The Technical: Meeting-heavy day at the day job - a kickoff, a one-on-one, and a backlog grooming...

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Dev Log 07.09.2026: TMDb Pipelines, a Grandfather's Jodah, and a Porch Light Squatter

🤓 The Technical: Day job started strong - fixed a merge conflict in a PR before my first stand-up, and...

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Dev Log 07.10.2026: One Last PR and the Angel Deck's Debut

🤓 The Technical: The day started with me waking up two minutes before standup, which is exactly the...

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Dev Log 07.21.2026: A Third-Party Punt, Automated Scryfall Images, and Dad's Steaks

🤓 The Technical: Day job first: I'd been sitting on a ticket that needed to integrate with a third-party...

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Dev Log 07.27.2026: Held Inventory, WebSocket Attempt Three, and a Muldrotha Win

🤓 The Technical: Started the day with two tickets assigned to me. Both big, neither complicated - the...

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