notlaura.com will be getting a gradual reworking over the next few months because I’ve got big plans for it.

Cultish personal knowledge management, gardening and not gardening, narrow design system hindsight, and more.
Updates: February 16 – April 19, 2022

I am officially starting a PhD program this fall!!! Reading and writing Nepali, spring is sort of here, reading and listening to Brené Brown
This is an imperfect and very personal blog post about a specific moment in 2019.
The blog post I wish I’d found about writing and running shell scripts.
Daemons and Evi Nemeth

I learned about daemons in a mindfulness course, and recognized the term from computing. This led me to learn about the matriarch of system administration, Evi Nemeth.
Blog posts “from the past”? Yes, this month I will publish posts written months and years ago.
Updates: January 4 – February 16, 2022

An active month of updates – many content shares, Florida, and half-baked thoughts.
What is a snapshot test?
An attempt at a concise, relatively plain-language explanation of the concept of a snapshot test, including an “in the wild” example.

A bulleted list of 2021 highlights and lowlights, but mostly highlights, and a few photos, mostly of plants and food, and some music. 2021 was a year of change and offline activities!
Updates: November 6 – January 4, 2022

Final chili harvest, PhD applications…complete!, learning Nepali, sort-of learning data science, and racial justice-related links.
Family Monster

This family monster is a classic. Especially in these cold temperatures, the apparent warmth and comfort of the baby monsters is enviable.

What is Rust and what does it have to do with the future of the web? I’ve noticed some buzz about Rust lately and wanted to write this explainer post to share my distillation of the topic.
Updates: August 23 – November 4, 2021

Peppers, Mexico City, applications, “my interests”, Rise Up conference, miscellaneous other updates and links!
Updates: June 16 – August 12, 2021

It’s only going to be 95F today.