Thoughts
I'm at a local maximum, in a number of different areas in my life. And I have to decide if it's worth jumping for relatively small benefits.
The code for this website is ugly because it caches the rendered HTML in the database which is awful engineering. But it works and it's fast. It could be faster, it could be much faster! But it's 350ms. Is it actually worth writing a template parser integration in Rust to save 200ms or 100ms?
It is actually worth moving to save $100 or $200 a month on rent?
Is it actually worth getting dressed and going to church?
Is it actually worth doing things to see benefits? Is it actually worth being alive?
It is worth what? What am I spending? What I losing? It's not risky. These are not risky or costly decisions.
> Recognize that your time isn’t valuable
> you have to be okay with “wasting” your time
> You should be liberal with your time, spending time doing work even when you don’t need to.
If my time isn't valuable, why wouldn't I spend time rewriting a part of Thoughts? I was looking for a programming project anyways.
Am I actually at a local maximum (change makes things worse), or have I stagnated (change is hard because I haven't done it recently)?