From e0b692ecbb4e5dbbc5605471e520fa865de2c4b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "russell@unturf.com" Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:56:00 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] personalize: blog-as-territory, open tickets not farms --- content/2026-03-20-i-am-a-software-mechanic.rst | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/2026-03-20-i-am-a-software-mechanic.rst b/content/2026-03-20-i-am-a-software-mechanic.rst index 946fda3..0dc918f 100644 --- a/content/2026-03-20-i-am-a-software-mechanic.rst +++ b/content/2026-03-20-i-am-a-software-mechanic.rst @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ But it describes exactly what I do. You call me when a machine-generated tool breaks something real. A harvest lost. A contract mispriced. A greenhouse running dry. I show up. I read the spec. I find the gap between what someone told the machine to do & what the world actually did. -Then I fix it & drive to the next farm. +Then I fix it & open the next ticket. **The pay reflects the gap between what this work actually does & what people think it costs.** @@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ That someone doesn't have a union. Doesn't have a job board. Doesn't have a standard rate card. Mostly posts on forums & waits for DMs. +This blog goes back to 2010. +Every post, a spec against territory. +Most technical posts need no update. Ground beneath them held. +Others aged out quietly. A Minikube guide. A CircleCI config. A FreeNAS fallback tutorial. Accurate when written. Overtaken soon after. +Not failure. Just terrain. Most stays. Some shifts while you stand on it. + --- **Why this matters right now:**