I did a Friday night nerd project and added Prometheus metrics to a simple database server that I wrote from scratch. I didn't expect much since it's running on an old Raspberry Pi, but I'm actually serving requests with single-millisecond response times. I'm pretty impressed with my past self.

AWS has introduced me to a new unit: the "kilomillisecond". While technically correct, it is a little more confusing than its more common alternative: the "megamicrosecond"... or I guess the "second"

One of the nicer things I've done for myself is add a Discord webhook to let me know when my game server automation has finished