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2025 in Running

http://yob.id.au/2026/01/02/2025-in-running.html

Published: January 2, 2026 00:00

2024 was the first year my annual running volume dropped since I started to regularly run, and I backed that up with a 2025 that was even lower - 930km: At the start of 2025 I said: 2025 goals: if I can get on top of these injuries, cover 2025Km…

Inline RBS Type Hints for a Rubygem Codebase

http://yob.id.au/2025/12/30/inline-rbs-comments.html

Published: December 30, 2025 00:00

Back in 2021 I wrote about my experiments adding sorbet types to a rubygem codebase. I remain type-curious in 2025 (particularly now that I’m writing more Typescript than Ruby), enjoying the developer experience benefits of type checking and an IDE…

Bosch Compress 3000 Review

http://yob.id.au/2025/12/28/bosch-compress-3000-review.html

Published: December 28, 2025 00:00

In mid 2019 we used a state government subsidy to replace our gas hot water system with an electric heat pump one, planning to power it as much as possible while the sun shines on our solar panels. We chose the Bosch Compress 3000 - here’s a belated…

AWS Cost Usage Reports 2.0 in Athena

http://yob.id.au/2025/05/17/aws-cur-20-athena-table.html

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

Cost Usage Reports (CUR) are detailed line-item exports of AWS usage. The underlying data matches what’s available in the AWS Cost Explorer, but exported to an S3 bucket where it can be fed into custom reporting and analysis. In 2023 AWS announced CUR v2.0…

2024 in Running

http://yob.id.au/2025/01/17/2024-in-running.html

Published: January 17, 2025 00:00

Unlike earlier years, I had no considered running goals for 2024. I went in with a half baked plan to hit 2024km for for the calendar year, maybe via 3+ outings/week averaging ~40km/week. Like previous years, I valued consistency and habit building over…

2022 in Running

http://yob.id.au/2023/01/04/2022-in-running.html

Published: January 4, 2023 00:00

In 2020 and 2021 I found it useful to reflect on my running and set new goals, time for 2022. My 2022 goals: get out 156 times - 3 times/week - and cover 1200Km (100Km/month). Both are only incremental improvements on 2021 and that’s OK. Locking in…

2021 in Running

http://yob.id.au/2022/01/01/2021-in-running.html

Published: January 1, 2022 00:00

I enjoyed reflecting on my running progress last year, so here’s another go for 2021. My 2021 goals from the above post: My main goal for 2021 is to continue making running a habit and to get out 104 times - twice per week. Within that I’d also like…

Type Checking a Ruby Gem with Sorbet

http://yob.id.au/2021/12/31/sorbet-with-gems.html

Published: December 31, 2021 00:00

I’m writing less ruby than I used too so I haven’t had much chance to try out sorbet, the type checker built by Stripe. My experience with type checking in golang has made me curious though, and the similar-but-not-sorbet type checking experiments in ruby…

2020 in Running

http://yob.id.au/2021/01/01/2020-in-running.html

Published: January 1, 2021 00:00

I’ve dabbled in running for about 8 years, but it was only in 2019 that I went from an on-again off-again attempt to fit exercise in around kids and work to a regular habit that I enjoyed. The tipping point was when 5km became consistently achievable,…

Twelve months of electric heating

http://yob.id.au/2020/08/23/twelve-months-of-electric-heating.html

Published: August 23, 2020 00:00

The house we bought in 2013 has reticulated gas supply, used at the time for hot water, space heating, and a stove top. It’s 3-bedroom, free standing, built in the 1920s with various modifications since, and leaky. “Natural Gas” sounds so clean, and the…