Update for the week ending on Friday, Sep 18, 2020

TinyPilot

• Sent out the first 24 completed power connectors to customers.
  • Updated TinyPilot assembly instructions to integrate the new connector.
• Reviewed an external contribution to enable full screen mode
• Mostly finished implementing support for AZERTY keyboards
• Reviewed an external submission to add cursor options
• Added Github templates for pull requests and new bug reports / feature requests
• Added a diagnostic script that allows users to upload logs in one command.
• Reviewed an external submission to make keystroke message parsing more robust
• Reviewed an external submission to make mouse event message parsing more robust
• Reviewed an external submission to [make the shutdown process more clear](https://github.com/mtlynch/tinypilot/pull/2360.
• Updated the Flask logic so that we don’t have to specify the names of child templates.
• Fixed a bug in clipboard paste on Firefox.
• Spent way too long trying to figure out how to get a DHL business account.
  • I didn’t realize “business account” for DHL is like “enterprise customer” and I got trapped in this super heavyweight process where they wanted to do credit checks on me and have them send contact information for my vendors.
  • I figured out that a My DHL account is the thing I actually want.
• Met with electrical engineers to review progress on the power connector.
• Reached out to 5 IT consultants to interview them about TinyPilot.
  • One soft yes, don’t have a confirmed meeting yet.
• Wrote copy for Reddit ads (not yet live).

mtlynch.io

• Continued working on my homelab VM server post.
• Started a follow-up post on code reviews.

Is It Keto

• Fixed an image on my turnips article, after a reader angrily emailed me to say I was showing a picture of a beet.

Portfolio Rebalancer

• Fixed a bug in CSV importing and added unit tests.
• Tried to apply smarter logic that prevents trades across accounts, but it needs more work.

Gridsome

In an effort to help Gridsome improve dev velocity, I’ve been volunteering a few hours a week to help manage their documentation.

• Reviewed two PRs.

Beekeeping

• Got a visit from the state bee inspector.
  • This is a neat service available in MA. An expert beekeeper comes out to your apiary to check for diseases and give advice for winter prep.
  • My bees are in rough shape. High mite count and not enough honey in the brood boxes for winter
• Put in escape boards in preparation for removing the honey supers.
• Preparing to extract the honey from the supers and encourage them to store it in their brood boxes.