Potential Is Dangerous

In coaching cheerleading, I like to say that potential at the beginning of the year is a great thing, but potential at the end of the year is not. Potential is a dangerous word, but society sees it as a positive. This post is about how dangerous that is and why using this word can have unintended consequences. I just picked up a copy of How to ADHD, and I haven’t even finished the first chapter....

April 24, 2024 · zacharyc

Tailwind Part 2

I’ve been working in a tailwind environment for a couple of weeks on this Clojure project. I have some more opinions about it, and I figured I’d share. Firstly, Tailwind is pretty powerful. One of the reasons we are using it is because of its plugins like DaisyUI, which should allow us to theme our app more easily. Looking at the documentation, there are classes for everything you need to style your front end....

April 12, 2024 · zacharyc

Tailwindcss Part 1

I’m working on a new project and am motivated. We have carved out some aggressive goals, so I’m spending time writing software and learning more about Clojure. I even got to file a bug on Calva and work with Pez on it. So, on to the subject of this post, tailwindcss. This is a framework for generating CSS in your HTML by using utility classes. These classes you put directly on your HTML elements affect how they appear....

March 20, 2024 · zacharyc
Thread Spools

Thread and Twine

Some of you may or may not know about my side hobby: Zack’s Packs and Gear Repair. Through this hobby, I have learned a lot over the past couple of years. While I’m still at the beginning of this quest for knowledge about sewing and creating, there are a couple of things I’ve learned. I use mostly Tex 70 Thread, which is called size 69. This was the thread used in the course I took at Sterling Continuing Education, and it is still the thread I use most commonly....

March 14, 2024 · zacharyc
Britta Rael

Britta on Athletic Brewing

Recently, my mentor and friend Britta was selected as a spotlight ambassador for the Athletic Brewing brand. You can see her spotlight here. I’m particularly honored that her cover photo was taken during a shoot I did with Britta. Thank you, Britta, for using the photo. For those of you who have yet to hear of Athletic Brewing, it is a non-alcoholic beer (it has a very small percentage) that people can consume that is tasty like beer but without the same alcohol level....

March 13, 2024 · zacharyc