https://shornyak.dev/Recent content on ShornyakHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSat, 28 Aug 2021 15:22:08 +0000https://shornyak.dev/about/Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://shornyak.dev/about/This is the about page for Shornyak. More content coming soon.https://shornyak.dev/contact/Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://shornyak.dev/contact/Get in touch with Shornyak. Contact information coming soon.https://shornyak.dev/sadness-consumes-all/Sat, 28 Aug 2021 15:22:08 +0000https://shornyak.dev/sadness-consumes-all/I am sitting here at my desk in San Francisco feeling very sad. Lonely may be a better word it. I had breakfast with Tomas at Roccos’ – an italian joint I frequent for brunch – proceeded by delivering biscuits to Daniel. I needed some aspirin as I was almost out so went to Target to get some. Tomas wanted Pokemon cards (eye-roll) so he tagged along. Went by Willows to get a beer after, kinda chugged it I think, meh it was an escape.https://shornyak.dev/thoughts-for-roger/Mon, 16 Apr 2018 18:23:48 +0000https://shornyak.dev/thoughts-for-roger/I’m having a hard time adjusting to this people structure we’re engaged in, it’s unsettling. We really have some major improvmeents we could be making with some simple people reorganizations. I am having a real hard time feeling confident in my role without more product exposure. The most lean and successful teams I’ve found utilize the agile pod structure More importantly than that, there was far less stress involved. We’ve got a team of engineers, way more than is reasonable for the product we’re trying to support.https://shornyak.dev/fear-mortality-antagonists-to-confidence/Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:22:43 +0000https://shornyak.dev/fear-mortality-antagonists-to-confidence/Im either slick or really know my shit, I can’t figure out which because the laziness is so strong. Do something, must do something, doooo it. People that have known me over the years seem to think I’m some smart guy, I look in the mirror and see some imposter. Lacking confidence to stick my mouth where it isn’t wanted is overwhelming. Even if its actually wanted or not I don’t know I never find out for fear of being unwilling for them to say no.https://shornyak.dev/rant-on-service-laborer/Sun, 03 Dec 2017 10:32:08 +0000https://shornyak.dev/rant-on-service-laborer/Here’s the backstory, you’ve got a mad guy, real mad. Puts his foot through a door? Ow. This door is made of acrylic and aluminum pet screen. Guy needs to get the door repaired. So what’s he to do? Take it off, but the materials and do it himself or take it in the shop, or maybe if you’re just feeling blasé you can have the service come to you? Sure that seems reasonable.https://shornyak.dev/humanities-character-alignments/Sun, 04 Dec 2016 14:55:49 +0000https://shornyak.dev/humanities-character-alignments/Had an interesting musing that reminded me of a conversation I had with someone about the two of us being different in terms of me being a “nerd”. There is an interesting correlation that can be drawn from nerd/geek lore/stories and perceived normal life, which I guess that is the very thing that defines a subculture. Anyway, if you read some of these you may or may not be amused to see the design elements that went into DnD compare in interesting ways to normality.https://shornyak.dev/modu/Thu, 18 Aug 2016 03:12:41 +0000https://shornyak.dev/modu/So, this is like a conversation I had with my buddy TJC, it was fulfilling as per usual, we smoked some reefer and discussed the realizations of a wandering mind modulo 2… Punny, no!? I have no idea what the next line is reminding me to eat? Maybe I’m thinking of a scrumptious treat. One can only hope… Fuck. Diddly. Fiddle Faddle. That’s all. dp [11:50 PM] eat it [11:51]https://shornyak.dev/bit-torrent-sync/Thu, 18 Aug 2016 03:08:01 +0000https://shornyak.dev/bit-torrent-sync/Why should I care? Just like Dropbox… But damnit I can’t stop thinking about its usefulness and security.https://shornyak.dev/to-live-and-to-die/Sun, 11 Oct 2015 17:13:50 +0000https://shornyak.dev/to-live-and-to-die/The only certain things: life, and death. Taxes are even questionable as they are a keystone of man’s social construction. It is not how you died that is of significance; but how you lived. Living? What is this? Biologically… Your heart beats? This, is the central point of existence? Right? More about this later… This muscle has a whole system of organs dedicated to it’s survival. The equilibrium of human life is a see-saw, the pivot is a pump.https://shornyak.dev/the-game/Tue, 06 Oct 2015 14:35:31 +0000https://shornyak.dev/the-game/There’s a game to be played? Always… This game? A game of consumption, regurgitation, and rumination. Your host is a mystery, wrapped in an enigma: Fshalor. Author, verbose political neutralist, personal defense prophet, Dad, and Engineer. How do we play? Player A and B pick a TV show Players watch show picked for them by the other player Players post their feelings on the assigned material. Why do we play? Why not?