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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ezellwrites/87117080","date_published":"2026-03-28T02:03:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Ezell","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F83151.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ezellwrites"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-28 02:03","date_timestamp":1774663402,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87117067","content_html":"Amazing day today. Fixed a weird bug early and then met some great dudes to help them with their. CrossFit Quarterfinals workouts. Came home and helped triage some work issues. Then, back to the gym for more Quarterfinals efforts. I loved the combo of hard work on multiple vectors.
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\nSwitching my brain gears between these things is tough. I get stuck ruminating on the last thing and miss the now thing.
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\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com/2026/03/23/when-they-start-smashing-up.html","date_published":"2026-03-23T18:47:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Ezell","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F83151.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ezellwrites"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-23 18:47","date_timestamp":1774291650,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86794575","content_html":"\nI’ll admit to being somewhat surprised at how quickly Polymarket and Kalshi have been able to become so commonplace in daily discussions. “Let’s see what the quants on Poly say” was amazing to hear last week in my small, Midwest town. There is evil afoot in these markets.
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You’ve settled into Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov for 900 pages of Russian love triangles and a billion nicknames and Fyodor hits you with a chapter of excruciating witness to the horrors that man can perpetrate on man. Wow.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ezellwrites/86649709","date_published":"2026-03-21T02:43:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Ezell","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F83151.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ezellwrites"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 02:43","date_timestamp":1774061035,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86617386","content_html":"@manton I see. I’ve only tried SwiftUI in the iOS usage and then only casually. This is good perspective should I ever build a Mac app. Thanks for clarifying!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ezellwrites/86617386","date_published":"2026-03-20T16:43:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Ezell","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F83151.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ezellwrites"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 16:43","date_timestamp":1774025036,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86609806","content_html":"A couple of weeks ago, the Bishop of our Diocese said, “Last year, we had a record-breaking 250 people join the Church. This year, that number is 400.” In my bubble, I see a lot of talk about a resurgence of the Church. I’d love to see this validated from some outside perspective.
\nHere’s one article that...
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ezellwrites/86609664","date_published":"2026-03-20T15:06:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Ezell","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F83151.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ezellwrites"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 15:06","date_timestamp":1774019167,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86604637","content_html":"Is modern technical clothing really better?
\nI love the big takeaway here: better skill and knowledge of your gear and tools leads to better outcomes. It’s the experience and wisdom that matters, not the stuff.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com/2026/03/20/is-modern-technical-clothing-really.html","date_published":"2026-03-20T13:47:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Ezell","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F83151.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ezellwrites"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 13:47","date_timestamp":1774014448,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86537728","content_html":"Hope in this World and the Next: micro.alexezell.com
","summary":"","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com/2026/03/19/hope-in-this-world-and.html","date_published":"2026-03-19T15:28:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Ezell","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F83151.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ezellwrites"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 15:28","date_timestamp":1773934111,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86536468","content_html":"@manton It’s a mix for me mostly based around how much I already know about the domain I’m working in. Given I started in a new role and in a slightly new tech space, there’s a lot of familiarization I need to do. In my previous role, it was much more as you describe since I knew the systems and product well already.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ezellwrites/86536468","date_published":"2026-03-19T15:05:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Ezell","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F83151.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ezellwrites"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 15:05","date_timestamp":1773932715,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86462217","content_html":"It’s hard to compete in online marketing with the AI memers of the world. As a personal principle, I don’t create marketing material that uses AI voices or AI generated human faces. That means my ads are “boring” or “simple” and thus no one pays attention. What’s a principled person to do?
\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com/2026/03/18/its-hard-to-compete-in.html","date_published":"2026-03-18T15:05:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Ezell","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F83151.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ezellwrites"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 15:05","date_timestamp":1773846346,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86400967","content_html":"I’m here for this phase of Jonah Hill.
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com/2026/03/17/im-here-for-this-phase.html","date_published":"2026-03-17T17:55:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Alex Ezell","url":"https://micro.alexezell.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F08%2F83151.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ezellwrites"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 17:55","date_timestamp":1773770158,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86390429","content_html":"The Oscars’ Unlikely Tribute to Motherhood
\n\n\nPowerful cultural forces have long called for adults to extend adolescent frivolity into their twenties and thirties and downplayed the social value of raising children.
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I’ve been saying for years that a lot of the drag on our society from an ethical and moral standpoint is rooted in selfishness, the elevation of the self above everything else. This is a strong indicator of how that selfishness plays out.
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