Synology 923+. Turns out I’m the only one that connects to it in the house. I don’t actually need it. I’m now retired and really only need some external drives or some HDD’s in a hard drive docking station. I just got a docking station. I’ll grab a couple HDD’s and be done with it. Sell the Synology
I have a DS220+ and I use it pretty heavily as a local plex server for music and videos. Actually barely use it as a backup solution (Time Machine kinda sucks, need to find a better solution for backing up my mac to it)
It corrupts all the time - does not seem to handle network changes/disconnects very well when Time Machine is doing its thing. I am currently facing (XYZ time machine folder is on the synology):
'Time Machine detected that your backups on “xyz Time Machine Folder” can not be reliably restored. Time Machine must erase your existing backup history and start a new backup to correct this.'
I've been on the Mac since 2001 for my personal machines, with Windows at work and I've had linux installations on and off since late '92. I have decided that I won't replace my aging M1 MBP. I got an used thinkpad and installed Fedora 41. It's really been a stellar distro. I've been in it full time for a couple months now. Since I'm now retired I don't need to have the latest and greatest. Linux is just fine for me and the remaining development work I do. I guess I've always known I'd end up on Linux.
In refining 2F2F28:11D566 (Siena) in 00h 10m 11s 151ms I have brought glory to the company.
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Hi I'm Darrel. I'm a generalist with 25 years experience in different technologies and languages, mostly backend focused. I am very comfortable working with legacy code as well as developing new applications/features. I am able to learn new technologies and systems and am equally comfortable as an IC or in technical leadership. I have worked with tech as varied as python2 to Apache Kafka.
I'd love to try something like this but my problem is that I routinely use 3 different computers throughout the day(Windows, Mac and Linux. Could this be used with git to keep things sync'd?
I'm 65 and started a new job as a programmer a few weeks ago. I can relate to your brain elasticity issues for sure. I am really enjoying the new team and the work is fun but it does take its toll on my brain. By the end of a full day of coding or troubleshooting my brain feels... depleted. By friday I find it more difficult than in the past to quickly remember things.
I am doing well in the job and, due to a long career, have experience in a lot of the things they need. I am also still excited about learning new skills and toolsets and I'm in the right place for it.
But I do feel that the brain depletion, it feels like I have used something up - glycogen or something, is noticeable.
It feels this way for everyone, some people just pretend to be geniuses and cover up their mistakes.
Just use a normal structured note-taking process in a text file, and review it periodically (start of day, end of day), and you will have a superhero memory better than anyone on the team.
I review the scrum board before daily, and I review the backlog before planning meetings, and people are super impressed with how I remember every detail about everything.
There are a lot of apps available, just search on mental math. I've found that relatively simple arithmetic done repeatedly works well, look for those kinds of apps. About 10-15 mins of these problems per day is enough.
No it doesn't give me the same effect, surprisingly. However it does definitely help with coding.
It gives your working memory and symbol manipulation a workout. Coding uses these facilities, but might not work them directly enough to be as good at training them. That's my theory so far.
Get B1 HCL 100-2000mg + NAD+ booster (Niagen) + Mg Threonate, that resolves inefficient energy metabolism in your brain/nerves that might cause the feeling of your brain being depleted (pseudohypoxia). Also, at your age L-Carnitine might be needed. Q10/Quercetin/Pterostilben/Bromelain/Betaine/NAC/R ALA/DCA might be worth considering depending on what other issues you face.
I am 48 and while I still like “programming”, I saw the writing on the wall about four years ago and knew I didn’t want to deal with the leetcode monkey dance shit show that would be required to transition to BigTech from enterprise/corp dev.
I also knew I wanted to make more money. I did a slight pivot. But for all intents and purposes, I’m still a “developer” just with a fancier title.
Oh man, this is so important! I only recently learned the value of *being still enough*. And, I'm going through a phase of my life now (a couple of years shy of my mid-century mark) where I'm learning *how* to get to a good state of stillness in order to be more creatrive - and be more productive with that creativity.
As an aside, my grown daughter recently told me that to her numbers have always been gendered. I ran through them quickly and she matter of factly told me their gender. She doesn't work in tech but healthcare. She said it's always been like that.
