https://willricketts.com/blog The personal site of Will Ricketts, a technical leader, engineer, and builder. en-us hello@willricketts.com (Will Ricketts) hello@willricketts.com (Will Ricketts) Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://willricketts.com/blog/my-sustainable-cardio-routine https://willricketts.com/blog/my-sustainable-cardio-routine A sustainable cardio routine that I've been using every morning for shocking results. Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT hello@willricketts.com (Will Ricketts) fitnesshealth https://willricketts.com/blog/preserving-genserver-state-on-node-shutdown https://willricketts.com/blog/preserving-genserver-state-on-node-shutdown Long running GenServers are an elegant weapon. In this post, we explore how to persist their state on node shutdown and then rehydrate it on system startup. Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT hello@willricketts.com (Will Ricketts) elixirtechsoftware design https://willricketts.com/blog/an-opinionated-recipe-for-building-genservers-in-elixir https://willricketts.com/blog/an-opinionated-recipe-for-building-genservers-in-elixir Over the years and through the battle scars, I've formed several hard opinions on how to properly build GenServers positioned for success and maintainability. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT hello@willricketts.com (Will Ricketts) elixirtechsoftware design https://willricketts.com/blog/lessons-learned-starting-a-bitcoin-meetup https://willricketts.com/blog/lessons-learned-starting-a-bitcoin-meetup Cascadia Bitcoin had a great run and we had a great time. Here are some of the lessons I learned along the way. Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT hello@willricketts.com (Will Ricketts) bitcoin https://willricketts.com/blog/my-thinkpad-journey https://willricketts.com/blog/my-thinkpad-journey Exploring the world of old and cheap business laptops as daily driver machines for the discerning hacker. Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT hello@willricketts.com (Will Ricketts) computerstechelectronics https://willricketts.com/blog/obsidian-changed-everything-for-me https://willricketts.com/blog/obsidian-changed-everything-for-me Obsidian is a second brain for you forever. Open source, self-maintained, sovereign, private. In this post, we'll explore how to set up an Obsidian vault and use it to store even sensitive data PGP encrypted in Github. Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT hello@willricketts.com (Will Ricketts) techprivacy https://willricketts.com/blog/getting-the-boat-ready-for-summer https://willricketts.com/blog/getting-the-boat-ready-for-summer Summer is nearly here, and we're ready to head out into the Puget Sound aboard Ingrid, our 1973 Bluewater Ingrid ketch. Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT hello@willricketts.com (Will Ricketts) sailingtravel https://willricketts.com/blog/abandoning-the-social-media-giants https://willricketts.com/blog/abandoning-the-social-media-giants Feeling betrayed by opt-in surveillance apparatus called social media? Me too, and I'm leaving them forever. Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT hello@willricketts.com (Will Ricketts) techprivacydigital rights https://willricketts.com/blog/rheas-galaxy-map https://willricketts.com/blog/rheas-galaxy-map Adventures in graphs, diffusion limited aggregation, and using code to design a dreamworld. Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT hello@willricketts.com (Will Ricketts) techdevelopment https://willricketts.com/blog/introducing-rhea https://willricketts.com/blog/introducing-rhea Over the last few years, I've had the idea to build a large 4x space strategy game, and I've started to design and build it. Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT hello@willricketts.com (Will Ricketts) techdevelopment