Songs for the Month of March 2026
Work remains incredibly demanding, but I've been working off hours on a project that has been a nice comprehensive check on my ability to architect, engineer,build, deploy, and monitor production web applications as well as do operationally efficient change management (don't have to bring down prod, hot swaps with good symbolic linking).
I’m concerned we’re about to enter an oil crisis, but fortunately now that I live in town, I’m just a ten minute walk from the grocery store as long as supply chains are otherwise mostly uninterrupted. I don’t think I can really even say anything about the state of the world right now- just that I hope the moral arc of the universe is going to start bending again, and soon.
I promised myself I would make time to go on some dates starting this spring, so I’m trying to hype myself up a little: not really sure how to prepare for a string of dissapointing meetups with women my age (who would rather not be there, just as I would rather do a 5 hour long public speech to be honest) but I figure if I don’t get a move on I’m going to be 40 and not have been in a significant relationship throughout my entire 30s: not a good position to be in it would seem.
I am probably another two weeks out from taking the side-project I’ve been working on live (currently pending some hardware acquisition, third-party service integration approvals, et c.) but as an idea here is some high-level architecture and the tech stack:
Architecture
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Docker Containers
│
│ ┌────────────────────────┐ ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Mobile App │ │ Admin Dashboard │ │
│ │ (Ionic + nginx:8080) │ │ (Angular + nginx:8080) │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ • Quick item capture │ │ • Inventory management │ │
│ │ • Barcode scanning │ │ • Multi-channel listings │ │
│ │ • Location scanning │ │ • Reports & analytics │ │
│ │ • Google Lens handoff │ │ • User & group management │ │
│ └───────────┬────────────┘ └───────────────── ┬─────────────────┘ │
└──────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┘
│ │
▼ ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ REST API │
│ (.NET 9 Web API + Docker) │
│ │
│ • JWT Authentication • EF Core + PostgreSQL │
│ • Role-based access • JSONB for flexible data │
│ • eBay Integration • Label printing (DYMO) │
└───────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┘
│
┌───────────────┴───────────────┐
▼ ▼
┌────────────────┐ ┌────────────────┐
│ PostgreSQL │ │ Azure Blob │
│ (Flexible) │ │ Storage │
└────────────────┘ └────────────────┘Technology Stack
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Backend | .NET 9, C#, Entity Framework Core |
| Database | PostgreSQL 16 (Hybrid Relational + JSONB) |
| Admin Frontend | Angular 18, Angular Material |
| Mobile App | Ionic 8, Capacitor, Angular |
| Containerization | Docker (multi-stage builds), nginx |
| Testing | xUnit, FluentAssertions, Playwright |
| Authentication | JWT Bearer Tokens |
| Cloud | Azure Container Apps, Azure PostgreSQL Flexible, Azure Blob Storage |
| CI/CD | PowerShell deployment scripts |