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Both for marketable and fun skills: I've started working on learning Spring Boot, Microservices, Docker, and Kafka. I'm hoping to understand how to use these tools over the next year. I'm no stranger to distributed computing, I've just never used these tools before so I'm hoping I can learn how to combine these together with a personal project.

I recommend any of the plus series models (units with + at the end of the name; ex: DS1522+). They typically have better processors and support more features than their non-plus counterparts.

I have CF and I was fortunate enough to qualify for Trikafta despite one of my protein mutations not responding to the drug. I have seen some great quality of life improvements from Trikafta like being able to go to the gym again, not being as winded climbing stairs, gaining weight, and having fewer lung infections.

However, Trikafta can't reverse the years of damage from CF, inflammation, and heavy antibiotics to combat nasty infections. I do experience some anxiety and mood swings and have developed recurring kidney stones since starting it.

Still, I am thankful that such a drug is available to me and many others like me. Maybe one day CFers will never understand what it means to have advanced lung disease.

Absolutely. My boss is totally supportive of my need for working an ever changing 8hr work window, separated medical and annual leave, great benefits, and a salary that I feel is superior for someone of my caliber.

I am fortunate as far as my employment is concerned.

"Make it look like something you did, not something that just happened." - My father talking about lining up wallpaper seamlessly.

"It's only as awkward as you make it." - My good friend talking about possible awkward scenarios involving the opposite sex.

My good friend was obsessed with a MUD while we were in college. Our friend group came to know it as Text Wars. A few years back, I remember him telling me that the server was going down. He thought about taking it over but just couldn't find the time.

It was a shame, really. He got so much enjoyment out of that.

I was told that they covered the cost for all patients at the center who were still classified as unknown. This was several years after the first test.

I received insurance approval last night and promptly cried. My mutation is quite uncommon and was initially told by my doctor that I didn't qualify for the drug.

As a cystic fibrosis patient, I donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). The foundation paid for my second CF gene mutation test when the first one (paid by insurance) came back unknown. My insurance wouldn't pay for a second one.

https://www.cff.org/

I struggle with the management of my life, honestly.

Dealing with a chronic health condition, working full time, exercise (which often doesn't happen), spending time with friends and family (whom I've been neglecting in favor of a project), and finding time for the absurdly long list of projects I want to work on (which never gets shorter as I rarely get to work on them).

The health and work thing really take up all of my time. It's kind of a bummer, really.