Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

There was a big cat under my porch when I got home from work today. I only know this because it got spooked when I started climbing the steps and ran off to a neighbor's yard.

Today's shop web site update has a brief note calling attention to the fact that the latest addition is the first coffee where we've had a tariff line on the invoice. Coffee prices are also still higher than they were last year which explains why I need to charge what I'm charging for that coffee. The coffee growers and companies in the supply chain at origin aren't going to eat the tariff. They can sell it just as well to Europe or China. Import is so low margin they can't afford to eat it

I will reward myself with cake.

Spent some time working out new database queries to reduce the total number of separate queries needed (fetch all possible values needed after the first selection with the same query that populates the options instead of separate requests for only the data needed after the first selection is made). Most of the time it doesn't matter but this change can make the interface a lot more responsive if the database is accessed over a slow network connection.

Production test batches of new coffee were good. Unfortunately I'm going to have to put a retail price of $25 per pound on this one. If it weren't for tariffs I'd be able to charge $23. And if coffee prices were in line with where they were last year it would be more like $17. I'd like to be able to charge less, but can't afford to.

In better news, my sister gave me cake. It was good.

Hopefully this time I won't have to search SEC records for a CEO's home address and send a nasty letter to get them to fix their mistake (yes, I've had to do this and it worked)

I see medical billing in the USA is still as corrupt as the last time I interacted with that. (sending a bill for an amount that whoever chose that price has earned a place in hell for instead of the still egregious but smaller amount that my insurance company says I actually owe)