We always have to decide whether to anchor to US time or EU time in the transition period. It's hard to choose who should be inconvenienced. To be fair, we usually anchor part of the Insights infrastructure to one system, and the other part to another system, so that everyone is equally confused. 😅

I will never not love the GraalVM logo.

I mean, it's good that google maps recognises swimming, but it's perhaps overoptimistics about the limits of human physiology if it suggests doing it across the Atlantic. 🤣

This reminds me about a walking route from Germany to NYC, USA I tried for fun some years ago. But back then Google listed „swim xxxx kilometers through the Atlantic ocean“ which surprised me in a positive way (that it recognized swimming).

Yes, I worked that out after staring at the directions in puzzlement for a while. 😅

With hindsight, there's even a little boat icon on the map, but of course I didn't see that because I thought it was just a walking route.

I mean, it's flattering that Google thinks I can walk on water, but ...

And with the benefit of hindsight, investing a lot of time in a Halloween-themed talk did *not* have a good ROI, because I've had exactly one opportunity to give it.

Turns out the demand for Halloween-themed talks about microservices best practices is pretty limited.

Why yes, I do perhaps spend too much time focussing on less-important details of my talks, why do you ask?

I usually do 5k, but I sometimes do inadvertent-10ks when I get lost in foreign cities. When it's not a choice, there's no mental barrier, and the distance is surprisingly easy. :)

As others have said, the main problem is that it takes a long time.