July 2026: Lestat, OpenCode and the art of resting

I’m currently towards the tail end of my leave after a medical procedure. I cannot believe time has flown so quickly. When I first got the leave chit, I thought to myself: So many weeks! What in the world am I going do during this time? But now at week four of my leave, I’m feeling a mild tang of panic as my leave draws to a close. Recovering from this medical procedure had been more challenging than I had anticipated – mostly due to the anxiety of reading too many alarming Reddit threads about said procedure, and also because living in an apartment with zero lounging furniture (I have no sofa because I sit on the floor most of the time) and a too-hard mattress (I’ve been meaning to buy a topper but kept delaying it) was less than ideal for recovery. Also, not gonna lie, I suck at resting most of the time. My mind is often whirring with ideas and new projects. And having to, I don’t know, sleep feels like a waste of time. So, I often end up working at my laptop on personal projects…