Mildly related are written standups [1] when treated as journal/logbook.

[1] https://www.bobek.cz/the-power-of-written-standup/

Love Pentel Graphear 1000, have multiple distributed throughout the house/workshop and backpacks :)

The other I really like is UNI Kuru Toga, the plastic one (shrug). The twist mechanism actually works; it is slightly wider thus more comfortable (for me) for longer writing sessions.

The twist mechanism really does work, but unfortunately it is easy to damage (for me). I damaged two kuru togas in the span of 6 months, very frustrating. The twist still works, but it is very wonky.

In my case - as my basic Kuru Toga died last week, the plastic of the casing just under the mechanism / just at the end of the body next to the rim broke down - because of the pressure i'm assuming, still a great pencil. I'm buying the advance one next.

The site appears to be down. HM hug of death, maybe?

Writing isn't just communication—it's a thinking tool that forces clarity and precision. Yet I still get pushback when advocating for written narratives over slide decks in technical decision-making. Writing is frequently considered "extra work" :(

I was even so frustrated that I've put together https://www.bobek.cz/written-narratives/

It is not particularly hard either. Checkout restic server.

https://github.com/restic/rest-server/

I always liked the esthetics of Wharton studio clocks. There is an OSS implementation at https://github.com/bobek/sdg_wharton_miniclock

Ooh these are great! I think I just saw one of these somewhere recently and liked it, so it's great to have a name. Thank you!

Well, it is the same as all those examples of people "just doing their jobs" in concentration camps. Being compliant, focused on execution of their ~orders~ process. Interestingly, many people are being pre-emptively harsher, than required/requested. Checkout "Those Who Said No" (DOI 10.2307/1429971).

Go for it. Running it for quite some time at home. Very easy to deploy, regular updates.

Once, I got pulled into a fintech company who done synchronization of remote psql databases by dump to csv -> send over ftp or email -> verify in Excel -> import back to centralized psql. No wonders, they have been missing some transactions...

I would recommend a slightly different approach to written/async standup. Issue I have with stand-ups is the ad hoc nature of proving a report, instead of making it a collaboration space

https://www.bobek.cz/the-power-of-written-standup/

Maybe try Kagi. I am pretty happy with the results.