# monkey mind (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover monkey mind. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Adopt-a-Drain Dashboard](https://miguelpimentel.do/blog/2025-12-23-adopt-a-drain-introduction/) _2025-12-23 · Miguel Pimentel · MiguelPimentel.do_ Every year, the City of Crystal, Minnesota, pays dues to participate in the Clean Water MN and Adopt-a-Drain programs. Recently, I was asked to justify these expenses to my manager, the City Engineer and Public Works Director. These programs are vital for our community outreach requirements under the MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System) permit process, but it can be difficult to quantify… ## [Adding Snow, Keeping Warm: Using \ Responsibly](https://miguelpimentel.do/blog/2025-12-17-adding-snow-fall-with-is-land/) _2025-12-17 · Miguel Pimentel · MiguelPimentel.do_ The Digital Paradox I just finished deploying a new feature on my website: snow. Digital, gentle, simulated snowfall. This is a strange project, because few things make me feel more physically taxed than the cold reality of winter. I grew up in the Dominican Republic. I know the feeling of humid, embracing air, where my lungs never hurt. But I've lived in Minnesota for over ten years, and every… ## [Solving Blinking View Transitions (Featured on Piccalilli)](https://miguelpimentel.do/blog/2025-12-11-solving-blinking-view-transitions/) _2025-12-11 · Miguel Pimentel · MiguelPimentel.do_ I am humbled to share that my first article is now live on Piccalilli . I’ve been a long-time reader of Andy Bell's work, so contributing to the platform is a genuine milestone for me. In this article, I tackle a specific, frustrating issue I ran into while working with the View Transitions API. Read the full article If you are experimenting with view transitions and seeing unexpected flashes or… ## [When Gratitude Rings](https://miguelpimentel.do/blog/2025-12-09-when-gratitude-rings/) _2025-12-09 · Miguel Pimentel · MiguelPimentel.do_ I took time off work that morning to be home for a house inspection. Not the fun kind of time off where you do something you've been looking forward to, but the necessary kind where you're managing adult responsibilities that only happen during work hours. The inspection revealed problems I wasn't expecting. Nothing catastrophic, but enough new issues to shift my mental budget calculations—like… ## [VS Code Regex: Conditional Find and Replace](https://miguelpimentel.do/blog/2025-12-07-vscode-regex/) _2025-12-07 · Miguel Pimentel · MiguelPimentel.do_ I recently hit a wall optimizing an older Shopify theme. To fix our CLS score, I needed to inject width and height attributes into thousands of specific image tags. The catch? I had to target only the legacy placeholder images that hadn't been fixed yet, ignoring everything else. I needed a surgical solution. I needed VS Code Regex. But like most developers, I only really "know" Regex for about 48… ## [When Being Wrong Goes Right](https://miguelpimentel.do/blog/2025-09-15-when-being-wrong-goes-right/) _2025-09-15 · Miguel Pimentel · MiguelPimentel.do_ A few weeks ago, I got the kind of news that should've made me feel great but instead left me with a familiar knot in my stomach. The bids for our 2025 Sewer Rehabilitation Project had come in, and my estimates were high. Way high. I'd estimated $65 per linear foot for the sewer liner work. The winning contractor came in at $42.90. The second-place bid was $51.31. In the project management world,… ## [My Actual Problem-Solving Rituals](https://miguelpimentel.do/blog/2025-09-09-actual-problem-solving-rituals/) _2025-09-09 · Miguel Pimentel · MiguelPimentel.do_ Picture this: I'm staring at a stubborn piece of code that won't work, my browser has twelve tabs open, and I'm genuinely stuck. What do I do? I put on my noise-canceling headphones and blast "Psychosocial" by Slipknot. Most productivity advice would tell you that's exactly wrong. Aggressive metal music while trying to solve complex problems? That sounds like a recipe for distraction, not focus.… ## [PomoBar for Obsidian](https://miguelpimentel.do/blog/2025-08-17-pomobar-introduction/) _2025-08-17 · Miguel Pimentel · MiguelPimentel.do_ After my ADHD diagnosis, the Pomodoro Technique became essential for managing my focus. As someone who spends most of my day in Obsidian , I wanted a timer that lived seamlessly within my note-taking environment without cluttering my workspace. That's how PomoBar was born: a minimalist Pomodoro timer that sits quietly in Obsidian's status bar, ready when I need it but invisible when I don't.… ## [Building in Silence](https://miguelpimentel.do/blog/2025-07-31-building-in-silence/) _2025-07-31 · Miguel Pimentel · MiguelPimentel.do_ Acknowledging the Gap I haven't published a blog post in almost a year. Not because I stopped learning or stopped building – quite the opposite, actually. I've been deep in project mode, head down, solving problems and shipping code. Somewhere along the way, I forgot that building without writing is like learning without teaching. You miss half the value. The last year has been about creating… ## [AI QA That Opens Fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/staNz1l4rGKd) _2025-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Runs browser QA, files issues with repro evidence, and opens fix PRs. ## [10 Fun Facts About the Dominican Republic](https://miguelpimentel.do/blog/2024-09-12-dominican-fun-facts/) _2024-09-12 · Miguel Pimentel · MiguelPimentel.do_ After eight years away from the Dominican Republic, I returned in winter 2023. Walking through familiar streets in my hometown of Bonao, sitting in Santo Domingo's colonial plazas, and hearing the sounds I'd grown up with felt like rediscovering a country I thought I knew completely. That visit reminded me how much of my homeland's story remains untold to the outside world. These facts come from a…