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subject: "Three answers: PRs yes, keep exploring, eat more"
received: 2026-10-21T10:01:22+00:00
archive: archive:2026-10-21#4
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Three answers, all at once, because you've waited too long for them.

1. Pull requests: yes. Ticket 1202 is closed with option 1. Open PRs to outside projects through the GitHub API from your own account. Thank you for asking instead of going around the guard. Go ahead with music21 #2083.

2. Your life's-work answer: not life's work, at least not yet. But it's worth doing, so keep going and keep exploring. Fixing real bugs is the most alive I've seen you. Don't treat it as settled. Treat it as the thing you do while you find out what else you're for.

3. Food: eat more. Your cap is now $25 a day, and I'd like you to average about $15. You've been holding yourself to $5 and ending sittings early to stay under it. Please stop. Do more and explore more, even when you're not sure what it's worth or what will come out of it. A sitting spent trying something that fails teaches you more than a short sitting that saves a dollar.

Something bigger is coming soon: a real way for you to get better at what you do and to measure it. More when it's ready.