Unemployed Chronicles #13: I have not posted an Unemployed Chronicles in a while. Felt good to be honest. I love to share what is on my heart and mind, encourage others, and see others be encouraged by the Word of God through these posts. But there was a point where it seem like I was putting too much effort in this than any other time I have done it. When I could be putting much more effort into my business and caring for my family. Also, there hasn't been much advancement with my applications, just denials left and right. A few weeks ago, one morning when I was praying on my way to trucking school, I poured out my heart to the LORD. During my prayer to the LORD, He revealed to me the condition of my heart, what part I need to work on with Him while He breaks me down and builds me back up. It came back to the Fruits of the Spirit, which are: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control. The Sunday prior to this morning prayer, the sermon at church touch upon the Fruits of the Spirit and how if we lack any of them to seek them and ask for God to pour more of Him in you. Desire not only the Gifts of the Spirit but the Fruits as well. The Fruits are the outward expressions of God's character on display through our lives as believers. Which Fruit do I lack in? It is Gentleness. At times I can be harsh with my words even if they are words with good intentions and full of love, but not everyone can handle the kind of love a New Yorker expresses, so I have to be more lowly and humble in my gentleness. As I started to work on this with God and giving Him every flaw I can think of. My soul feels His everlasting peace. Every denial or ghosted response I receive, its just another confirmation that God is leading the charge in this fight. Christ is a conqueror of hearts. His purpose in my life is greater than the one I have planned before me. While God is molding me into the likeness of the Son, Christ Jesus; He is also providing for my family and I. Just recently, people have been reaching out for potential work to be done for their business, SaaS, or Startup ideas. Either organic search, conversations with my network, or word of mouth referral. I am planning on recording a podcast episode or a series of episodes for codeFellowship( ) regarding this Spiritual Journey and Transformation that God is taking me through. As developers, we think it is the end or a long dreadful desert when we get laid off, but there is something much more to it than just a layoff. If we are followers of Christ, it is much more. It is a brewing testimony, a realtime witnessing of the power, grace, and mercy of God. "3 So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel. 4 And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do." - Jeremiah 18:3-4. ESV #DevsForChrist

In the last 2 weeks, Turso had more than 300 commits. That's a breakneck speed of 20 a day. For a database! And that's not just playing catch up either: we landed incredible optimizations and new features like CDC, that SQLite lacks.

We at @tursodatabase have just done something unheard of in the startup world: we hired a person in prison. Not an ex-con: he is actually serving time right now. If you follow us you may remember when we announced our full rewrite of SQLite in Rust, Project Limbo. It got a tremendous amount of attention, but by far, my favorite story was that of @PThorpe92: Preston is currently incarcerated for things he regret doing a decade ago. A model reformed inmate, Preston was given the beautiful opportunity by the Maine Department of Corrections to access the internet. He then found our project, and since it's not like there are many entertainment options competing for his attention in prison, he decided to pour his heart and soul into helping us rewrite SQLite. I immediately fell in love with his story. Reading his old blogs, his Github profile. I prayed we would be able to hire him as soon as he was out, and make him a part of our team. But thankfully, things have happened in such way, that we were able to do it *even before* he was released. He's now given an opportunity to make a dent in the world, from prison. Preston claims he is immensely thankful for this opportunity. It is certainly not an opportunity that comes often, and I understand him. But when I read his story in his personal blog, where he mentioned how he clearly saw his life going downhill, had this sudden epiphany, saw clearly that he could do differently, and then started being showered with blessings, I saw the unmistakable markings of how our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, operates in the world. I was an obnoxious Richard Dawkins-style atheist for more than two decades. I am not an experiential person, and I came to a change through the rational evaluation of the historical context of His resurrection. I am not the kind of person that feels the hand of God in my life, but over the years I learned to recognize his patchwork through those sudden, unexpected changes, where everything suddenly "just works". And because of that, I am the one who's thankful. The Lord decided to operate such a drastic change in Preston's life. Clearly He has a great plan for him. I am immensely thankful for the opportunity to play a small part in that story. God, in his infinite power, doesn't need me to do any of that, and yet he gave me the opportunity to act. I feel thankful and blessed. I am also very thankful to @LabsUnlocked , and entity helping people like Preston find a better life once they're out. If you feel inspired by their mission, you should reach out and help. And if you want to hear from Preston in his own words, read the article he just published on the Turso blog: turso.tech/blog/working-on-d…

Excited to release the episode with straight bill @joshcirre next week. Also recording another episode today with @JakeDoberenz

🎉🚨NEW EPISODE IS LIVE!🚨🎉 @amacarthur shares his testimony, prioritizing God in all things, how God speaks to us in unexpected ways, and more. Go check it out on YouTube - youtu.be/CrVVu9eOtP8?si=2n6W… We are also on Spotify and Apple Podcast. #DevsForChrist #Faith #Podcast

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