New pasta paradigm unlocked. Sounds like a case of premature optimization, leaning too hard on DRY.

Am reminded also of a discussion of software engineering between John Ousterhout (of whom I'm a big fan) and Robert Martin[0][1].

[0] https://github.com/johnousterhout/aposd-vs-clean-code

[1] https://youtu.be/3Vlk6hCWBw0

> do you think "wow, cool, they got to wrangle all of that", or do you think "OMG they had to wrangle all of that"?

I touch on similar point of view discussing digital audio work I do for fun. I use CSound, which I've heard described as "assembly language for audio", and I think that's accurate.

Anyway, when I first, FIRST started, and got a tiny bit familiar, I thought "Wow, I can do anything!" but quickly realized I was also responsible for everything. No free lunch.

I've got value over the years from Desiderata. At once both economical and powerful.

I already mentioned this to @sillysaurusx but will post here in case it yields interesting comments.

https://www.desiderata.com/desiderata.html

Same. I loathe gyms, actually. Perhaps Ive been absent for too long to have an honest loathing, I've no attraction to them though (I don't begrudge anybody who likes them or uses them though - easy to see their value).

A bicycle, on the other hand... a thing of beauty.

+1 for physical exercise. Curious though why you (or anybody else) would separate running and/or cycling from the gym? Gym gets its own (emphatic!) category and the sports are separate. Not a criticism, genuinely curious.