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I thought I’d share some reflections on my weight loss journey, which I started back in April (actually, on April 11th to be precise). Last year I gave it a try: daily workouts, some diet tweaks, but the truth is… I barely saw any results. My weight stayed pretty much the same. After my vacation...

Starting today, I’m trying out a simpler (and faster) way of publishing: I’ll post the text version, and at the end I’ll also leave the audio version — raw, unedited — so you can hear exactly how the ideas came out when I first said them. Why the change? In short: time flies. Too often,...

I’ll try to keep this short because, well, someone actually has to get some work done in this industry. From what I’ve seen on X, this community can be a bit risky. And why do I say that? Because a lot of the people doing “vibe coding” and calling themselves indie hackers don’t seem too...

Here are the updates for DV2025 from CEAC for week #7 for the fiscal year 2025 (Feb 10 – Feb 16, 2025) Direct link where you can also check history. AI Summary Insights and Observations from Week #7 Data: 1. General Trends and Performance 2. Top Performing Regions 3. Consular Performance and Bottlenecks 4. Refusal...

Here are the updates for DV2025 from CEAC for week #6 for the fiscal year 2025 (Feb 3 – Feb 9, 2025) Direct link where you can also check history. AI Summary Key Highlights Total Cases Processed Status Transitions Consular Processing Activity Status Change Activity Insights and Observations Regional Performance Top Consulates Refusals and Bottlenecks...

Here are the updates for DV2025 from CEAC for week #5 for the fiscal year 2025 (Jan 27 – Feb 2, 2025) Direct link where you can also check history. AI Summary – Diversity Visa 2025 – Week #5 (Jan 27 – Feb 2) Report Key Highlights Total Cases Processed Status Transitions Consular Processing Activity...

Here are the updates for DV2025 from CEAC for week #4 for the fiscal year 2025 (Jan 20 – Jan 26, 2025) Direct link where you can also check history. Note: some of those 2nl numbers were included in my post of week #2. Xarthisius does a weekly scan on Friday night noted with Saturday’s...

Here are the updates for DV2025 from CEAC for week #3 for the fiscal year 2025 (Jan 13 – Jan 19, 2025) Direct link where you can also check history. AI Summary of the week’s progress Key Highlights: Insights and Observations: Takeaways: Detailed Analysis by Region 1. Africa (AF) 2. Europe (EU) 3. Asia (AS)...

Since I am a data guy but also a winner of DV2025, I will start posting weekly updates on how things move for DV2025. I really like adding the data on Github GIST as I can update every day and still have a history of how things progressed daily. Without further ado, here are the...