forbidden spaghetti
I finally got to cooking Seitan yesterday! It was great coming out of the steamer, but I overcooked it when I browned it in the air fryer D: Still edible, but very chewy
I don't think your ban reason leaves a lot of room for that..
It's always better to be safe than sorry. Many Software devs can be trusted to not do anything too stupid with their machines, but every person has blind spots and can be tricked. At the company I work at, the IT system is pretty permissive at what can and can't be done, but the Admins do block installing programs that ask for too many permissions under the hood (like some custom drivers and things that want console access) or that simply aren't allowed due to company policy (i.e. Postman, because it just sends too much information to the cloud). Even a well-meaning dev usually isn't aware of all the details of a program they want to install or the company policies - there are too many to reasonably know at all times. So it's easier to block stuff, and if someone really does need something they just ask and get it unblocked for themselves.
You can also never be sure that a dev isn't doing anything malicious. Of course that's rare, but when it happens the damage to all company projects is just too large.
It's also not much of a hierarchy thing, the Admins are on exactly the same level as devs, their job is just a bit different.
Maybe Mealime? It's mostly for optimizing grocery shopping by suggesting recipes that have the most overlap, but it does have the option to automatically filter recipes to have specific macros.
Honestly might be worth it for us people who don't want a camera at all in their laptop
I was at work yesterday so I ordered loaded fries and a burrito from a vegan food-truck themed restaurant. It was pretty decent! 
Do you have any fun plans for the weekend?
I really got into Shattered Pixel Dungeon during the last week so I plan on spending all weekend playing the game haha
Absolute banger food yesterday, I didn't have time to cook so I just grabbed something from my University's cafeteria. They always have at least one vegan option in the big cafeteria and at least a baked potato in the vegetarian cafeteria :D
Are there any Vegans in your life that you really look up to?
Not currently in my life, but back in Job school (?) there was this guy who was really really competent with docker containers (completely blew my mind). The cafeteria at that school sucked so if he didn't bring his own lunch he had to live off roasted peanuts for the day. Something about that struggle seems really honorable to me :o
Have you discovered any recipes you really like?
Not necessarily discovered, but I was reminded yesterday that Seitan exists! I ate a lot of it in 2020 when I didn't go out much for fresh groceries. Still got a big box of vital wheat gluten in my pantry, so I think I'll make some today :D
Personally the P12 was too large for me to ever really get into the details, but looking at GSM Arena it does seem fairly similar? The only spec of the P12 I'd be iffy about is the USB-C 2.0 instead of 3.0, and I'm not sure how the Mediatek chipset compares. I couldn't find anything about a '23/'24 model on GSM Arena, maybe they would have improved
The specs on the P12 Pro look much more promising, but apparently it was released in September '21 and is stuck on Android 11. If you don't mind that, it might be a decent option too. Wireless charging and a fingerprint sensor seem pretty useful :o
Thank you! That sounds delicious! :D