People all around me seem to be cutting back on discretionary spending. These aren’t lwn subscribers, just normal people leading average lives, but I extrapolate that lwn subscribers are in the same boat.
I have a number of home improvement projects that I had planned on tackling this year, but I've decided I prefer those funds liquid. Same with getting a newer car. While nothings harmed my economic situation yet my confidence in pretty much everything, the stability of the job market, the economy, the country itself it at an all time low. Even here in red state territory that seems to be the general vibe.
I think it's a fair assessment that we're in some sort of recession now. Things have been shaky for a while now, but it's getting hard to ignore the cracks, especially with the drops in the most inflated housing markets.