Just Some Code

#1. 100-repetition rule. When starting a new hobby, aim for 100 repetitions to judging your progress or quitting. That’s 100 posts, 100 photos, or 100 paintings. #2. I feel/I wonder/I think. Reviving my Zettelkasten led me to morganeua’s YouTube channel. To react to something, answer I feel __, I wonder __, and I think ___. Those answers will help you to create new notes. #3. Cover design idea. Last week, I found my copy of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer, and noticed its…

A search for vignettes took me to a YouTube video by Bookfox on short stories, then to its blog, and finally to 100 word story. Each month’s photo inspires a 100-word story. Here’s this month’s photo and my story. Game at sunset. Photo by Orlando Contreras Lopes on flickr.com “One day, I’ll be like Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.” After school, the only thing he did was play street soccer. No field. Nets were two piles of stone. His only audience was the next team waiting to challenge the winner.…

I manifested it…and Bubbles did it. Earlier this week, I wrote blog aggregators should be like newspapers. I found out about a new aggregator, Bubbles, and gave it a try. I realized “new” and “random” views are just like feeds. They’re fun the first time, especially “random,” until you’re hooked. With a newspaper, there’s no scrolling. Read it and wait for the next day. Bubbles did exactly that. Now it has a “Briefing,” yesterday’s best stories, like a newspaper. Perfect to keep reducing your…

Back in March, I wrote a list of changes I wanted to make to my blog. To hold myself accountable, here are the changes I’ve made: #1. Scrollable sidebar. The original Hyde theme had a sticky sidebar. But after adding more items, it overflowed off the screen. Now it’s scrollable. I can add as many items as I want. Muahahaha! #2. New tagline. After burning out and diversifying my joy, I stopped being a “passionate” coder. These days, I’m a lifelong learner who codes part-time and write most of…

Hey there. Here are 4 links I thought were worth sharing this week: #1. I have many horror stories from daily meetings and other “ceremonies.” From SCRUM masters being police officers to sticky notes signed with blood. Agile killed the software industry (6min). #2. Conway’s law, Brooks’ law, Peter principle…Do they ring a bell? Well, those are some of the laws of software engineering. #3. At a past job, Postman was our official API tool. Then it went paid, then it became…something else? For…

A 2-hour flight to the capital city for an early morning meeting at a government office… I showed up late to the airport booth. Passengers were already getting on. I was working for a small tech shop in my city. I wasn’t a manager, but the CEO chose me to fly with one to represent our company. My dad offered to drive me. Before rush hour, the airport was just 15 minutes away. But that day, the car wouldn’t start. Each time he turned the key, the engine just made funny noises and die. Arrggg! In…

While checking my blog stats today, I found a surprising new source of traffic. Apart from the usual search engines, I found Hacker News, Kagi, Minifeed, and Bubbles. I knew about Minifeed. But Bubbles was new. It’s like Hacker News meets RSS for IndieWeb. They both solve the discoverability problem of blogs. More power to personal blogs! But blog aggregators should be like newspapers. When you open one, you’ll only find news from yesterday, or previous days if still relevant. You’ll have to…

Typing out code is already the old way. Last week, I stumbled upon I’m Coding By Hand. Its subtitle got my attention: “I’m spending 3 months coding the old way.” The old way of coding The future of coding is already here. Decades ago, we punched cards. For so long, we’ve been typing out symbols inside IDEs. That’s now “the old way.” Maybe the future is AI specs via brain implants. Who knows! What you miss when coding with AI The post made an excellent distinction between old coding vs…

Today I found a short version of Orhan Pamuk’s Nobel acceptance speech. His words about why he writes inspired me to write my own reply. Here’s why I write. I write because I want to be sane. I write because I don’t want to burn out again. I write because I want to bring order to my mind. I write because I enjoy being alone with my thoughts. I write because I like to be in the zone. I write because I want to get better at it. * * * I write because sometimes I can’t be quiet. I write because…