8 months ago
Our phones show us when they need a charge and we dutifully find an outlet, tv, computer, anything that can give them a boost. We set them aside, letting them rest, letting them reinvigorate and come back ready for more. We do this for our phones. When was the last time you rushed to find a charging station for yourself? When you rushed to get somewhere, shut off all incoming notifications and spent the next 30 minutes recharging? Maybe it’s time you did.
8 months ago
Nothing. Unless you let it.
8 months ago
It used to be that you could take your entire codebase, drop it on a laptop, and code to heart’s content without having to worry about online connections and wifi connections. Now, you have to be connected all the time to get at your data, to validate the service from another partner. Coding Offline, in a cave, by yourself is a thing of the past. Mock frameworks, services and localized databases can enable you to be able to do that. But you need to set it all up and if it’s not your first instinct to do so, then it
8 months ago
On any day you’re reading the following; Every profession is dead. Small companies will be drowned out by Vibe Coded Apps Anyone writing code for more than 10 minutes is wasting their time. We are laying off people to make room to buy more machines. That’s a pretty bleary way to start your Monday morning as you try to get going for the week ahead. Everything isn’t dying, it’s changing. Vibe Coded Apps solve some problems, but like any generated code, they create their own as well. You’re not wasting your time coding for more than 10 minutes; you’re learning.
8 months ago
Everyone has a task they don’t like to do, yes, that they hate to do. But it never goes away, it just keeps staring you in the face. So here’s the plan; Do that work, do it until it annoys. Figure out a way to get it off your plate – script it, automate it, batch it – whatever you like. Rinse and repeat with the next task you hate. The work you hate never goes away; it only gets ignored, and when it gets ignored, it doesn’t get done, and then things go sideways. Embrace the work you hate,
