Service to others
Ultimately I want my programming skills to produce value to others. I'll admit it's not something I cared about but the more I meditate, the more I want to be of service. It's also provided an extra gear in my drive to get better,…
Most common problem while working on the compiler has been being off by one
One of the most common occurrences while working on the compiler has been being off by one. So far I've found working on the compiler itself is a lot of fun, until you get that dreaded segmentation fault. The number of times I've found myself looking…
Reminder to return to the present
Just a couple of weeks ago I was enjoying being in the present. Yet somewhere between then and now I've totally forgotten how to do that. The irony of that last statement is not lost on me. Just like that, out of nowhere I found it again. All…
251: Better is better than perfect
Seems like it takes me a lot longer to get back up after a perceived fall. Mostly the disappointment of weeks of work amounting to nothing. It's a tad dramatic that's all. It has not been used yet, not that it's amounted to nothing.…
250
One sentence at a time over the course of last ten months has led to 250 blog posts. To think that the ten months before that I wrote fourteen. Compound interest has to be one of the most fundamental concepts ever. I only used to think about it in terms…
Better software
Totally stole the idea for the title from Better Software Conference. They are live as I'm writing this and I've just watched a talk by Casey Muratori. It was fucking awesome. Around the same time I've come across his post on Semantic Compression which…
What a phony
It's a recurring lesson that I seem to have to learn over and over again. Just because you try hard, success is only a possibility. Yet expectations have a way of creeping in. The reason to quit is always around the corner, to drop this lunacy of hitting…
Rubber ducky
There has been an itch to work on something as I have some time during my day now. Quite a lot of it in fact. As both my own product and contract projects are in a stable place and nothing major is planned soon. Also, I'm procrastinating reaching…