It's been over a year since I switched to Zig to build all my side/curiosity projects. Surprisingly, switching to a lower-level language has consistently improved the quality of my projects and my love for programming. I find myself being able to get braver and approach programs I…
I'm quite a private person and I like to work on things I want to, the way I want to without input from others. It's not ideal. I've realized some of it is from the fear of being judged. It has it's…
A year ago I decided to write as often as possible. Initially I started by writing every day, mostly out of the need for some habits in my life at the time. I was totally lost and I needed something going for me, something to pursue, something to do consistently.…
For a couple of weeks now I've been bashing my head against the wall trying to get Stripe to work. I was so sure it was my problem that I never stopped to consider that it might not be. Mostly because I couldn't find a single…
What's going on here? Last week I wrote about the frustrations of programming audio. Last week I was stuck on a problem where I had no idea what the issue was. It turns out that in PulseAudio, if you use the async server and don't close…
When skill issues hit you in the face, they sure do hit you hard. The last few days of trying to wrangle PulseAudio to work have been quite humbling. The worst part is that I had audio working. My ego couldn't be satisfied with it being so easy,…
The last couple of weeks have been insanely busy as I finish a new major feature on the project. So much so that I took my first more than a day off this year. The irony was hilarious. I've taken days off so that I can catch up…
Writing is a lot of fun, at least it can be. Just mixing and matching words together, or to be completely honest about something. What's better is that no one really cares or reads anymore. You can know everything about me from my blogs—my darkest secrets and…