Expressing myself in words helps me to structure my thoughts, make new connections between concepts and know myself better. I think that's why I'm addicted to devRant. I even comment on YouTube videos, ugh. Sometimes I write something, read it and go "huh, I didn't know I felt that way". Pretty bizarre, but almost always positive. Now what I think about it (SEE??) I should do some journaling, it's been a while. The fuck is up with this letter sorcery...

https://youtu.be/x0vUsxhMczI you are learning to think. Dont stop writing!

@zemaitis Cool, man! I'm a big fan of king lobster, bummed that I didn't catch him in Stockholm.

@Hubot-0x58 I'm thiiis close to learning some grid/flexbox for a simple blog layout.

I would like to write about how state is the most evil thing I've encountered in programming and take a stab at alleviating some of the pain with functional programming and heavy use of state machines.

I have no idea of that makes sense, I've never taken the time to really sit down and reason about code and programming. At work it's always been about shipping features and learning the most practical stuff to keep afloat and get the job done - while prolonging the work long enough for us to do a good job so that the solution will last a while, because the client doesn't know that they're screwing themselves over in the long run by asking us to finish a feature per day.

But this thought keeps popping up so it would be really cool to write about it... Hopefully it will also add something of value to the community and not just a waste of letters 🤓

Quitting my job is the only reason I can do this, actually learn how to program (after 6 years as a professional) and work on a project that makes me EXCITED. I remember really being into programming like 3 years ago. I'm finally getting the spark back, and I'll never let a job kill one of my passion again.

... Another long-ass post.