Derailed by Injury
It's been a hot minute since I've written out a post even though I've come up with some good topics to cover in the future. The problem is that I've been unable to type for extended periods over the last month or…
Overcoming Overdue Tasks
You put it off and off and eventually the pile is too embarrassing to even look at. Some tasks (like the laundry example), do have to be completed eventually, but it comes with resentment and extra stress. Some tasks don't and are forever on the todo list.…
I Couldn't Handle a Second Brain
I ditched my second brain. It wasn't a match for my first brain, and I couldn't handle the differences.…
Neovim 0.5
The work leading up to this release has also led to an explosion of Lua plugins. The movement has been exciting enough that I've given up making my editor compatible with vanilla Vim.…
Wrapping My Head Around Rust Enums
I'm still no master of the enum, but I'm starting to appreciate how it allows you to group abstract concepts instead of just constant behaviors.…
Setting Goals and Achieving Them
In your weakest hour, drunk and peckish, you need to be able to say "no" to the pizza menu on your fridge. You need to get to the core of why you are trying to make a change in your life.…
First Impressions of Rust
Rust [https://www.rust-lang.org] is a new-age programming language promising extreme speed without the dangers of using a low-level, memory-managed language like C. It's an extremely exciting language and gaining adoption very quickly, so much so that the HackerNews is regularly dominated by posts of people showing…
At Some Point you Have to Write Code
I'm more of a thinker than a doer. Until presented with a deadline, I will only work on optimizing my approach instead of trying to actually solve the problem. Recently I found myself falling into this trap again. I've been dabbling in a new programming language…