How a startup serving files can make this wrong

Wizard programmers prefer up-front design. They apply reason and logic to divide and conquer a large problem, they rely on building blocks like design patterns and algorithms. Wizards rely on explicit knowledge.

D&D sorcerers have an innate connection to the magic. They wield tremendous forces that they sometimes don’t quite understand, it’s wild and unpredictable. It’s not something they’ve learned to do, but something they’ve discovered in themselves, a talent.

I like the comparison because it seems right.

It’s a massive differentiator to have launched something. To have had an idea, and put it into the world.

I think it’s worth noting that there’s a certain luxury of time that affords side projects that comes wrapped up with privilege. [...] So it can be very small.

Classic.

If you’re writing code for people to use, and you’re working on it with people, not having people skills isn’t really an option.

It's the dev behind atuin 👏

And she's going full time on it https://ellie.wtf/posts/i-quit-my-job-to-work-full-time-on-my-open-source-project 🚀

It ensures the expected meta tags (OG and others) are set as expected.

“The best time to start a weblog was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

These bugs highlight the risk of unknown unknowns, i.e. stability issues in our stability monitoring itself that we are blind to

Programmers want to write fast apps. But the market doesn’t care.

And the list goes on for th rest of the characteristics: reliability, lightweight, etc...

Programmers have power though.

A blog hosted on Chris Siebenmann::CSpace with a wiki

I am a…

• remote-first,
• freelance,
• full-stack (what do these labels even mean anymore?)
• developer
• at it professionally since 2017, and,
• as a hobbyist since 2008 (it’s been a while huh?)

I’m currently working with an independent review platform for education technology products worldwide.

It is a gambling at the side project casino: “It’s a career for gamblers. Every time you write a book, you’re throwing the dice again, and you don’t know whether it’s going to crash and burn or be a big success.” - George R.R. Martin

The effort put into an internet project is often detached from its results.

Ayush made 25 products in 25 weeks https://ayushchat.com/25-in-25

As another emailer explained, tiny projects can provide the creative insights that give large projects direction: “My small projects help inform how my big project is working, where my main project is the tree trunk and the tiny projects are its branches.”

You used to put side projects on a CV to land a career in tech. Now, side projects can be your tech career.

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