Notes
Short updates, links, and thoughts that do not need to be full blog posts.
Is there any plan for @phanpy to support syntax highlighting?
I wrote a little about this on my website: https://paulmcbride.com/posts/sunsetting-wecode-ni
After almost 5 years of running https://wecodeni.com, I decided to shut it down. It had been declining in popularity over the past couple of years and I didn’t have the time required to keep at.
I’ve made the code public and will be writing about how much money it made etc over the years soon.
Puns are easily my favourite form of comedy
This thought is brought to you by the book about time management I’m currently reading
Going for a walk for the sake of going for a walk is kind of a radical thing to do 🚶
I spent all day writing #code and listening to bangin’ music. It was a good day.
@timClicks I bought a copy of Rust in Action from Manning a load of months ago. I’m going back to reread it now after reading “the rust book” on my kindle and finding the formatting of code blocks a bit rough compared to the the rust book.
Manning offers a bunch of different formats, do you have any guidance on which one handles the formatting best on Kindle?
I’m about 1/3 of the way through this book and so far it is excellent. Very life affirming. It’s all about embracing the fact that we have finite time in this world. How every decision is the rejection of countless other choices and that embracing that fact is freeing if not a little terrifying.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Four-Thousand-Weeks-Time-How/dp/1847924018
I would like to write #rustlang professionally. How should I go about doing that? At this stage I can build simple API apps and cli tools but I still have plenty to learn. I have over 10 years experience writing code in higher level languages though. I’m very open to advice.
I know this an ancient #software flame war, but tabs are so much better than spaces. Tabs do everything spaces can, but you can change how they are visually presented when coding.
On Friday I wrote about how I approach writing #software in a way that balances software quality with product velocity. Here's a link if that kinda thing interests you!
https://paulmcbride.com/posts/make-it-work-make-it-right-make-it-fast
I’ve started reading 4000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman and I am very much enjoying it!
I went through a bunch of the accounts I follow and it’s sad to see how many of them have been abandoned. I absolutely believe the #fediverse is the future of social media, but evidently we’re not there yet.
I am having so much fun with #rust. I love that I can write code for 20 mins without ever running it and as long as I do what the error messages are telling me, I know it'll work.
I'm really happy with this post. It's not exactly a hot take, but it is how I try to approach building #software that balances quality and product velocity.
https://paulmcbride.com/posts/make-it-work-make-it-right-make-it-fast
I just spent an obscene amount of money on a keyboard from ZSA. I’m hoping it’ll help with the twinges of RSI I’ve been feeling but I’m more excited about programming it.
I'm really enjoying working with #rust! Treating errors as regular values makes so much more sense than the try/catch nonsense in #javascript land.
Please @ivory let me go to my profile when I tap my avatar at the top left.
I'm setting up an #RSS reader using @feedbin. Send me your favourite developer feeds.
I built a little cli tool in #Rust that would be useful for private pilots. It's called logbook and is exactly what it sounds like; a tool for recording your flights.
If you have any experience with this stuff, I'd love some guidance on how to distribute such a tool!
Here is a link to the repo, and a demo: https://github.com/ThePaulMcBride/logbook_rs
I’ve been using the Henson razor every week for over a year now and every time I use it I’m still excited by how good it is!
I could happily listen to music by Foy Vance exclusively for the rest of my life
I wrote a little about #stoicism
Note to self: When it comes to learning, there is no substitute for doing