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Is this site my new obsession…?
So it’s been a week or so since I started this blog and it has already become a bit of an obsession…
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Those 3 terrifying words… can you just…
There’s nothing that strikes fear more than those 3 words… "can you just"… To any normal person those words just mean, press the pause button… have a quick look at something then jump back on to what you were doing…
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How do I turn my brain off…
My brain feels like a full-time idea generator. It’s a good thing… lots of new concepts to explore, things to build and try… But with it being a full-time idea generator… it comes up with ideas at the most annoying times…
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Everyone needs a hobby… or 20…
I often talk about coding and jumping from one project to another… but in reality… it’s not just coding. Every week there’s a new hobby…
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Never look back…
There’s nothing worse than revisiting old projects… looking back even just a few months later and thinking… what is this mess…
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I hate users...
As a locked in, hyper-focused developer I find users REALLY irritating. You discuss what they want... they nod... you wire frame something up to confirm you've understood them... they nod... you involve them at every stage of development... they nod... you push it into test to confirm they're happy... they nod...
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That's good, but how does it work...
Ever since I was little, I've been obsessed with how thing work... every time something broke, I'd take it apart. I remember when I was little disassembling my granddad's video recorder in the middle of his living room to see how it ticked...
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Hyper-focus is great, 90% of the time…
Hyper-focus, the ability to lock into one subject and fire 200% of your energy on it is great! You can get a lot done, to a very high standard too… but… the skill is only unlocked when you’re interested in the subject…
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Just one more domain…
Obviously every idea I have is going to change the world… so as soon as that idea pops into my head… off to the registrar I go. Sometimes I spend more time thinking of a name and finding a good domain than I actually do building the thing… but hey… at least if it goes somewhere… I have a good domain.
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Practice, don’t preach…
There’s loads of version control solutions out there, good ones, like GIT and…. well… GIT. Every day I tell people, don’t store stuff on your laptop… sync it to a repo… add a good commit comment not just “stuff”. Organised life, organised mind… Do I do that? Do I balls…