I've also came to really appreciate the efforts done by endurance athletes. It's so much more than just training, it's nutrition, sleep, rest, preventing injuries, so it can be mentally exhausting. Recently I remember reading the headline of an article stating that too much sport is as bad as too little on the mind, there is truth in it I think. The (relative) difficulty of this kind of endeavour is well summed up by Kipchoge: motivation + discipline = consistency.
Ask HN: What was your greatest accomplishment in 2018?
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#22The net gain has been extreme automation. My shipping team's output has doubled.
I've learned that whilst we talk about premature optimisation, there is also lagging optimisation too!
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#25sadly 2018 was basically a total write off for me, starting out great and crashing down to me being left broke, homeless and jobless with nothing but the things in my backpack to my name, but im still alive and things are looking up for next year
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#26Being able to say I’ve overcome my nearly 15 years of depression. I did some pretty neat things in and out of work too, but none of them can really compare to finally feeling happy and healthy again. I learned that if I’m not happy, then nothing else in life will really matter to me, and that my own happiness and health are the most important things that I can have. I always knew this on some abstract intellectual le…
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#27Well, 2018 isn't over yet, so I'm still holding out hope that my big accomplishment for this year will be launching our Fogcutter SaaS offering. It's very close to ready to launch, at least in the "soft launch" sense. That is, the site will be live and ready to accept customers. I don't know that we'll do much promotion initially, as there are still a lot of rough edges I want to polish. OTOH, the old saying stands "…
One word of advice from someone who has seen little success with Saas businesses, you gotta keep at it for at least one year or more. Once you're done with the development don't make the mistake of focusing more energy on your coding or product features but rather give everything to market. Focus on SEO, content marketing, list building and forums (the niche the better). If you are able to show it this year then spen…
Yeah, that's pretty much the plan. "2018: ship. 2019: accelerate". That's been the mantra here. Of course in the strictest sense, the 2018 deadline isn't essential. If we ship on January 4th, or January 15th, or whatever, it doesn't change the overall plan. But I like having a milestone target to shoot for.
Merry Christmas!
Re: Ask HN: What was your greatest accomplishment in 2018?
#28- I started learning Chinese.
- I tried my hand at DevOps, Rust and Machine Learning.
What I learned?
- Countries and cultures are very different. Environments can affect you in a big deal. The city, the people, the weather, the system, etc...
- Travelling is hard. But rewarding.
- Learning Chinese with Anki seems like it increases your brain capabilities. I'm not certain about that but suggests you try it and see for yourself.
- Rust is Hard. It is eloquent and right. But it is hard.
- Rust is unfinished business if you are looking to ship software. Many things are not ready yet or mass-tested/used.
- Machine Learning is a huge topic.