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How?
Not doing anything
That's really difficult. Do you find your mind just going insane until you start to do something?
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#212Unfortunately(?) ds and algos + leetcode for interviews but I’ve been approaching it as an investment. Hopefully my future self making tons of money will thank me
Have you had a look at algoexpert?
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#213VIM!
How are you learning Vim?
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#214Brazilian music. Gilberto Gil, Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento, João Donato, Toninho Horta, Yamandu Costa, João Gilberto etc etc. There's a great youtube channel with hundreds of videos of guitarist Nelson Faria chatting and playing music at home with a different Brazilian musician each time, a lot with English captions. https://www.youtube.com/c/umcafelaemcasa/videos
If you like Funk, and Soul music you should check out Tim Maia. He did a creative job mixing up Brazilian music (samba and bossa nova) with American black music. He is one of my favorites Brazilian musicians. His voice is also outstanding. Check it out
[1] "Sossego": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St7ID7vHHs4 .
[2] "Azul da cor do mar": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9kTV-wpiWk
"E boa sorte nessa aventura, meu amigo!"
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#215Chemistry. I was never really interested in it, but recently discovered that it's one of the best (and enjoyable) ways to learn more about the workings of the physical world, purely for curiosity's sake. Doing the MIT 5.111 course on OCW and the MIT 3.091 course on EdX. Also re-learning modern JavaScript, and TypeScript too - I've been using JavaScript professionally since 2003, but always begrudgingly. And spending…
5.111 and 3.091 together? Seems like a lot! Hope you enjoy the Sadoway videos - he’s the best.
I was actually just over halfway through 3.091, and it was going quite well, but I had a slight uneasy feeling about knowledge gaps (all my chemistry knowledge is from high school). That's when I started 5.111, and it's really helping to solidify things.
I didn't know about Sadoway, the EdX course has a different instructor. But I checked some of his videos on OCW now, and I really like his enthusiasm!
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#216I'm a marketer tinkering with Python. Since Python is so versatile, lots of uses for a marketer like me. I started off with a few Coursera courses going over the basics (Programming 4 Everybody) and read the book with it.
Then I tinkered with some basic functions: how to strip a list of URLs for a specific Product ASIN, automating some Photoshop image creation, and searching a 10k row Excel doc for specific phrases. All were bad at first, but they worked eventually.
I then did the Automate the Boring Stuff course on Udemy, super fun and deepened my knowledge. Helped me improve some of the programs and start working on others. I started to work with the Facebook Ads API and Pandas to automate reporting. So fun. That program is just getting to the Excel/Sheets automation part which will save me a ton of time every week. I spend a solid amount of time manually analyzing data each week. If I can cut that down, it'll get me quicker insights so better for my clients.
Again, nothing works incredibly well but it all works. And all of them save me time going forward. Automating image files will save a team member 3-6 hours/month and reduced errors by probably 90% (And their stress. We've already used it for 2 months so that's reduced their stress level from the errors they made manually doing it).
I'm basically just carving out an hour a week at this point after shooting for 5+/week for the first 6 months. I might increase it if I slow down on client work or hit a blocker that needs more time.
I subscribe to Always Be Learning, since that is a cornerstone of my own well being, so there is no real goal. I figure if I have a system for it then I'll make progress. And everything I learn is really a bonus for myself, my clients, or any developers I work with.
There's no shortage of interesting ideas to pursue with it so that won't be a problem anytime soon.
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#217DevOps/GitOps.
Need to build a stack consisting of Kubernetes (zero downtime, volumes), Docker for images, Django Rest Framework (backend), Nginx (reverse proxy for static files), Uwsgi (for Nginx-Django coordination), Next.js (front), Postgresql (db), Flux (for syncing with private docker registry images using maybe semver and for github repository polling), Ansible (for agentless initial configuration for test/qa/production servers), and Github Actions for CI (maybe later CD; servers allow only polling at the moment).
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#218I'm feeling out how, in my free time, to have fun again and still be somewhat productive. I've been kinda burned out for a while.
I've been skateboarding more and reading my books about statistics in a no pressure, leisurely manner.
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How did you learn?
I stopped using a pillow under my head because back sleeping + pillow = neck pain. Then I got a thin, light pillow and placed it on my chest to mimic the "wrapped up in blankets" feeling I was used to.
Normal adult pillows are no good for back sleeping but I found having no pillow wasn't very comfortable. I ended up using a memory foam pillow for toddlers[1] that we originally bought for our son. It's perfect - provides just the right amount of lift for me.
[1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004M3PS4O/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_gl...
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#220How to make beautiful 3D characters and scenes. I started with Blender and now I'm learning Substance for painting the models because the work flow is creativity focused. The possibilities are truly amazing with today's tools. Working in 3D has opened my eyes to new possibilities. I believe that having skills in 3D will become very important over the next five years with adoption of mixed reality hardware.
I've picked up Blender in the past few months. Previously I had dabbled with 3dsMax in the late 90's in highschool, but the piracy and license cracks eventually turned me away. Until recently Blender's UX kept me away too.
It's been fun seeing the world in a new way again. I like the nostalgic feeling of looking around and seeing the material nuance in everyday objects, how light behaves, and the uniqueness of everything around us.