Trying to figure out how to build a commercial viable CRM for real estate niche as someone who works in fintech - C#/Java backend guy. Nailing down on unique UI/UX is hard.
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#52I started taking steroids two weeks ago. 500mg/week testosterone. They haven't even really kicked in yet (takes about 3 weeks to get really testosterone levels up) but I'm feeling real good and I'm really excited with all the weight gain I've had so far this year. I started at around 155 in June and today I'm up to 180. A lot of it is water weight I'm sure but I'm excited to hit over 200 in the next 5 months of my fi…
What made you decide to start with the steroids if you were already gaining? And had you tried in the past to add muscle without success?
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#53I recently released a new version of my C MessagePack library MPack [1] with a cool new feature to dynamically calculate the size of maps and arrays during encoding. Having to always specify the size of containers up-front was a pain. I believe it's the only C/C++ MessagePack implementation that can do this. Of course bugs appeared immediately so I am working on a patch release.
I am also working on and off on my C template library Pottery [2]. I haven't pushed any code in a while; having a day job and young children makes progress slow :(
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#54I've been (slowly) cleaning up and releasing more pieces of my online sailing navigation simulator as free and open source software [0].
Always happy to hear from people about what they think, especially from anyone who might might be interested in contributing, or even if you just want to stop by for some friendly competition in the virtual races. :)
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#55I posted on a thread about burnout back in May about quitting my job[1] after nine years, this seems like an invitation to post an update.
I used the time off to travel around in a van, hiking, eating, camping, and visiting friends. I'm now back in the city and catching up all of the life stuff that I put on hold for the pandemic and / or travel -- minor remodeling, maintenance, friends I didn't really get to see during the pandemic, etc.
I've been making big-picture decisions about future work as I go but the next phase is to put in serious hours into the search (since I'm planning to move out side of my current network / FinTech). Looking to start something new sometime this winter.
If anyone has questions about taking a longer time off work (will be 6+ months for me) or about taking more time almost totally away from computers / tech (2+ months), feel free to thread Q's.
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#56I don't want to be hired and I also don't have any project going on. Basically "between ideas" and desperately want to come up with something before I have to give up and get a job. It's not healthy to be idle too long.
I had a similar feeling for a long time. Today I realized that the whole Web3 movement makes much more sense than I previously thought. All the NFT and cryptocurrency stuff is just the tip of an iceberg that might result in a truly decentralized web, following up the current cloud-based centralization. So I decided to start learning more about what has been going on the past few years in that space and to start getti…
Any reading recommendations re: web3? I still don't really understand what it is but I've been meaning to do a deep dive.
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#57I started taking steroids two weeks ago. 500mg/week testosterone. They haven't even really kicked in yet (takes about 3 weeks to get really testosterone levels up) but I'm feeling real good and I'm really excited with all the weight gain I've had so far this year. I started at around 155 in June and today I'm up to 180. A lot of it is water weight I'm sure but I'm excited to hit over 200 in the next 5 months of my fi…
What made you decide to start with the steroids if you were already gaining? And had you tried in the past to add muscle without success?
Honestly mostly just curiosity. I like trying new things and having new hobbies, and it honestly seems relatively safe so I figured why not.
I am traditionally a really hard gainer. I'm currently the biggest I've ever been in my life but it's been from 6 days a week at the gym lifting weights consistently since June and eating a ton. It's been a shit load of work. I'm seeing progress but not as much as I'd like.
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#58I'm making a browser game. It's an idea I've had for a long time and had several false starts on it. I've had a lot of trouble in the past seeing personal projects through, but I just passed a major milestone and I couldn't be happier about it. I'm trying to be better about balancing the fun parts (implementing a map system in canvas) against the tedious parts (getting rails+typescript+docker+react up and running and configured), focusing on doing a little at a time.
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#59I've been renovating a cabin and making little videos of me and my family enjoying the property around it [0]. No monetization or even consideration of turning it in to anything other than a fun project.
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#60I started taking steroids two weeks ago. 500mg/week testosterone. They haven't even really kicked in yet (takes about 3 weeks to get really testosterone levels up) but I'm feeling real good and I'm really excited with all the weight gain I've had so far this year. I started at around 155 in June and today I'm up to 180. A lot of it is water weight I'm sure but I'm excited to hit over 200 in the next 5 months of my fi…
What was the biggest factor in contributing to your decision to start taking T supplements? You were already happy with how you looked, so I’m curious to hear why you decided to take them. I’ve held this idea in the back of my mind that someday, at some point, when I plateau, or when my body starts to deteriorate, I’ll start taking T.
I'm happy relative to how I've looked in the past. On the whole I have a TON of room for improvement. I want to be jacked. I want people to look at me and be like oh shit he works out. So as to why: largely vanity. My fiance is very happy with my progress and her actions show that, which is nice too. But also because it's a challenge and quite different from anything I've done before. I'm also just curious what it's like and I like trying new things.
I would recommend going to get your T levels checked just in case they're low, especially if you have low T symptoms. My levels were fine for my age (early 30s) but could be better.