Two months have passed, and the events that occurred during this time were even more than the previous two months. Starting from the National Day holiday, all the way to layoffs, travel, job hunting, sending things, offline interviews, accepting offers, going home, waiting for onboarding notifications, finding a place to live, and finally starting work officially... Just listing these events seems enough to write a detailed account.
In this way, I actually find writing a weekly journal easier. After all, each event can be fully expressed in just a few sentences, quickly filling up a piece, and I no longer have that past feeling of "not knowing where to start."
Yes, my job in Xi'an ended at lightning speed (I was laid off). Now, I have been working in Shenzhen for three weeks. I have been working in Shenzhen for three weeks now. Although it won't become content for a joke book, my experience in Xi'an has indeed become a punchline on my resume during interviews. So:
Damn, last week doesn't count, Three Weeks Restart!
Records of Real Life#
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Perhaps all my weekly journals contain no lies, at least no parts that are actively false. However, the content may have certain biases, such as hiding some unspoken dark elements or being selectively expressed.
The story began a few days before the National Day holiday. In the days leading up to the holiday, there were hardly any work arrangements at the company. The last iteration had just ended, and the demand review for the next iteration would not even start until after the holiday. So, in the days leading up to the holiday, I was just slacking off, writing some things using the technologies that would be used in later projects to practice.
However, the lack of work demands also meant that the department could function with fewer people, which really felt like "the mountain rain is about to come, the wind is full of buildings." (Just a hindsight remark)
National Day - Cyber Neighbor Online Gaming#
I scheduled two days to play "" online with some internet friends, but it seems that "Don't Starve" put too much pressure on people. Watching characters lose sanity made players outside the screen lose sanity too, so after two days, no one mentioned continuing.
I really hope to find a lifelong online friend (just kidding)
This year has been my year for online gaming. Over the past year, I have played N games with various internet friends I have never met before, from all over the world, collecting many interesting and joyful moments.
During nearly half a year of being out of work, I relied on online gaming with friends to regain some social attributes.
- Star Engine Party - A four-player party game where you run in circles and use card skills, similar to Mario Party? I played it during the Spring Festival and it was also my first time playing with them (if there's a first time, there will be countless times?). The art style is very cute, but I guess the cute art style is its biggest advantage; the balance between characters is slightly off, making some characters particularly strong. (However, I remember that in the few rounds I played, I actually never lost🤣)
- ASTRONEER - A multiplayer survival and creation game? We almost completed various key milestones in three days. However, since there were two veterans and two newbies, the newbies' experience was lost, and the veterans got bored. In the end, we didn't even want to play before starting automation. (A new DLC was released recently)
- Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI - The famous Civilization VI. Since it is played in rounds, there is no feeling of "lack of closure." It's a story of three allied nations conquering the world (NPCs).
- Don't Starve Together - Long-term online gaming like this is hard to have a good ending. This game cannot be played without veterans at the start, as the initial kills are too many. However, compared to ASTRONEER, it is another extreme, with a super oppressive feeling in the early stages.
- I Don't Want to Be a Burden - A 1v5 strategy party game, the game format is very novel; one person buys it and six people can play together, requiring the host to project it for everyone to see and make their own choices. It should be called a verbal shield game, or more like a script killing game, with a bit of a prisoner's dilemma feeling.
(I also played "Lance 6" during the later part of the National Day holiday, hitting three bad endings)
Company Layoffs - Sudden Drop - Job Hunting Again#
In fact, the demand review after the holiday was somewhat unusual; the demands could no longer fill the working hours. The next day, I was called in for a meeting and was told to receive compensation and terminate my labor contract that day (October 9). It was a general layoff, not just me; however, probationary employees were inevitably discarded.
They said it was a sudden drop, but only my situation was like this; the company itself did not have a "sudden drop," it was already going down. However, I was unaware of the situation and boarded a sinking ship.
That day, I ordered melatonin and started taking it; I really couldn't sleep.
So, the next day (October 10), I started the process of "sending resumes -> reviewing -> interviewing" again, with the following plan:
- Resume: No need to change for now, it has reached the level of having interviews.
- Review and practice questions: Allocate in a 3:3:2 ratio for basic knowledge, practicing questions, and interview expression. 40 Pomodoros per week, 45 minutes each.
- Resume submission time: Start by submitting to 10 companies a day; if there are no interviews for a week, double it. If there are more than 3 interviews in a week, maintain that number.
But reality was still beyond my expectations.
When I started looking for a job in early August, perhaps because the autumn recruitment had not officially started and my resume was not yet perfect, there were not many interview opportunities. However, in mid-October, right at the peak of autumn recruitment, the interviews were packed, and I hardly had time to review.
(The last time was 745 115 0 137, which is quite telling)
Real Xi'an Travel#
With the mindset of "since I'm here," I took the time to explore Xi'an before checking out on the 20th. During these ten days, the actual time spent sightseeing was only four days; the rest of the time was consumed by online interviews and moving.
I feel like I don't know how to take photos, so I just casually snapped a few. Moreover, the entire sightseeing process was overshadowed by the "just got laid off," "waiting for employment," and "alone" debuffs, turning it into a somewhat perfunctory experience.
D1 Shaanxi History Museum Qin and Han Gallery
When I say a museum is boring, is it really boring? Wrong, when you bring a social butterfly to a comic convention. Watching you smile at the mygo merchandise for a long time, they are also very bored🥱 (No, it's not me; I really didn't find it boring; I spent 2.5 hours there)
(This is a distant view of the Qin and Han Palace, which is actually in Xianyang, 20 kilometers away from Xi'an city, quite far)
(This is a statue of the Qin Emperor in the Qin and Han Gallery, probably imitating the Hokage Rock or the American Presidents' Rock?)
That night, I went out to dinner with my two roommates. Should I say "we are all people who have fallen from grace"? One is currently unemployed after working in Shenzhen for a few years and returning to his hometown of Xi'an, two years older than me. The other is his cousin, who graduated with a computer science degree this year and, after doing some remote front-end development for a while, is now working night shifts at Haidilao.
As for me, as a Guangdong person, I came to Xi'an to work without knowing anything, and after a month, I was laid off, becoming a temporary unemployed wanderer. We are all in the same boat, haha.
D2 Big Wild Goose Pagoda Night City
This place is right behind the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, just three stops from where I live. I came here during the National Day holiday as well. However, there were too many people at that time, circling around and around, thinking, "I'll come back on a non-holiday weekend; after all, there will be plenty of time." Who knew that less than a week later, I was back again.
Walking alone in the pedestrian street felt like being hit with debuffs all over. It feels like commercial streets are pretty much the same all over the country.
(I actually don't know this ancient person)
D3 Upper Shaanxi History Museum
I heard that even locals find it hard to book a ticket for this museum; I managed to snag a Saturday ticket after a few days of trying.
There were tons of tour guides, and even many rows of students were here attending classes and memorizing. It was quite a spectacle. (Are they also part of the museum viewing experience?)
(I ended up taking the most photos of others' assignments like this one below, which turned out pretty well)
D3 Lower Xiaozhai Yintai City
Perhaps this is the largest gathering place for the two-dimensional culture in Northwest China, packed with people, and I turned around several times to take photos with male butler cosplayers.
As a fan of Ichikawa Haruko, I really wanted to buy the book "25 O'clock Holiday," but I saw it on Taobao for only half the price. So I ordered it on Taobao.
It's disappointing that there are things you can't buy online; in this era, it's quite disheartening to go out shopping and come back empty-handed.
(This is the physical book I received a few days after ordering on Taobao)
D4 Terracotta Army Chang Hen Ge
This is probably the most mature one-day tour route in Xi'an: Terracotta Army -> Huaqing Palace -> Chang Hen Ge. That night, I stayed near Huaqing Palace. From the moment I boarded the tour bus to the entire process of viewing the Terracotta Army, there was a guide providing explanations.
I came on a non-holiday Thursday, yet there were still tons of people at the Terracotta Army site. The number of people viewing the Terracotta Army was several times that of the actual army. I can only say, never come during holidays.
(I have also seen the Terracotta Army)
The rain dampened my mood; otherwise, the overall experience was quite good. In the afternoon, I went to see the stage play "Revived Legion," which required the audience to move to change scenes; I felt a bit tired, rating it 5.5/10. In the evening, I watched the performance of Chang Hen Ge, which was slightly better than the previous one.
(This is the performance of Chang Hen Ge, but I was in poor condition that day and couldn't enjoy much)
D 51 Said Goodbye to the 33 Square Meter Room (Hall)
And then? There was nothing more, just a mix of various interviews, sending things home, farewell dinners with colleagues in Xi'an, and other trivial matters. I couldn't recover and flew out of Xi'an directly on the 20th.
(This was the last meal of solo hot pot during this 51-day journey)
Job Hunting -> Waiting for Offers -> Waiting for Onboarding#
From the 14th to the 27th, over the course of about two weeks, I participated in around 20 interviews with about 10 companies. Among them, I arranged four offline interviews in Guangzhou, and as soon as I arrived in Guangzhou on the 20th, I rushed straight to a friend's house.
During three days in Guangzhou, I went through ten rounds of interviews, and in between, I even got a stomach bug and vomited (thanks to my friend for buying medicine; although the Chinese patent medicine didn't work much, it was still comforting). In the end, I finished the battle with three verbal offers.
Indeed, every time I pop the champagne, there are twists and turns. The company I was most interested in rejected me because I wanted to start in a week. The second-choice company gave me an offer after I "slid on my knees" (promising to start the following Monday), but then informed me that due to my superior's business trip and lack of guidance, I needed to adjust my start date to two weeks later, November 11. (As for the third offer, it was a contract job, which I really didn't want to take.)
Thus, I entered a two-week waiting period for onboarding and returned home. Am I some kind of earthbound spirit? I've never been out for more than two months~~
(After bringing the air fryer home, my family became enthusiastic about using it to make bread, making it 6 or 7 times in two weeks)
(I originally thought about bringing them over after stabilizing my work in Xi'an, but who knew I would end up coming back to find them)
Multi-talented -> Special Attack Mage -> Battle Mage#
This metaphor isn't very good, and I really like battle mages.
In the end, the fourth offer saved me. A position in IoT development at a Shenzhen company with "meals included~~ accommodation included~~" and a factory. To say I transformed into an embedded software development engineer would be an exaggeration. However, saying I'm a battle mage is not an overstatement.
Yes, I got a position in IoT development. Let me briefly introduce some situations regarding this first round (this job) (I'll mention some things I can talk about).
- Related to hardware: Basically, once you leave the company, you can't develop.
- Technical aspect: Compared to the strong technical atmosphere at the Xi'an company, the technical atmosphere here is not as strong. However, my boss this time is quite nice; communicating feels more like friends rather than being completely directed by work content like an NPC. On the first weekend after joining, I participated in a department gathering. He also reminded me during the interview about the difference between meals included and meals~~ accommodation included~~. (I really appreciate this)
- Using the company-provided computer: Before onboarding, he asked me what kind of computer I wanted and gave me several options; in the end, a new Mac mini M4 was purchased for me. Speaking of which, I had previously worked with my own laptop in my last two jobs. (Actually, the computer is definitely provided, but the previous companies provided computers that were not as good as my own, so I ended up using my own.)
- A brand new work environment: Besides the computer being new, the monitors, routers, IoT gateways, and even the chairs and drawers for storing things are all newly purchased.
- Brand new work content: This point goes without saying; my skills and the job requirements only intersect at node.js. Although I had played with various smart home devices before, "reading comics and drawing comics" are different; besides the word "comics," there is almost no common skill tree.
- Meals included~~ accommodation included~~: Since it is a factory-type company, I now eat in the company cafeteria during workdays. As for accommodation, I almost never stay in the company dormitory. (Back to high school days)
- Commute 45 minutes (one way): This is the first time I live in a place where "walking takes more than 30 minutes." Commuting from Bao'an to Nanshan, 7KM. This is my first time living a life of taking the bus to work; before, I either walked or rode a bike. I have also developed various little tricks for taking the bus~~
- Ants Moving House: Yes, after all, Guangdong is like my home base; in a familiar environment, everything is a bit easier. I can move like ants, sending things over bit by bit. My dad's company can send things over every week. I can even ask various friends to bring a few boxes of things from home when they come to Shenzhen. (It's definitely not that I have PTSD from sending things across provinces)
(Thanks to @pseudoyu for sending the Magic Trackpad from afar)
What Else Have I Experienced#
Uh, there are naturally many more things to say, but let's save them for later. After restarting work these past few weeks, my state has returned. Thus, a super tumultuous month has come to an end. What will life be like going forward? Who knows~~
👀 What Else Have I Watched#
📚 🎬 📺 Works#
All ACG content, I have it all in my life~~
| Work & Product Name | Medium | Progress | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru | Movie | 100% | 10/10 | “Those rescued soldiers may never have been saved; their later lives lived in the shadow of that day.” After watching, I pondered how to achieve victory in Civilization 6 without going to war. War is not just the sacrifice of soldiers but the tragedy of every family behind each sacrificed soldier. Perhaps the best domestic documentary I have ever seen. It truly found every British prisoner on that ship and their families, piecing together the situation on the ship like a puzzle. In my previous impression of domestic works, most foreigners were portrayed as the same type reciting scripts, ultimately filming "Japanese are all bad guys," focusing on how "fishermen from Dongji Island bravely rescued British prisoners," and in the end, the British were grateful to us, which is commendable. But this film did not do that; instead, it focused on British prisoners and their families, detailing each individual, real people. I was moved to tears. I highly recommend it; director Fang Li left a deep impression on me. I'm also glad this story was salvaged before all the survivors passed away. (All passed away by 2020) If I had seen this film earlier, many dead perverts could have been avoided - This article is a review by Liu Shenlei, and the rating is quite high. |
| The Weirdo of the Stable Era | Animation | 100% | 8/10 | The manga has concluded, hence marking it. |
| Pirate War Chronicles 26 | Manga | 90%(not finished) | 8/10 | The only one who can return to Iceland should be Thorfinn with fish-eye. |
| Lance 10: The Final Battle | Game | 60% | 9/10 | Identified as Roguelite; after hitting three bad endings, I restarted with someone else's high CP save file and slowly savored it. (I can't stop) |
| Insects and Songs | Manga | 100% | 8/10 | A manga suitable for repeated reading; after reading it several times, I slowly gained some feelings. The cover is also great. Four stories about plants, lightning, meteorites, and insects. Rather than being anthropomorphic, it is more about objectification; I focused on their "non-human" aspects. Plants can be pruned into your favorite shapes; an intimate relationship with lightning will ultimately lead to destruction; becoming family with stars; the lifespan theory of insects and humans; Each story has a slightly oppressive ending, concluding with the end of a certain thing. There is a strong sense of leaving things unsaid, quiet and melancholic, with almost no narration or psychological description, just large pages of storyboards. This may be the specific style of Ichikawa Haruko's works, After finishing, my entire brain felt empty, as if there was nothing left, returning to dust, that’s the meaning. (Thus, I couldn't write any thoughts about it) |
| 25 O'clock Holiday | Manga | 100% | 8/10 | Closer to "Land of the Lustrous," the three protagonists of the short stories are all geniuses. None of the short stories feature the character of the scale leaf stone, but teachers, princes, and princesses appear many times. (A Douban friend said it’s inorganic matter porn genre, haha) 25 O'clock Holiday: As always, filled with a sense of guilt in complex relationships; Ichikawa Haruko really likes the combination of tall handsome men and slender girls. The sister looks like she’s about to break, giving the impression that she could be taken away and disappear at any moment. And the sister's birthday gift is quite profound. Above Pandora: The prototype of the elegant brother is probably Nijo Nana. Funeral of the Moon: The fireworks are stunning. I really like the segment about marine life, "Loneliness is a bitter luxury from birth to returning to dust." |
| To the Children Who Will Not Die in the Galaxy | Manga | 100% | 8.5/10 | "Only when I understood that one day I would also die did I truly become human." My way of thinking has always been that of an immortal species. I always think I can escape various things, fantasizing that I can read comics every day. But looking back, I am no longer young, and various deadlines have reached an unavoidable level. Is this feeling of "no longer able to escape" growth? |
| Girls' Last Tour | Manga & Animation | 100% | 9/10 | The animation production team is truly merciful; they didn't end the story after they used up their last XX to brew coffee. (Actually, it wasn't far off) If this journey only had Shou, it might be even lonelier and more nihilistic than playing survival in Minecraft alone. I am always the type of player who restarts at the slightest mishap in games because I feel that continuing is just torturing myself, as it is foreseeable that I cannot clear the game or achieve victory. (Would I choose euthanasia after being diagnosed with a terminal illness?) But life is unique; there are always good things to encounter while living. There is no real clearing or victory. Whether it’s maps, planes, or diaries, their value is merely what people assign to them, all pieced together to dissolve the absurdity of life. Watching them happily eat chocolate in the apocalypse reminds me of the shock I felt the first time I had Yangzhou fried rice in a Western restaurant over a decade ago. However, nowadays, I no longer have much feeling about eating. 90% of the time while eating, I am thinking about other things. |
| Looking Back | Manga & Animation | 100% | 8/10 | I saw that Fujino's email is dmail.jp. Actually, it was less than an hour, with the last 20 minutes being behind-the-scenes interviews. I've read the manga more than five or six times, and with such a restored plot, there are no psychological fluctuations left. |
🌐 Articles#
The number of articles I marked during this time is quite large; let’s categorize them a bit. I won't pin readlater to pinboard anymore. Also, I surfed too much; I feel that spending time reading complete books would be better; otherwise, much knowledge is fragmented. Another issue is that these links will gradually fall off over time; how should I handle this? Should I have an auto-archive process? (Once again, I found something to do)
IoT - Work Related#
I still haven't figured out what kind of place I entered; I completely don't understand the version rhythm.
- Why Smart Homes Currently Favor Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Over ZigBee? - Zhihu
- Connectivity Standards Alliance, Matter Protocol - Their "Past Lives" and "Future" - Minority
- IoT Goes Nuclear: Creating a ZigBee Chain Reaction | Hacker News - In the IoT industry, security has always been a significant issue, as it involves real-world objects.
- Welcome to the Apps SDK documentation 👋 | Homey Apps SDK - The first task at work.
Follow & RSS#
Follow has become incredibly popular; who still doesn't have an invitation code at this stage?
- Weekly Report #72 - Skateboard Experience, Rust Conf, and Follow Public Beta (Including Invitation Code) · Pseudoyu - This weekly report has turned into a post where everyone discusses their understanding of RSS.
- App 1 | Follow: Another Form of Information Acquisition - Minority
x-cmd#
The recent situation of my former company x-cmd. Actually, I previously saw the most accurate description on HN: "A BusyBox that doesn't know what it wants to be," but anyway, they have taken their first steps this year.
- Command Line Talk 29: A Command Line Enhancement Tool x-cmd Worth Trying - YouTube - It seems that KOLs have started to promote it voluntarily.
- x-cmd/x-cmd: X bootstrap 1000+ tools and scripts. - Since I left, they have gone from 100 stars to now 1000 stars. It's quite a mixed feeling; it seems I was their limiter back then~~
Node.js Backend#
- Typesense | Open Source Alternative to Algolia Pinecone - Hybrid search, still quite interesting from
- Reverse domain name notation - Wikipedia - Reverse domain name notation, something I've always found hard to understand. Domain names can solve naming space conflicts, and the reverse can make string sorting look better, naturally connecting products from the same company. However, it always feels not elegant and too long.
- javascript - Difference of using async / await vs promises? - Stack Overflow - A question that gets asked in interviews every day.
- Node.js Tutorial - 42 - Event Loop - YouTube - Memorizing the content of this video has made my interviews much smoother during this time.
- type-challenges/type-challenges: Collection of TypeScript type challenges with online judge -
- Cloudflare's new marketplace lets websites charge AI bots for scraping | Hacker News - Discussions on anonymity and privacy in the digital age on Hacker News.
- Why must methods using await in js be defined as async? - Zhihu - What kind of prerequisite knowledge do I need to understand this article?
- API documentation - Sinon.JS -
- Optimizing Javascript for fun and for profit - Optimizing JavaScript performance tips for web development.
- Tao of Node - Design, Architecture & Best Practices | Alex Kondov - Software Engineer - Learn the Tao of Node.js development by exploring key principles and best practices.
Life Hacks#
- Bank Card Opening Process and Guide at Bank of China Hong Kong - Lainbo - I need to provide a bank income certificate; this is indeed a challenge for me, as I haven't worked much this year.
- Your Family Medicine Cabinet, Starting with These 8 Over-the-Counter Medicines - Minority - After sorting it out, I found that living alone doesn't require much, and there's a pharmacy downstairs~~ However, understanding what medicine to take for which illness is still quite good.
- Home Workout Beginner's Guide | Salted Bean Paste - Indeed, my workout habit in the later part of the summer vacation was to wake up from a nap at 3:30 PM, wash up and change clothes, and by the time I got to the gym, it was already 4:00 PM, with a one-hour workout plan lasting until 5:20 PM, and I returned home at 6:00 PM to cook. This is known as the "disappearing afternoon"🤣
To save time, even though there is a gym within a 5-minute walking distance from my home, plus changing clothes to go out, at least the extra 15 minutes spent could have been used to complete three sets of exercises. Moreover, if the average American has to drive to the gym, it would take even more time.
- One Skill a Day | My Self-Made Numbers Accounting Spreadsheet Share: Quickly Record Expenses with Shortcuts - Minority - The spreadsheet is beautifully made. However, recording every bus ride and every meal feels overly cumbersome. I prefer to allocate a budget to my bus card and meal card once a month and only record one expense.
Calligraphy & Fonts#
- Let’s Get to Know "Font Designers"! One Stroke at a Time, Depicting Taiwan's Fonts and Text Landscape ft. justfont｜Good Guest Room ep.83 - YouTube
- Zero-Based Teaching Compilation of 1-17 | Download Calligraphy Practice Sheets《Hard Pen Calligraphy Teaching》
- justfont｜New Generation Chinese Font Design and Font Education Team - justfont
- Good Handwriting·Hard Pen Regular Script 30-Day Course (Douban Time)
Job Hunting#
- 2024 Job Hunting Summary During the Tide Recession | Salted Bean Paste - Also not universally applicable job hunting experience; the level difference is too much.
- My 2024 Job Hunt - Although it’s completely unsuitable for my current situation, I can only accept it and then start again. This time, at least my interview experience is not starting from scratch.
I lost my job at Posit rather suddenly in June. This ended up being rather convenient since I had already been looking for a new job and it’s significantly easier to grind LeetCode while you’re unemployed. After about ~2 months of studying, applying, and interviewing I found a great spot at Pinterest.
- Table of Contents | System Design Interview: Insider's Guide
ACG#
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | "YUSHA(Brave)" YOASOBI - YouTube - At first, I also felt this OP was a bit out of place, as "how can a work full of poker faces have such a lively OP," I imagined it as Freren singing. After listening to it without missing a single episode for half a year, that sense of incongruity became the most memorable point. Gradually, I felt that Freren's OP was indeed meant for the brave, and I forgot all the other soundtracks. (Of course, it also helped that I heard Yoasobi perform it live once, which made it more profound). This is truly a case of "incongruity leading to a memorable impression."
Interesting but Unusable#
- Deceptive Tactics in DeepL API Design - zu1k
- Why doesn't Microsoft's OneDrive support instant upload like Baidu Cloud? - Zhihu - It turns out that privacy, security, and legal regulations also need to be considered.
LLM#
- Reader API - Perhaps I will be able to use it someday.
- Chunking Strategies for LLM Applications | Pinecone - Learn about effective chunking strategies for improved memory retention.
- If you want to learn Prompt Engineering but don't know where to find suitable learning materials, here are some quality resources I know, continuously updated, and feel free to add more. by @dotey (宝玉) - Thread about social media marketing strategies for beginners.
Windows#
- How to change the Windows ALT+TAB hotkey to something else? - Super User - The habit of Command+C can no longer return to Ctrl+C; the next step is to change the input method switch.
- Create Bootable Windows 11 or 10 USB Disk on macOS | ComputingForGeeks - Guide on creating bootable Windows 11/10 USB on macOS. Covers tools, steps, and troubleshooting tips.
Others#
- No One Can Become China's YouTube – Rainbow Line
- Difference Between /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc, etc
- As a front-end developer, my understanding of business has always been to write about technology; I never thought I would write an article unrelated to technology, as in my previous view - Juejin
- The creator of ffmpeg Fabrice Bellard(1) is truly a genius and has created so many amazing software that have been an amazing benefit to the world. | Hacker News - A 100x engineer, could be placed in the pantheon of gods.
Yeah definitely. If programming genius had a unit it should be called the bellard. One 10x programmer = a 1/10th Bellard?
- Programmer English Vocabulary Guide - Learn English with online resources for free.
- The Art of Finishing | ByteDrum - I found that forcing myself to finish a blog post is also a form of the art of completion.
My endless battle with the "Project Hydra": why I can't seem to finish projects, and the strategies I'm exploring to finally complete what I start. A personal journey through productivity's thorniest challenge.
Postscript - About Who the Readers Are#
Once again, I have refreshed the length of the weekly journal. In fact, the less I write, the more readers can look at it.
Last weekend, I wrote for a whole day, but the more I wrote, the faster my sanity dropped, so I put it off for a week, and only today did I wake up and continue writing. Fortunately, I didn't force myself to write through it last week; now looking back, I can really feel that I was completely out of state at that time.
I have slightly figured out who I should be writing this weekly journal for; one is for my future self ten years later, and the other is for various cyber neighbors.
What kind of cyber exposure syndrome is this? It's actually a psychological compensation behavior for people who have no neighbors in real life, thinking about getting to know different cyber neighbors.
I have always written however I wanted, so I never thought about learning from others' techniques. But I feel that I have reached a bottleneck. I also found that I don't like discussing with others; in fact, discussing with others is the real thinking.
I really don't know how to feel about those friends.