I mostly write software, splitting my time between freelancing and personal projects.
If you read my blog, you probably noticed that I’m not a fan of social media. I used to have a Facebook account when I was still in high school, when Facebook was still a new thing, and seemed like a cool place to hang out with your friends. I closed it few years after, and seeing how Facebook became a privacy-violating, soul-crushing spying and advertisement machine, I made the right call.
Cory Doctorow on code liability:
During my whole programming career I had three big moments that were most meaningful to me.
One of the best return on your time investment is learning your tools. Doesn’t matter if you write formulas in Excel sheets, retouch photos in Photoshop, create music in Bitwig or write books in Word documents. I’ve seen people learning to do things one way and sticking to that forever, not realising that as simple as learning a shortcut key to activate a button that they click with their mouse…
When I left social media 17 years ago, it was partly due to privacy concerns. I love my privacy, and it’s something I don’t compromise on. This had some negative side effects, like harder to maintain connections with people, less convenience and missing out on things. But at the end, I feel it’s still worth it.
There’s something magical about the terminal.
There’s a stark difference between wishing for something and wanting for something.
In 2016, I bought my first Mac. At that time, it was getting the best of both worlds: a UNIX-like development environment and a big selection of paid, but well designed software. Despite high price and butterfly keyboard issues, hardware was miles better than whatever was in the market as well. Combine that with the iPhone and iCloud services, and you get a comfortable, seamless experience.
Yuval Noah Harari on saying stupid things in private: […] Again, one of the frightening things I see now, especially in democracies, is the way that the people at the top, especially politicians, are denied a private life.
Every creator knows what it means to second guess themselves. When we put out our ideas but do not get enough traction than we hoped, we think that we did something wrong, this will never work and we’re wasting our time.