for me joy came from coding with a gpt copilot, where I can take ideas from dream to demo in a day instead of weeks. switching from osx back to a linux laptop after over a decade as I think linux is where the creative culture is based now, revisiting a gnuradio tutorial and using the Maths eurorack module to make music because I think an intuition for analog is the next superpower. on the lower-tech level, a new chainsaw and a very fine handmade splitting axe brought many days of contemplation and joy.
Some of the things the author mentioned really resonated with me. This year I finally got around to building a blog for my astrophotography and I did it on top of Hugo and it's an absolute delight. Minimal JavaScript, learned a whole bunch of stuff since it'd been forever since I was in frontend.
And seeing it load in tens of milliseconds absolutely delights me. Especially in this day and age of massive frameworks, and massive load times.
Nice list. Though point 1 is interesting: I've never thought of python v2 and v3 as being uniquely distinct from each other. Maybe I'm not using all of v3 cool features.
This website is powered by multiple technologies, shouldn't you also be avoiding it and the web in general? Or do you arbitrarily decide when tech is good or bad based on your habits?
In my arbitrary camp: I don't carry a cell phone, so if your tech requires me to "use the app" (e.g. parking in my mid-sized US town), I just won't pay for parking (instead: use a handicapped placard — which makes parking free — I wouldn't have done this if coins still worked in our parking lot meters).
As someone with a physical disability, I'd implore you to consider a solution which doesn't perpetuate intra-class warfare on behalf of the wealthy class who imposed these stupid app-based parking rackets.
As someone with a physical disability, it was only "pride" which prevented me from hanging the placard [before app-based-only parking].
I don't occupy designated handicapped parking space, I just use the permit to get free parking (of which I am legally entitled to, handicapped per my US state's rules).
>consider a solution which doesn't perpetuate intra-class warfare on behalf of the wealthy class who imposed these stupid [rules]
for me joy came from coding with a gpt copilot, where I can take ideas from dream to demo in a day instead of weeks. switching from osx back to a linux laptop after over a decade as I think linux is where the creative culture is based now, revisiting a gnuradio tutorial and using the Maths eurorack module to make music because I think an intuition for analog is the next superpower. on the lower-tech level, a new chainsaw and a very fine handmade splitting axe brought many days of contemplation and joy.
Some of the things the author mentioned really resonated with me. This year I finally got around to building a blog for my astrophotography and I did it on top of Hugo and it's an absolute delight. Minimal JavaScript, learned a whole bunch of stuff since it'd been forever since I was in frontend.
And seeing it load in tens of milliseconds absolutely delights me. Especially in this day and age of massive frameworks, and massive load times.
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https://www.jeromehollon.com/
+1!
Nice list. Though point 1 is interesting: I've never thought of python v2 and v3 as being uniquely distinct from each other. Maybe I'm not using all of v3 cool features.
Things in tech I found joy in the last few years: .
Sad. Are you sure?
Yes, I try to avoid tech to the extent possible. The joy I find in things is inversely proportional to the amount of tech they involve.
This website is powered by multiple technologies, shouldn't you also be avoiding it and the web in general? Or do you arbitrarily decide when tech is good or bad based on your habits?
In my arbitrary camp: I don't carry a cell phone, so if your tech requires me to "use the app" (e.g. parking in my mid-sized US town), I just won't pay for parking (instead: use a handicapped placard — which makes parking free — I wouldn't have done this if coins still worked in our parking lot meters).
As someone with a physical disability, I'd implore you to consider a solution which doesn't perpetuate intra-class warfare on behalf of the wealthy class who imposed these stupid app-based parking rackets.
As someone with a physical disability, it was only "pride" which prevented me from hanging the placard [before app-based-only parking].
I don't occupy designated handicapped parking space, I just use the permit to get free parking (of which I am legally entitled to, handicapped per my US state's rules).
>consider a solution which doesn't perpetuate intra-class warfare on behalf of the wealthy class who imposed these stupid [rules]
Good advice.
I apologize for assuming you weren't disabled yourself, I misunderstood the tone of your comment to imply that you aren't actually disabled.
No worries — we're on the same side of this ongoing&escalating Class War.
Fire is a firm of tech. So is music. Or cooking. I understand that Svelte or the latest Apple gadget doesn’t make your list. But all tech?
Sure, the more recent, the more I hate it.