It's been awhile. I figured I would start a status update category on my blog so I can do a little more consistent journaling.
On Feb 14, 2025 our family grew a little larger. This is our second kid and it is hitting different this time around.
I currently have her in a wrap, snug on my torso while I sway her to sleep. I'm trying to be present in this moment because I know a year from now I'll look back on this memory with joy and a desparate wish to experience it again. This journal entry shall serve as my reminder to enjoy these moments, as they are fleeting.
And with a new baby, my free time to be on my computer has essentially gone to zero. I have whispers of time every now and again that allow me to triage and answer support requests for my side projects, which is plenty for me.
With the first kid, I was desparate to hold onto my previous life. I wanted to keep working on side projects regardless of the little the sleep I got -- I'll sleep when I'm dead. This time feels different. My desire to do anything with my computer has all but disappeared. It feels refreshing. My job has a generous parental leave of which I am very grateful. It's all too easy to lose sight of how good our lifestyles are in tech. I try my best to stay humble and aware of my luck.
After all, I didn't choose programming, it chose me.
I really didn't have much of a choice, my brain is wired for it. I think it's also because I'm introverted and feel more comfortable communicating through a computer. This was especially true as a kid. I was afraid of the world and was always looking to escape social interactions. The computer acts as a social buffer that reduces my anxiety when communicating. It gives me space to think, edit, re-read my thoughts. I need that space.
It's funny how naive we are about ourselves, especially when we were young. There are many things that are so plainly obvious to me now that were lost on me as a kid. For example, when I was young, I had no idea I was sensitive. I get overstimulated in loud places with a lot of people. I didn't realize it at the time, but I naturally gravitated toward places that were quiet and where I could be alone. I did, however, know I was shy because people regularly brought it to my attention.
Anyway, pico.sh is humming along. We hit the FP of HN and got a big influx of users which was fun. I do feel myself slowing down development there and we have been considering "freezing" the feature-set for awhile while we work on something else. We'll see.
I wish I had more time to focus on starfx. I'm seeing a bunch of negative PR around nextjs and this is a great opportunity to promote a client-side micro-mvc framework for react.
I also keep slowly working on git-pr. It's so close to
being a really useful tool, I just need to work out the bugs with range-diff
and how collaborators can better communicate within the tool.
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