Hugo Estrada @hugoestr@functional.cafe

I told my 19-year-old that they can use vim or emacs, I still love them no matter what

I am trying rails again for a small project. In the mid 2000s rails was amazing because you could get so much done with so little effort.
I find rails amazing in 2022 because you can get so much done with so little effort

I once thought about an RPG where you play a high school kid forming a rock band for the battle of the bands. I still think it would be neat.

I just learned how the different 7th chords create the same pattern when you move your hand to coincide with the root note in the #ukulele. Although it makes sense, it feels me with such happiness and satisfaction.

The whole day tired. Guess who is getting energy right before bed time?

One of the advantages of dynamic languages is that one can sketch and draft ideas with code. You can iterate on code design very quickly.
They are like the pencils of coding. Many times a pencil sketch is good enough. Sometimes you need CAD diagrams. Claiming that CAD is superior to a pencil is strange because they are both used for different purposes.

I am up, I am trying to focus. I can't. I think I have some minor virus. Sometimes all what one can do it accept it. Instead of writing or programming I will read.

I have an idea for a small community web app. I will see long I can go developing on trust

Amaroq stopped working for me 😢

Creating useful, small apps is a lot faster if you bypass the ceremonial infrastructure.

In the last month I made two small JavaScript apps. No node. No react. No framework. No webpack. No npm dependency jenga.

Are they pretty? No. Are they useful? yes

If a tool slows your work down, stop using that tool. I am looking at you, Docker

This morning I was working in racket on a personal project. I switched to JavaScript for work.

It feels like when you are driving on recently laid down asphalt, and then you turn into the poorly funded municipal road filled with potholes.

JavaScript is like a drunken Lisp tripping over a cluttered house when it tries to get a glass of water in the middle of the night