Small things count*

You know how in Android Studio, if you put a string directly into a View's text, it warns you to use resources' strings?
Well if you put there "Hello World", it gives you no warning...

I don't know why, but it made me smile. (Way to go, JetBrains!)

*Don't thing of anything stupid

Hello, world!

So I'm in a bit of trouble at the moment.. I was hesitant in posting this, and even after you all came to BlueNutterFly's rescue, I'm still not sure what the response will be.

Basically, I'm in a very bad spot. I can't work, and I'm having to move between guest bedrooms of family members because I don't have a permanent residence. I'm struggling to afford my medications and internet (which is my only means of communication, as I don't have a phone. And is how I make what little money I do..) I'm also at risk of getting kicked out of my sister's because we don't get along, and having to move back in with my grandparents.. (I was thrown into so many anxiety attacks while I was there, one of which caused me to jump out of a moving car just to get AWAY from my grandmother.. Long story short, I CAN'T go back there..)

I started a Patreon page, where I hope to get enough donations to make due until I can get another source of stable income. You can also read more about my situation there, as well as what I will use the money for. I currently have no rewards set, so feel free to give me ideas:
https://patreon.com/colorsofapril/

You can also donate via PayPal if you don't want to subscribe to a monthly fee:
http://paypal.me/TheCyaniteProject

You can also share these links, which will also help out a lot!

Thank you for reading.
I'll remove this post if dfox asks me to.

Can GET method be renamed to "accio" and DELETE to "Avada Kedavra"?

Harry Potter on my mind today.

Not exactly related to the topic but the exact thing is chilling the fuck out .
I always was anxious and was completely paranoid about minor bugs in my application during prod deployments(that is when I didn't know about testing utils and so on) , till the point that I couldn't fix a minor bug in the CSS and I puked 5 times over.
It was rough times but then I got over it and it really helped me alot.
I know bugs are like really not the kind of things you'd want to see in any application but it will arise in every application :3

Having a girlfriend. She motivated and inspired me. She's the best gift I've ever had.

Why study computer science if you can become a science and get paid for it? 🤣

11pm: Just a couple more lines...
4am: I can do better. Lemme start over

Non-dev activity that made me a better dev?

That's an easy one.

Playing the piano. Or better: learning to play the piano.

(With the help of my teacher) I developed many skills that help me learn faster and I learned how to properly use and organize my time.

I just rooted my phone after waiting long time to unlock bootloader. I know some of you here are using custom rom on redmi note 4. Which custom rom are you guys using?

We need a web app

That moment when you have to attend power bi introductory session but you already delivered 2 business intelligence solutions in a previous job.
And he doesn't even have a clue what he is talking about

Blogging / writing, helps to think of something else to be able to solve dev problem.
And sleep (know if you're a morning person or not and know with that).

Social interactions. Made me realize what people expect from an application. Earlier I didn't have end user perspective and used to design complicated GUIs with too many technical words. Now I make simple and easy to use UI with instructions that can be understood by non-devs too.

No doubt 😂

Non dev activity that has helped...

Erm, working in retail stores for many years before deciding to take a serious look at devWork as a full time job rather then a hobby.

Has helped make a great base knowledge to what customers expect and what sales people expect a platform to be able to do which just makes things easier in an over complicated environment 🤣

Having a 24 hour programming exam today beginning at 9 am, so I decided to go to bed at 12 so I would get 8 hours of sleep and 1 hour to get ready.

Now I've not been able to sleep for the last 3 hours and my great master plan is ruined 🙃

Taking a dump and showering are my number one non dev activities. They help to clear your head and when your head is empty you will get the best ideas and solutions.

if you could get instantly proficient in only one programming language ( and instantly suck with other languages), what would that language be?

Understanding vulgarised politics and psychology, it showed me good examples to understand some design patterns or concepts like interfaces...

Ok, I feel you fellow developer

Client: This works correctly, but I don’t like the code.

Me: What exactly do you not like?

Client: There are barely any lines of code. You need to add more to make it better.

I...I don’t know what to say.

Working out regularly.

It's a nice break and it wakens my mind and body.

And it eliminate tension headaches

Gaming anytime!

The reason I become intrested in computers was gaming.
Given I started out as a game dev, playing games helps me think more about it and imporve my skills.

Also sometimes it reduces my productivity :P

User: "What should I do? I'm confused."

Me watching Bitcoin price and regretting not investing in it

Non-dev thing that made me a better dev?

Music, and trying to learn music theory. I was never very good at it, still am not, but the harder I try at this, the easier programming becomes...

Definitely good sleep and working out 3 times a week. Oh and coffee

Best joke I have read this week...

My heart pumping by itself

Playing pool. Makes you think ahead and plan out your game if you want to be any good at it