From 2233464070675ce8d892d5cd32a410e5b3c59839 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julio Biason Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 10:51:56 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] meta-posting about things i learnt --- .../things-i-learnt-the-hard-way-the-book.md | 42 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/thoughts/things-i-learnt-the-hard-way-the-book.md diff --git a/content/thoughts/things-i-learnt-the-hard-way-the-book.md b/content/thoughts/things-i-learnt-the-hard-way-the-book.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3cb4a30 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/thoughts/things-i-learnt-the-hard-way-the-book.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ ++++ +title = "Things I Learnt The Hard Way - The... Book?" +date = 2019-06-14 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["en-au", "programming", "work"] ++++ + +Random thought about the previous post about "Things I Learnt The Hard Way". + + + +When I wrote the post about "Things I Learnt The Hard Way", I never thought it +would gather the traction it did. + +It was posted [on Reddit](https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/bzipb5/things_i_learnt_the_hard_way_in_30_years_of/), +[on Lobste.rs](https://lobste.rs/s/hf0bkk/things_i_learnt_hard_way_30_years_software), +and it is being discussed on Twitter. + +None of those was posted by me (except a single tweet, which didn't gather +that much attention). + +Since then, I've added a bunch of new points -- as life goes on, I remember +another thing that I forgot to mention in the first time -- and when I write +this new post, the original now captures 83 (!!!) points. + +But while the short format gives a quick idea of what I meant, it doesn't +properly explain the points -- and a lot of people are (correctly) raising +those in the discussion boards. So I feel I should really expand those. + +And, at the same time, I have created a few macros for +[Zola](http://getzola.org/) (the blogging engine I'm using) to "publish" some +books (if you allow me to be really loose with the meaning of "publishing"). + +That's why I'm currently considering expanding the points in a digital book +format, also here in this blog, using each point as a chapter. + +I'll still update the original post, but expanding the points into chapters +will give me more room to put my thoughts on each of them, and I can link each +point to the longer explanation. + +Sounds like a plan, doesn't it?