From dba62ed5b5156f8ee7383e61aaa5c45dfe262945 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julio Biason Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 13:16:28 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] New chapter: post your code --- content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md | 1 + .../books/things-i-learnt/blogging/index.md | 2 +- .../things-i-learnt/post-solution/index.md | 35 +++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 content/books/things-i-learnt/post-solution/index.md diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md index 95d121b..1100eef 100644 --- a/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md @@ -90,3 +90,4 @@ template = "section-contentless.html" * [Realize When It's Time To Quit](quit) * [I.T. World Is Really Small](small-world) * [Blogging About Your Stupid Solution Is Still Better Than Being Quiet](blogging) + * [Don't Hide Your Stupid Solution](post-solution) diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/blogging/index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/blogging/index.md index 86ce961..4aa4516 100644 --- a/content/books/things-i-learnt/blogging/index.md +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/blogging/index.md @@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ towards you. There are several options on where to blog; even Github/Gitlab can be used to blogging, using their Pages features. -{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/small-world", prev_chapter_title="I.T. World Is Really Small") }} +{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/small-world", prev_chapter_title="I.T. World Is Really Small", next_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/post-solution", next_chapter_title="Don't Hide Your Stupid Solution") }} diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/post-solution/index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/post-solution/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9bed7b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/post-solution/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ ++++ +title = "Things I Learnt The Hard Way - Blogging About Your Stupid Solution Is Still Better Than Being Quiet" +date = 2019-07-25 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["en-au", "books", "things i learnt", "personal", "solutions"] ++++ + +You may think "This project is so small and so focused on whatever I needed, I +should never post it on Github. What would people think?" Github is not for +that. + + + +Github is not a repository for "cool, almost perfect" projects. You're free to +show that, at some point, you were a beginner[^1]. + +You can always come back, review what you did and fix it. It will, as your +[blog](/books/things-i-learnt/blogging), show that you're improving. + +... or maybe you'll let your project there just to rot. I still have some +Python projects that I wrote when I was learning the language that, although +they work, they don't look like Python projects. + +But who knows? Maybe the code you wrote to solve your small problem can help +someone else to fix their problem, which was not exactly the same, but pretty +close. Or even you could get a code review that would teach you something new +about the language/design you used. + +[^1]: Whoever see the first projects I did in + [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/) wouldn't think I have 30 years of + experience in the field. Everybody is a beginner at some point. + +{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/blogging", prev_chapter_title="Blogging About Your Stupid Solution Is Still Better Than Being Quiet") }} +