StealthyCoder

We all know scope creep. The fact that we always build more and more features just to get new stuff in. This excruciatingly painful marketing trend of just wanting to have something that is new otherwise you are stale and stagnant.

This is a short post about someone that should be studied in school as part of the curriculum. Well spoken, humble, intelligent and possessing a character that is virtuous, valorous and admirable. No need to state that he is an inspiration to me and I learned a lot from him in a short time. His name is Rodney Mullen. He is a skateboarder among many things. One trait he has plenty of and one he shares with many other skateboarders, is perseverance.

I hate it when people say this. Or even worse, what politicians do. What I think so-and-so means, is this. Then proceed to build a case based on that assumption.

I recently watched Escape from Pretoria. This is a great movie. It contained so many elements that I could link to software development funnily enough. The premise of the movie simply said is the escape of two real characters and one fictional one. Potential spoilers ahead.

I will first let you mull on the title for a bit. Come back if you think you got a good idea of what it could mean and where it can be applied.

So as you can tell from the title, there is no question mark. This means I know the trick in order to be as successful as Google is now. I got this idea when I was explaining something to a friend of mine who is not technical at all. The idea I was explaining is one I already dealt with earlier. This is a combined post of those thoughts I already formed.

So these last few days I have been working more on this project. I can actually say it brings me great joy to do this project. It is the combination of tight restrictions that allows my creativity to flow and see just how far we can take this concept and library.

In the previous post I briefly highlighted my side project. This article will do a little more in depth.

I am currently working on and off on a side project and I named it crucible. It is to do with Shell scripts and I will explain briefly what it does and how.

What to do in the face of inevitability? Well I find the best approach is always to just accept things and go with the flow as much as you can allow without deviating too much from your identity. Maybe incorporate it into your identity if you can.