Posts in category 'coding'

So I’ve been plugging away at a little side project for kicks. I haven’t written code for a month, now, due to other issues and distractions but I have been thinking about it, and it occurs to me how novel that is: without the pressure of deadlines I can actually spend time thinking about the problem, ensuring I build the right thing first, without the pressure to deliver the fast wrong answer.

That moment when you think “you know, I should put this little script I cobbled together up on github, someone might find this useful.” Then you do a little search and find 18 other similar tools in varying states of disrepair…

(in this case, a more customizable xdg-open replacement)