Local, first, forever: Local-First is something I always wanted to implement in my projects and also something at least every app should do.
Link: https://tonsky.me/blog/crdt-filesync/
I realized that I have 63 days left for the #100DaysToOffload challenge. I could still make it. But I need to do at least 1 post a day.
Since my last post, I’ve lost 5 days without a new post. Which indicates me, that I’m still not used to writing regularly. Maybe the challenge inside the challenge can help. 1 Post a day. 😅
Let’s try reaching the goal. I’m still confident that I can reach 100 posts in one year. 👌
I finally took the State of JS 2024 survey. It was surprising how much was new for me. But, looking back in 2024, I think it is ok, that I had not the time and motivation to keep up. On the other hand, this survey felt strange because it asked a lot about how much I used different Frameworks. Which is basically justifiable, but the same frameworks were included in multiple questions. With most of the frameworks, I was familiar. I've checked their docs in the past and for the most, I was not interested in building a project with it. So, if nothing new comes up, I will stick with ReactJS and Next.js for a while. 😎
I've also taken the State of (HTML | CSS | ReactJS) surveys this year and in the years before. Next time, I write about them. This year I missed it. 🤷
I've read the 5 books by Karsten Dusse, a German writer. A nice story about Bjorn Diemel and his way to a better work-live balance through mindfulness. It's a guide wrapped inside a story which makes fun to read. Netflix also released an 8 piece series about it. The makers of the series did an impressive job, transferring the book into a visual format. So, give the books or the series a try. It's worth it. 🙂
Some techniques mentioned in there are, for example, breathing. When in a stressful situation, stand straight and breathe. Feel everything around you. How does the floor feel under your feed? What do your hands feel, the material of your pants or jacked? And so on.
On Sunday, I needed exactly this. I was cooking with my oldest, while the little one was lurking around us in the kitchen. Both kids have the habit of not caring whether the other one has a problem or requires attention. The number 1 rule for them is (they think this is a rule), who screams louder is the one who gets attention. (We try not to obey this rule) So while I was cooking with the oldest and explained to him what and why I was doing the cooking, the little one required attention. I don't know why, but at some point it got chaotic. My oldest was asking questions and the little wanted to share his ball and was insisting that you will take it. Then the pot boiled over.
Over the summer, I thought about the bruegge.dev domain and realized it didn’t quite feel like the right fit. I began exploring other options to see what else might suit my style. I noticed that some users from the #100DaysToOffload community use .xyz domains, which I found appealing.
For a few years, I’ve owned several barfooz domains, and I’ve always wanted to create a blog using one of them. In fact, that was the reason I bought my first barfooz domain in the first place!
The name barfooz is something I came up with, combining the developer placeholder variables
foo and bar. The result has a nice sound, almost like “barefoot” or Barfuß in German. And to make it a little cooler, I added a z at the end. 😎
I've already updated all my mastodon posts to link to the new domain. ✅
Finally, I've updated the blog style to the colors I'm also using in my terminal. The colors are a part of a package where I've created color schemes for Alacritty, Wezterm and Neovim. It is on my to-do list to release it soon. Lately, I've played around with ChatGPT to create a cool mascot-image for the package. Stupid that this is holding me back from releasing it. But some things need a cherry on top.
Wow, what a long time without an update post. I feel bad and have a lot of topics I want to write about. We are on a vacation trip, and I'll try to use the evenings to complete some of my posts, I've started writing but never finished.
The last few weeks have really drained us. But not working wise, more privately in combination with work. Keeping care of the little one while working, turned out more stressful than expected. When we were forced to start in March, we were optimistic and everything worked quite well. But the little one is growing and claims a lot of attention lately. Which is good, he is not just lying around anymore and plays with his loud toys. Now he is discovering the world through his “eyes”. Which is wonderful, and we love everything he is doing. However, we are counting the days until the Kindergarten starts in September. We are not the multitaskers we thought we were. And you feel that the little one needs more input from us and other people. Which is also good, and you can see how he grows with the input. 😊 We've met his Individual case assistance and both seem to like each other. Hopefully, in September everything will go well, and they will be together for a long time. :)
Some topic regarding the #GoodBadUgly posts. I've decided to remove the “ – Week 19-25” count. It builds too much pressure on me, to write these posts, and it keeps too much time writing them. This time can be spent on some more interesting posts. I will keep collecting my stuff like in the past because it makes fun to write them and helps me. Maybe I think too much about it and make it too complicated. 😅 I should just write and go on.
So, enough pre-banter, let's start with #GoodBadUgly of the last 6 Weeks. 🥳
