April 19, 2020

Gil's Week #202016

This week I…

• Got my first Lego kit in ages, the amazing Pirates of Barracuda Bay set, haven’t finished it, but I already love it, I hope this is not the beginning of another obsession…
• Read a great article on refactoring: Class is too large, I wrote some notes, but the last section is great if you don’t have time to read the whole thing.
• Saw the announcement that Github Teams is now free for everyone. This Gitlab vs Github competition is great for us :).
• Kept messing around with my vim config, been meaning to do a video explaining it, maybe today…
• Tried out emacs doom, and it looks great, but I couldn’t bear getting myself used to it, especially now that I’ve been spending so much time with my vimrc…
• Have been thinking about trying out zeit’s serverless service, looks good!

Sound of the week

• I re-found Necrophagist this week and I listened to “to breathe in a casket” countless times, such a great song!

Great URLs

• Daily UI, if anyone out there is a designer or similar, this looks like a great way to improve your skills.

Notes

• Not a very productive week, especially towards the end, this newsletter is going to arrive at the right time (on Sunday), but these past few days I’ve been low-energy.
• I’ve been trying out preparing a schedule for the day (which I end up only doing on the same day), it seems to help so far.

Cheers, Gil