My main theme in this shortened week was captured nicely by my Master in a single line:
diana_coman: jfw: anyways, now you basically give people a lot of work to do to catch up with your code that’s finally published; I suppose that balances at least the writing-pain of sorts but I still feel like poking you in the eye for keeping silent for so long.
The feedback from my thus-burdened readers so far has been positive (even tentatively from Diana Coman!) and productive (especially from her). I’ll admit it felt great to start seeing some wider praise on the topics I’d originally envisioned myself writing about. Still, while celebrating the wins, I intend to keep my feet planted on the ground and remember that there’s a long way to go, in personal growth not to mention technology. Certainly it would be hard for me not to notice how much time the writing is still eating from my schedule, and all the more so on these technical topics where I’m often finding a drive to push on and add substance beyond the minimum. Some casualties of this overflow have been timely and attentive reading of others’ output, my wallet project, and timely travel prep:
diana_coman: kind of weird the sort of uncertainties you choose to live with :P
I owe better, both to myself and my colleagues old and new, and look forward to improving both in regards to achievable scheduling and productivity. At least on the wallet work I’m pleased with how much I’ve been able to get done given the limited time; it’s probable that the ongoing efforts at formalizing it in writing played a strong role here.