I don't know about. you, but I am busy enough where I constantly forget to do the "public" part because I'm so busy executing.

Do you try to post something daily? Or have a pattern you follow so you remember to share something?

I feel like daily is a bit much but I also wonder if it "counts" if I don't post absolutely everything with full transparency 😅

Wanted to share my experience trying a new notetaking setup. In short, I was tired of all the anxiety around organizing everything I write down. Finding the perfect folder / page / service / tag for a note was enough of a blocker to avoid writing anything at all!

Still working out the kinks, but the Foam project for VS Code really ramped up my notetaking habits. It's also easily host-able as a Jekyll or 11ty site, if you want to learn in public (TM) 😁

Wrote a longer-form post over here. Curious what solutions work for y'all!

For our 3rd SG meetup we're going to be meeting at Harry's Harbourfront at 7pm. comment or DM me if you're coming! we only have spots for 2 more people. 

see you soon!

In  Joe Astuccio  post on tracking,  swyx  mentioned Just In Time (JIT) learning over Just in Case learning.

I have been a Just in Case learner for the last 6 years now.  I would fail on projects that I actually got for a couple of reasons:

The last one would be my goto to start a project.  Start a class to relearn a few foundations.

I have subscribed to sites like:

I am mainly focused on Frontend Masters and Zero-To-Mastery on a schedule.  Most of it has been focused on HTML/CSS/JavaScript at the moment.

In development, what is typically the experience like with JIT learning over scheduled/Just in case learning? 

Do you find that you cover the foundational skills (HTML/CSS/JavaScript) as you learn when you need to learn?

A serie of notes from Edmond Lau's Effective Engineer book.

https://gist.github.com/rondy/af1dee1d28c02e9a225ae55da2674a6f





Hi all! I made a curated list of the best resources and people to follow to get started with freelancing, specifically for developers.

I've spent the last few months diving deep into freelancing by reading/watching lots of books, articles, & videos. Some were good and some weren't very good, so I wanted to handpick a few so any developer can get started with the best resources and become a great freelancer.

Check it out if you're interested, would love any feedback/suggestions.

cc:  Monica Lent , thank you for the domain name idea, took inspiration from blogging for devs 😅



Freelancing for Developers

A list of quality freelancers and resources for developers

https://freelancingfordevs.com/



New Podcast Episode here

Today, we're discussing emailing a company and pitching yourself for the job you want!

Comments, feedback welcome!

Had my first coding interview in many years.  I did OK, but was not good enough to move forward at this time.  Internally, I feel like I know where I can improve for the next time.

I am looking through code examples trying to import my dev.to posts into a new Next.js blog.  This morning I found an example that uses TypeScript and Next. It also coincidentally references SWYX dev.to post about using the dev.to API.

The site is public in Github so I downloaded it to look through the code. The first file I opened is `next.config.js` and at the top are 3 imports.

```
    const withOffline = require("next-offline");

    const withPrefresh = require("@prefresh/next");

    const preact = require("preact");
```

I am immediately curious!
* What is next-offline? I imagine it caches some site info.
* What does @prefresh do?
*Why is preact being imported into a Next site?

I also have a page open for a CSS course that is on sale and a TypeScript book I'd like to read.  What I need to work on is getting my posts from the devto API and a flexbox course I started watching this week 🤦‍♂️

How do you keep track of things to learn and research?
I write things down, but notes seem to pile up faster than I can review them.

Here's the full video of my recent chat with Lambda School grads, with a 1hr Q&A at the end!