Happy Friday!
Looking back at your week, what was something you're proud of?
All wins count -- big or small!
Examples of 'wins' include:
- Giving someone constructive feedback!
- Contributing to OSS
- Fixing a trickster bug
- Watering your plants...or whatever else that may spark joy 😄 🎉
Top comments (99)
This week, I...built Frida Kahlo in pure CSS for the CodePen Challenge
codepen.io/cobra_winfrey/full/aMLxMQ
WOW that is beautiful!!!
Thanks so much! Quite happy with how it came out :)
I joined DEV today and this is the first thing I saw and I'm pretty happy about it.
Thanks David! Recently got to catch a Magritte show myself, it was stunning :)
Really lovely work :)
This is really incredible!
thank you so much!
Double points for being both artistic and technically clever.
This week, I...enjoyed Pi day off and took care of a lot of personal business.
Such as...
Those little things were seriously hanging over my head and now I feel like some weight has been lifted. If your list of 'little things' are piling up, I highly recommend taking some time off to help re-center.
I also tried ClassPass for the first time a few days ago and discovered they offer 'wellness' classes. Instead of working out, I opted for infared sauna and that was amazing!
love it! class pass keeps me sane :)
infrared sauna sounds so relaxing and nice in this cold weather!
Yes that sort of pesky little thingies can be annoying, they're boring but you just gotta do them, sooner or later. And you feel relieved once you do.
This week, I... did my first commits to the dev.to repo! The commits are pretty small in the scheme of things, some typos here and consistency fixes there but still, helps towards making a better platform.
Congrats!
This week, I made my first post on dev.to and finished all of the CSS unit in the online bootcamp I'm working on! Also volunteered at a children's hospital nearby like I do every week but those nights are always highlights in my week <3
Whoo!!
This week, I...got my computer science degree!!!!
Two more months and I'll be joining this celebration
CONGRATS! 🎉
This week, I managed to get a pseudo-MVP of a project I'm working on. My plan is to integrate DEV into it too!
P. S: It's open source, in case anyone's interested :)
Oh guy, proposing articles based on the reading time, simple but sooo cool!
Thanks! It's definitely something that I found myself using a lot lately! I'm working on the DEV integration right now and hopefully I'll have it ready soon :)
Just wanted to second @Maxime - this idea is really nifty!
Hey, I'd love to contribute to your project
This week, I joined dev.to and made my first post!
Welcome. It's my go-to site for neat things!
Me too!!
same! hi! welcome! :)
This week, I...
yessss i love party parrot!
and whoa! congrats on writing that chapter. we're really excited about @isaacandsuch 's book!
This week, I posted my first two articles on Dev.to! Over a 1000 views later, I'm a pretty happy camper. Also, I went to a meetup, and got to say hello to Sara Viera! Great week altogether <3
Yay, congrats on publishing!!
My Life
Actually, nothing.
This week, I wanted to die. Really, I thought about this. Something goes wrong in my life. But I don't know about anything. It happened suddenly.
Now, I'm thinking life is meaningless.
Technical
I used Uppy file uploader. It was an amazing experience for me. Because this uploader doesn't look like others. I really had fun.
Ali, I've been there before so I understand. I'll just say that we're so glad you're here, and if you want to talk I'd be happy to listen (DM me on Twitter)
P.S. thank you for sharing Uppy. I would not know about it without you. :)
Thanks, Jay. I think people sometimes people have similar problems. But this is first for me. I'm usually cheerful. Thanks for your help :) We'll talk :)
I'm also sorry to you had bad times.
Hey Ali, I'm sorry you're going through this. If you'd like to talk more, please email ben@dev.to. I'd be happy to help.
I'll send an email to you. Thanks, Ben! It may sound routine to you but I'll :) Thanks.
Hey Ali,
I've been there. Somethings that might help you:
And please listen when I or others say they've been there. Life's tough, and sometimes it seems you had written the manual and then you realized it's just a napkin with some quick thoughts noted on it. :) Recognizing that you are not alone in this feeling is important, cause that means you have something in common and can either share your experience/knowledge as well as learn from those that came before you.
You'll doing great! Don't let anything else tell you differently. We're not perfect and we shouldn't beat ourselves up about it. Recently, I have to remind myself that a lot.
Hi.
Thank you. I read the post you shared.
I strongly agree this part "sometimes it seems you had written the manual and then you realized it's just a napkin with some quick thoughts noted on it".
I think the problem of thinking about everything at the same time.
This is not good. Some people look carefree.
They don't care about their life, career, future etc. They only think about the moment and I'm not that kind of man.
Let me suggest something different, instead of thinking those folks "don't care about their life, career, future, etc. They only think about the moment..", how about look at it like some people are able to give the current task/problem at hand the focus and will worry later about the future, past, career, etc.
I have a habit of feeling out of my depth, then I think about my mistakes of the past whether career related or not. But I have any to learn to let my mind focus on the present, otherwise I'm not doing myself any favors.
That means it's a learned behavior for me, and probably others. That *doesn't mean it has to come naturally to you. It doesn't for me. And practice only strengthens that muscle.
This week, I...
I'm really glad Blair made it into the win of the week. Capturing the reactions to these treats was a gift 🤣
Oh she's/he's gorgeous!
This week, I wrapped up all my handovers and have left my first ever full-time software job. This might not seem like a win, particularly as I'm sad to leave my great team behind, and a little overwhelmed by how nice everyone has been in wishing me luck, but after years of self-doubt during my school and university degrees, then impostor syndrome in the workplace, I'm finding it nice to reflect on my first 15 months in the industry, realising that I've come a long way. That's the best win I could ask for. Looking forward to my new journey as a DevOps Engineer, starting Monday. Woo!
Oh... please share your experience as a DevOps Engineer. I'm a Software Engineer and I think DevOps shouldn't be a siloed role. Everyone has a role to play in DevOps, it's not just one dedicated person or team's specific mission, it's the responsibility of all the developers, testers, managers, etc.
I certainly will! It’ll be interesting - I’m going from a fairly corporate-culture engineering company to a software startup. Not just my role is changing, but the whole environment. I feel a blog post brewing in a few weeks!...
This week, I had/have a 80h/h day job hell...
And beside working on my side-project fullstackjob.com
Started working on admin app
This week, I...
This week, I...been kicking myself in the head to finish this ES6 section of a Beginners Javascript course. I'm down to the final 3 lessons involving Destructuring, Classes, and Maps and I will be done. Sidenote: all of it is confusing =). I've been using jQuery and basic JS for years, learning through work experience, and decided to take a course to try and better understand it all.
On actual wins:
*** Update ***
Finished my course and got my Cert for Javascript. Now off to relearn what I just learned. =)