Pan Chasinga

Posted on Apr 4, 2020

New things you've started since the outbreak

#watercooler #discuss

What are the new things you have unexpectedly started because of the outbreak/lockdown that you might otherwise never have?

List them down in the comments and finish off with a power emoji of your choosing.

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Petros Demetrakopoulos • Apr 4 '20

Started home-brewing
Remembered a bit of neural networks by creating a Beatles-like lyrics generator
Created this JS library for simulating pandemics

Pan Chasinga • Apr 4 '20

All awesome!

Pan Chasinga • Apr 4 '20

Started a company
Re-learned functional programming
Picked up 3D-printing

💥

Scot Newbury • Apr 4 '20

Took the plunge and moved to Manjaro on my primary machine. 🌋

Pan Chasinga • Apr 4 '20

Not as daring a move but I also did move to Ubuntu on a $300+ laptop for a new startup company I founded. I wrote about it here medium.com/@jochasinga/mac-os-is-a...

Mateusz Iwaniuk • Apr 4 '20

Learning node.js + express
Learning mongoDB + mongoose
Taking part in mobile app project with the friends of mine

Thato Sello • May 24 '20

Great game

Pan Chasinga • Apr 4 '20

I wish I could sleep more. Much underrated.

Vitor Leal • Apr 7 '20

I started running again. 4 weeks in a row

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