From 8334ede1f8f538088f4a8ebe19190923e8d649fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Davies Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:28:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add daily email for 2025-01-07 It's fun to be competent --- source/_daily_emails/2025-01-07.md | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/_daily_emails/2025-01-07.md diff --git a/source/_daily_emails/2025-01-07.md b/source/_daily_emails/2025-01-07.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9b2da361 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_daily_emails/2025-01-07.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +--- +title: It's fun to be competent +date: 2025-01-07 +permalink: daily/2025/01/07/competent +tags: + - software-development +cta: sponsor +snippet: | + One of the key points from DHH's keynote from Rails World is that it's fun to be competent. +--- + +This was one of the key takeaways for me from DHH's [keynote talk from Rails World 2024][0]. + +It's more fun to be competent. + +In this section of the talk, which starts around 32:45, he was speaking about his move from the Cloud to on-prem infrastructure and adopting Linux as his main development environment. + +That people suffer from "server-phobia" when they could learn these skills from themselves. + +As a self-taught Developer, I started to learn coding in 2010 and had to learn everything from scratch - starting with HTML and CSS before introducing PHP. + +Since then, I've learned various other related technologies, including Linux, and exclusively run Linux for my computers and servers. + +[I switched full-time to Neovim][1] in 2021. + +For the past couple of years, I've been using NixOS as my primary operating system. + +It was another language to learn and a different way to think about server configuration and automation. + +But, I recently went to add something to my configuration and knew exactly how I was going to implement it. +I was able to do it quickly and easily as I'd invested enough time to be competent and feel confident and that I knew what I was doing. + +I've been writing a new Drupal module this week and have been in a constant flow state as I knew how I need to implement it. + +I've been doing test-driven development and working through a few different iterations, guided by my tests and ensuring I don't break what I've already written. + +These are skills and knowledge that that took time to learn. + +## Here's the thing + +Whether you're a new Developer getting into programming or an experienced Developer learning something new, you will become competent. + +And it is more fun. + +It just takes time and effort. + +[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cEn_83zRFw +[1]: {{site.url}}/blog/going-full-vim