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The JavaScript Graveyard in Your Head
Why we forget code faster than cookies expire.
Please Hold
Why This Process Buffers Like You’re On 3G
If Statement Energy
The Overengineering Arc of Becoming Yourself
Choose Your Own Adventure
(But Actually Don't)
Error 503: Motivation Temporarily Unavailable
Job hunting with a brain that’s already buffering.
The Half-Done Project
Embracing the in-between: half done isn’t failure
99 Problems but a Config Ain’t One
A love letter to every "just one tweak" that took three hours.
Oops, We Forgot
A newsletter about forgetting, remembering, and forgiving yourself
Rubber Ducks and Tea Mugs
The strange little rituals that trick our brains into focus and ease
Brain in a box: Contain ideas not just apps
Store ideas, share code, skip the chaos.
Rejected by Review
Taming scope creep and RSD when feedback feels personal
Tutorial Purgatory
Escaping the infinite loop of "just one more course"
PING! …and My Soul Left My Body
Because nothing says “urgent” like your laptop screaming at you.
Trust Issues with My AI Rubber Duck
Claude lied. ChatGPT argued. I was just trying to fix a div.
TypeScript Is My Noise Canceling Headphones
Why types aren’t just for safety... they’re a sensory buffer for your brain
404: Motivation Not Found
When 'just start' feels like a cruel joke.
Infinite Loop, Baby
For loops, feedback loops, and that thing where you open VS Code and forget why.
The Joy of Little Dev Experiments
Why your weird little side projects are valid, valuable, and very much not a waste of time.
Git Happens – Surviving Merge Hell With a Neurodivergent Brain
The commit history might be messy, but so is brilliance
Half a Thousand Devs Walk Into a Newsletter...
500 brains. One chaotic dev cave. This issue is a milestone and a promise.
T-Shaped? I’m More Like a Wiggly Octopus
Becoming language agnostic without losing your mind (or your curly braces)
Deadline? I Thought You Said Lifeline
Some things don’t come with reminders. You just have to be there.
Tech Tests Give Me Anxiety
Tech Tests Give Me Anxiety (But My Brain Still Crushes Them)
This Wasn’t the Plan (But I Like It More)
A celebration of the brain detours that somehow make everything better.
Oops, I Refactored Again
Oops, I Refactored Again (and I Swear It Was Just One Tiny Fix)
Presence Over Perfection
A quiet moment, a cuddle, and why your brain isn’t broken — just buffering.
Focus is a lie. And yet… here we are.
Focus Is a Lie (and Other Things I Tell Myself)
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