Just a little update after 2 weeks.

Past

As a recap, starting from Dec 2022 when I started on WOLS, I began coding on a daily basis just to see if I still could do programming, and if I still wanted to do it. I tested ProGuard for Java code obfuscation and work on WOLS ended around Jun 2023.

This continued with WRECK starting Jul 2023, and ended in Oct 2023.

I joined GitHub on 5 Oct 2023, and started organizing things into git repositories.

From Oct 2023 till Dec 2023, I was mostly fiddling with React, Go and Docker trying to develop a web-based backup software prototype with various database, email, file and web server containers. Though eventually I didn’t put them together as a GitHub project repository as a working application, bits and pieces can be found in my tmp repository.

In Nov 2023, I started my web site and blog. I also studied and experimented with the various GitHub options (e.g. 2 Factor Authentication, SSH, credential and access token storage and caching) to secure my commits and merging with commit signing and verification.

Then I had the wild idea to redo a C#.NET version WRECK.NET, initially as a completely new application with minimal resemblance to the original Java implementation, and intended as an experiment to see how easy or difficult it would be to do a similar application on .NET instead. Would it be faster or easier to develop? I also experimented with continuous integration (CI) on GitHub Actions This phase took place in Dec 2023.

With the major functionalities tested and proven to work with various third party software, and began to port as many required Java classes to C# as possible. I completed this phase between Jan 2024 and Mar 2024.

Timeline Summary

Now

I feel that I have done enough at the moment to build a GitHub portfolio, build a website and start this blog to demonstrate what I can do and have done in recent times.

Near Future

I plan to step away from active daily coding on my open source projects and spend more time and be more serious in my job hunting, updating my resume, as well as studying basic personal finance and making the numbers balance themselves.

My AWS certifications are also expiring soon later this year. I am not sure if I want to spend more money renewing them anyway if I am not in a cloud job requiring this knowledge.

I can’t spend my entire life coding isn’t it? At some point, I need to relook at other things in life. So that’s it. Don’t expect to see regular daily commits on GitHub anymore. I am stepping away for the time being while I relook at my life priorities and other more important things in life while I get my life back together again.

Bye. So long. Till we meet again.