https://johnmathews.is I've been writing since 2016 and have covered a wider range of topics that I ever expected. Initially it was just somewhere to write about the the programming concepts I was trying to learn. It's become my personal archive of resources and notes.

I see the code is marked as "coming soon" - would love to take a look at this when its ready. The results are beautiful.

Such a clear landing page. I gave them my email address before I realised what was happening.

oh wow, lspzero. I didnt know about this before. I love neovim, but I dont like spending time trying to make LSP features work.

This is my blog that is morphing into a PKS/zettlekasten: https://johnmathews.is

so cold!

It went very well - much better than expected.

My wife was enthusiastic about it and gave me the confidence to quit. Until then I'd been looking to get the transition locked in before quitting, which wasn't happening and probably never would have. At the time I was working in corporate finance and my first child had just been born.

I think the added pressure of being scared or uncomfortable gives you a huge edge when learning new skills, taking calculated risks and trying new things, and working super hard. Working hard in a grind or dead-end is sole destroying (I think), working harder on something you chose, with tangible personal benefits is exhilarating. My career took a new direction and a much steeper upwards trajectory.

That was 3 years ago. I've become a freelance data-scientist, working remotely in a new country, with a much higher quality of life.

I wrote a couple of blog posts at the time reflecting on corporate life in London with a young family. https://johnmathews.is/corporate.html, https://johnmathews.is/london.html

I hope these notes could be useful for others too.

which languages do you want to work on?

C# and Rust.

Edit: Yes, I know there are community supported ways to do this, But I want something that is as slick as the NodeJS ecosystem on Heroku.

It's a great book, I really enjoyed it. I made some concise notes on each chapter on my blog https://johnmathews.is/mom-test.html

That's helpful, thanks!

These are really good notes as well thank you for sharing!

you are welcome :)