This is probably going to be a way too personal post. So, if you’re not into this kind of thing, no problem. I’m writing this after I’ve been quite inactive around here, and not coding that much. Life has been hard since summer and I’ve also been trying to pursue a different writing project in a different place. After some months dealing with a social media-influenced platform I won’t name, but which you’d probably correctly deduce, I creep back here, where I feel safe but not seen… because feeling seen feels immensely uncomfortable and fake.

I’m writing this while I’m pondering whether a project of mine is ready for its first release, 0.1. I don’t like to rush things out, even though I do believe in Release early, release often, so I’ve been thinking about whether it is time or not… and that led me to a different train of thought I wanted to share with you, especially people out there who, like me, are amateurs with little experience and who only write small projects.

So, this is my n-th attempt in writing a blog. Over the years I’ve been all over the place: I had a long streak blogging about FOSS-related topics, then I switched to more personal matters, bouncing from English to Spanish multiple times, and also trying my hand in more philosophical topics. Also, I had my ups and downs as an amateur programmer over the years, but some (two?) years ago I made the mistake of quitting everything related to development, even deleting all my repositories, because…