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I started writing a book as a form of procrastination, and after I had written the first (exceptionally bad) draft, suddenly finishing that book rose to the top of the list. Haven't worked on it since.


This is a trick I use: Never release a finished product. All of my releases are WIPs. I feel like Zeno’s Software Engineer.


I’m, after 10 years of building a eco system of around 40 extensions for mruby, at the stage to start my first project using them.


You better never learn about limits.


Zeno, meet Sisyphus


Gonna get that boulder to the top of the hill eventually!


You’re already halfway there!


That union man is going to be on strike for a long time!


“We’re gonna bump up up to 1.0.0 from 0.2.972 one of these days”


I published the open source library I have been privately working on for several months this weekend. It was my way to avoid spending the day closing down my vegetable patch for the winter.

So that is my advice to you: if you want to do the book, add more things to the top of that list :)

Good luck and mention me on the acknowledgements! xD




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