New in the Garden
May 2021

Continued work in the Digital Garden during the last two quarters, although, I fell far behind on pushing updates to the public repository.

Styling and References

Worked on improving the template styling for links, code samples, and inline references.

Cookbook

Added new recipes for Shredded Chicken Poblano Soup and a section for recipes that I want to try.

Japanese Resources

Added a note covering resources for learning Japanaese including tools that I’ve been using, links to other sites covering learning techniques, textbooks, and podcasts.

CSS

Begining to dive through the vast resource that is the MDN to try to “catch up” on developments in front-end web. My career has gradually drifted more back-end centric and there’s been new developments in terms of the flex and grid layout systems.

Javascript

Along with CSS in my MDN dive, I’m diving through changes to Javascript. Including that we are no longer constrained to var and can now use let and const. Additional notes on how Promise, async, await work. Researching the fetch API. Working on getting both side and work projects away from jQuery and into vanilla javascript before moving into the newer frameworks.

Javascript Front-End Frameworks

Breakdown of the major frameworks out there and their architectural ideaologies.

Unit Testing

Extensive updates to my notes on Unit Testing to cover the different shapes and kinds of unit tests that can be applied to a problem.

Code Reviews

Researching into the question of what are good and bad code reviews.

Vim Grimoire

Added notes in the grimoirie for marks and registers.

Brag Sheet

Breaking down an idea proposed by Julia Evans for creating a formal document of your accomplishments throughout the work year.

Small Web

A summarization of the ideas behind the proponents of the “small web” initiative.

Debug Nvidia POP OS

Because my Nvidia card doesn’t work with newer kernals and POP OS keeps trying to update me and kill my gaming fun time.

The Heart Sutra

One of my annual goals this year is to familiarize myself with the major sutras referenced in Zen Bhuddism. The first up is a dive through various dharma books and readings on The Heart Sutra.

Travel Flightlists

Added checklists for backpacking, weekend travel, and world travel.

Currently Reading

Still keeping my currently reading list up-to-date with books, films, games, and the endless deluge of online articles.