Principal Eng at Gusto, Neurodivergence Advocate. Autistic / ADHD / Depression, He / Him. I'm the Lemur guy.
Some folks have asked about when the Ruby Learning Center might continue, and currently I'm afraid the answer is that it won't.
When we started classes we frequently had 15-20 people engaging, and as we got through them that number started falling to 1-2, and eventually to 0.
Frequently I would be spending hours creating and preparing content to no audience and no reception.
Perhaps it's petty, but it kills my motivation especially considering how much effort went into running it.
@darkuncle I can at least acknowledge a winter when I'm in one, just hoping to find a spring some day soon.
Often times that leads me to question whether I still have a home in Ruby, or if it's time for me to move on and find another community.
Likely my next few Ruby talks will be my last, as I try and find a way to start rebuilding my confidence after a rough last few years.
I'll still be here, but I need to find a healthier engagement that fulfills me and I fear I do not find that here.
I find this to be true with a lot of my Ruby content. I can spend hours, days, weeks, even months preparing things to get crickets on the other end.
Frankly it makes me question my own worth and whether what I say has any value to folks, and being who I am that makes me turtle up and just stop creating altogether.
I've been in a low place for a while now on content creation, and I cannot find the motivation to continue.
Some folks have asked about when the Ruby Learning Center might continue, and currently I'm afraid the answer is that it won't.
When we started classes we frequently had 15-20 people engaging, and as we got through them that number started falling to 1-2, and eventually to 0.
Frequently I would be spending hours creating and preparing content to no audience and no reception.
Perhaps it's petty, but it kills my motivation especially considering how much effort went into running it.
@hacrods Nope, I tend to draw all my own things, that one took me ~5 minutes maybe if that.
Might be about time to return to the era of illustrated avatars for me
@jenniferplusplus I will gladly embrace right braces, but left braces? Down that path lies madness.
@holyramenempire @RaleighStraight @rjblaskiewicz @mekkaokereke Having grown up in southwest Missouri the amount of straight fear of anything in the city proper is astounding (albeit unsurprising.)
We're sorting out where we want to move next and doing so much as mentioning Detroit, Chicago, or St Louis threw people into a near panic.
(* people = locals from SW MO and NW Arkansas)
That said I still cannot get used to left braces, feels wrong.
The amount of C# I'm learning to teach my little brother through his college courses is amusing.
@CoralineAda Taylor and Martin if you can find it, like this one, would be good as well:
@CoralineAda (Ah, that one was a 12 string, lemme see what else I can find)
@CoralineAda https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AW5412CEOPN--ibanez-aw5412ce-open-pore-natural
~$450, so they're great for the price. Between $500-1000 I'm not as familiar yet, but I'd bet Ibanez has something decent there.
@CoralineAda classical I'd do Cordoba, otherwise with steel string Ibanez tends to have solid offerings on the art wood line if I recall.
Full list of Ruby Kaigi speakers is out, looking forward to catching up with a lot of folks!
Anyone have a favorite guide on Ruby language server and development around it?