Learning React and DB feels like when you first learned art and you realized you can make whatever R34 you want except now with apps/sites

Suffering is only a virtue when youre surrounded by toxicity.

Don't trust anyone who makes you feel bad about yourself.

Happiness is not a number, it's a feeling.

I was always capable enough... just not confident enough. (learning SSR, DB, Auth) I could build my own Toyhou.se if I wanted to.

The biggest flex is not needing to flex.

People don’t devote themselves to things that make them feel small. They devote themselves to things that feel like someone cared.

If you try to copy success, you'll be compared with success. (Watching JJK right now and its similar to Chainsawman and Naruto)

People underestimate the power of compounding knowledge.

The only thing worse than a rich person is a rich person who insists that they're poor.

If it feels bad it ends badly

people without substance will cling to status

I think I've become one of those terrifying programming monsters I used to see in class who is always enthusiastically learning new things

I learned something today and that makes me extremely happy :)

All those productive habits ought to be in pursuit of something not just productivity for productivity's sake

TILIC: breaking down a large project into scheduled chunks, then updating the pieces as I go along.

When you hear control, hear superiority.

TILIC: Giving up some things does not mean giving up on everything.

You may tell people your boundaries, but expect people to test them. It's up to you to vigorously enforce them.

You can do it fast, or you can do it well.