DEV Community: António Costa

I'm not back, I'm rebooting myself.

António Costa — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:34:28 +0000

So a few months a go I went for 100days of code challenge and failed, as I have failed in most of my projects, ideas and objectives. Why?

Simple, although I knew my mental health was in shambles for years I did little about it, only recently I went looking for professional help. For years I underestimated my abilities and felt I couldn't achieve anything, and whit that mentality I kept failing repeatedly.

I studied Arts and Multimedia but after finishing I just got random jobs anywhere, and kept quitting and finding another, these last +2 years I kept destroying myself with jobs in things I don't like or I can't stand anymore.

I made a decision to pursue a future in coding, something that I always wanted, for now I'm going to start in web dev, since I have basic knowledge of it and will keep improving my skills. I will also start to try game dev in a hobbyist way and maybe one day...

Since I'm not seen as a recent graduate anymore due to +2 years had passed since I finished my studies, getting a job in any multimedia related position is going to be hard.

But now I can let myself fail before even really trying. So for today I will start to build a portfolio doing projects that showcase my abilities and hosting them on GitHub or CodePen or both.

Regarding the #100DaysOfCode challenge

António Costa — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 15:33:08 +0000

I have to switch around some things, in less than 2 weeks, I will be going to Paris for 5 weeks of construction work, it will be hard and won't be able to take my computer with me, so during that time I will be mostly on my phone, so I will be installing SoloLearn so I can keep the 1 hour code a day in check and do something that most of us forget on purpose. I'm talking about literature (I know it's slow and boring, but it's as important as coding it self). Since I want to learn Rust language I will be reading the “the book” and before I will read some book about programing in general (still need to decide on that, so if you have any suggestions, fell free to comment).

So instead of quitting the challenge or put it on hold I will be doing a little twist.

I will still be coding 1 hour a day, just not in the most comfortable of platforms 🤣 pen and paper will be my note taking mate instead of my .txt filled folder I have 🤔 note for a close future (make an notebook app windows / android that uses .txt and .md files).

This meaning for a while updates on the #100DaysOfCode will be only on Twitter (@Glitching_World that's my handle there) and here and on the GitHub Repository I made for it will be only updated later.

Committing to 100 Days Of Code

António Costa — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:29:29 +0000

I'm publicly committing to the 100DaysOfCode Challenge starting today!
Learn More and Join me!

My GitHub Log

Day 1 Log 15/Jun/2020 #100DaysOfCode

What did I do?
So for a start and to do something visual to boost my morale I decided to redo an old thingie I like to call a pixelate tool. Here is and image of what it ca do:

Code can be found at my GitHub Log.