Panicz Maciej Godek on Nostr: While I think that I failed to fulfill any of the objectives that I set to myself for ...
While I think that I failed to fulfill any of the objectives that I set to myself for December, it was a month that filled me with hope - I managed to fix some of the most annoying bugs, and made #GRASP actually usable (although currently mainly for myself, because there's still one small bug that would probably confuse a lot of people if they tried to use it).
Another highlight of December was that I had a few days off from computers in general, and I think that I needed that badly (and I still have almost an entire week of vacation ahead of me).
Overall, I don't remember 2024 as a particularly good year; I remember spending a lot of time on improving the vertical cursor movement (and it still needs some improvement), and likewise a lot of time on modifying the build system (and it blows occasionaly for unknown reason).
I'm not particularly worried about those problems, because I wanted to implement all the essential features before polishing the details, and I feel that - while there's probably still a lot of refactors (and possibly a big rewrite) ahead of me, the essetnials are already in place.
I think that the main highlight for 2024 was my participation in the spring Lisp Game Jam, which resulted in a game that I made for my daughter, and Causal Islands. Going to Milan for ICFP/Scheme workshop was also an adventure, but a very costly one (and I'd say that the vibe of the conference was a bit too academic to my taste). I was a bit disappointed that I coudn't meet WIll Byrd, but I'm very happy to have met Michael Ballantyne.
Overall, though, I think I had more fun watching live streams from SPLASH (and I felt it was a truly epic event, especially the LIVE workshop).
As to the plans for 2025, I have an ambition to make a follow-up of my Causal Islands talk, if it is going to be organized (I hope it will): I would like to have implemented all the things that I talked about.
There's also going to be Programming Conference in Prague in the beginning of June, and there's a direct train connection from Gdynia to Prague. In is unclear yet what the program is going to be, but if they will have an event that could accomodate a GRASP demo, I think I'd be eager to submit (although it can be difficult to reconcile with family life).
I'm also considering European Lisp Symposium (which takes place in Zurich in May), but I'll most likely have to skip it.
When it comes to the development plans, my priority is to have GRASP released...
Another highlight of December was that I had a few days off from computers in general, and I think that I needed that badly (and I still have almost an entire week of vacation ahead of me).
Overall, I don't remember 2024 as a particularly good year; I remember spending a lot of time on improving the vertical cursor movement (and it still needs some improvement), and likewise a lot of time on modifying the build system (and it blows occasionaly for unknown reason).
I'm not particularly worried about those problems, because I wanted to implement all the essential features before polishing the details, and I feel that - while there's probably still a lot of refactors (and possibly a big rewrite) ahead of me, the essetnials are already in place.
I think that the main highlight for 2024 was my participation in the spring Lisp Game Jam, which resulted in a game that I made for my daughter, and Causal Islands. Going to Milan for ICFP/Scheme workshop was also an adventure, but a very costly one (and I'd say that the vibe of the conference was a bit too academic to my taste). I was a bit disappointed that I coudn't meet WIll Byrd, but I'm very happy to have met Michael Ballantyne.
Overall, though, I think I had more fun watching live streams from SPLASH (and I felt it was a truly epic event, especially the LIVE workshop).
As to the plans for 2025, I have an ambition to make a follow-up of my Causal Islands talk, if it is going to be organized (I hope it will): I would like to have implemented all the things that I talked about.
There's also going to be Programming Conference in Prague in the beginning of June, and there's a direct train connection from Gdynia to Prague. In is unclear yet what the program is going to be, but if they will have an event that could accomodate a GRASP demo, I think I'd be eager to submit (although it can be difficult to reconcile with family life).
I'm also considering European Lisp Symposium (which takes place in Zurich in May), but I'll most likely have to skip it.
When it comes to the development plans, my priority is to have GRASP released...