IT’S REAL AND IT’S SPECTACULAR

Week of January 8th, 2017

OVERVIEW

This is it, friends. This big ol’ life change no longer needs to be spoken of in future tense or hypotheticals – it’s real.

(and yeah, it’s spectacular)

The career is dead; long live the career.

All in all this sprint was absolutely wonderful. I was able to get some real good work done, and I even published the first were-release – it’s not very good, of course, but it exists.

Just the act of putting up a build helped bring my goals and ideas into sharp focus. I now have a great sense for what the next release (code named “Snow”) has in store, as well as some strategies for getting there.

This is the final “Pre-Sprint”. What starts tomorrow is Sprint 1, and we’ll keep chugging away until this thing is finished or the wheels come flying off going highway speed.

Thanks for following along

HIGHLIGHTS

• The first official release has been, uh, released – no matter how rough, it’s impossible not to be proud of that
• Lot of good work, like with a new text system, a very basic dog fetch, sea fly AI, and more
• Oh, and I actually quit my job to dedicate my life to this new thing – guess that’s important?

LOWLIGHTS

• Leaving work was incredibly melancholy. There are certainly some things I won’t miss, but those people? The people I sat with and worked with for 6 years? I miss them all terribly
• Had some very frustrating Git moments in which I completely hosed my “master” branch seemingly by accident
  • Lesson learned? Treat master with a bit more respect and branch more often

SHOW & TELL