Hello, old friend

Once again, it’s been a steaming hot minute. I started a blog like I was living in 2010 and stopped posting right a week after that. Not that you care, but where the hell was I?

Well, I was living my life as fully as I could, thanks for asking.

Turns out I’m at a crossroads. Or, to be fair, I was until I chose a path. But I’m not making any sense, so let me start from the top. I promise I won’t hold the meat and potatoes hostage until the end. I’ll cut to the chase.

My partner and I are having a baby. We’ve known since October and we’re expecting her in June. Right before 2024 ended, I got some exciting and awaited news: my working condition were going to be massively upgraded. Like you can’t imagine.

Now, I think I’ve said before I have a 9 to 5 that has nothing to do with this gig. And even though I’m not in love with what I do there, I have a big appreciation for the people I work with, as well as the company, because they’ve showed me nothing but kindness for the last 4.5 years.

So you can see why I had a little conflict during the December holidays when I was trying to figure out what to do with my iOS Dev Learning process. In other words: should I invest countless hours for a return I’m not sure I’ll see, with a baby on the way? Why risk burning out when I can live comfortably with my 9 to 5 and then use my free time for other stuff?

That’s exactly what I’ve been doing since mid December. I’ve played video games, read books for fun (after years of not clicking with this hobby, I’m stoked I picked it up again), started running after 12-13 years of not doing it, spent quality time with my family…

But something was bugging me. Maybe it’s the 432 hours I dedicated to learning Swift. Maybe it’s my non conformist nature. Maybe it’s the state of the world. Perhaps it was all three combined. I just couldn’t help feeling a deep pain that prevented me from fully enjoying my free time.

So after taking an unexpected flight to Seville due to a family emergency (all is good now, thankfully), yesterday, 28th of January, I opened Xcode again. Mind you, it wasn’t out of the blue. The Meta-Twitter shitshow (Elon’s meltdown and Nazi salute, Zuck’s bowing to Trump…) inspired me to come up with some ideas for a new social media app. And my rekindled love for reading gave me another idea. So now I have to develop them.

I don’t have many details at the moment about either project. I just know I want the social media platform to be as bullshit-free as possible. Think tumblr, not instagram. Free of ads and spam. Just pure joy for sharing quality content.

So here I am, researching how Firebase works in order to create more ambitious apps than Autonome. Bear with me, it’s going to be a long road, but I’m honestly excited to continue learning and creating stuff. Hopefully you’ll like the result too.

Hello, old friend.