It's me Still alive
It's me Still alive
A lot can happen in a year. A lot can happen in a month. A lot can also happen within the span of days.
Without spoiling all of the fun, I can safely say that my life is now at a spot where I can safely say things are returning to what others might call a state of normalcy.
No more backburners (or backlog)
I had an ambitious backlog of roughly 9 concurrent drafts sitting in my drafts folder. Many of them were topics and things that I felt were relevant at the time, while others were more stateful in terms of my career and focuses at the time.
I decided to thrown them away, into an archive. With the number of topics I wanted to cover at the time, I noticed that I would have never been able to preserve them or release any of them in a state that was reflective of what I had hoped to achieve. There's a good chance some of them might take on new forms in the coming weeks or months, but I'm doing my best to not focus on where they'll lead.
Overall though, I found having a backlog of articles stifled my ability to process my thoughts and stick to a writing routine. One article at a time seems like a good way forward.
More 3D Model releases on the way
Despite my CAD library looking like a tomb for the last 1-ish years: since 2023 I've developed at least 9 different projects, with over half of them being parametric. I'm also happy to report that FreeCAD (a CAD package I had wrote about earlier) is no longer nearly as finicky as it once was. I look forward to seeing how far I can push my designs without having to work against hidden constraints.
For every model, there will most likely be an accompanying announcement post to go along with it.
A new quality of life, and room to build and create
There's so much to potentially say, but not a lot to take away from those potential things. The heading should be sufficient, but regardless - I've now relocated to a heathier, safer and more partitioned environment that will help with my ability to keep on top of my hobbies and other activities.
One of the things worth disclosing is that I now have dedicated workspace, which helps give my mind pause. I don't need to work where I sleep, or write where I work. This sounds simple, but the ramifications and optics are rather welcomed.
I expect and look forward to this bleeding into all of my works (not just writing). Separation of concerns for the win.
A heathier (and more informed) co-existence with AI
This one comes with a HUGE asterisk (and do trust, I will be elaborating in depth when the time is right) but over the last year: I've taken notable steps and leaps in both understanding AI technology, as well as correct interpolating it's benefits, without being hindered by it's caveats.
The huge caveat is that my take on AI is far more nuanced now, and not in the polarizing way that I was expecting. I will pad this by saying that I do feel it's easy to forgo the burden of the types of powers ahead, but right now - responsible and ethical delegation seems like a suitable compromise. I look forward to elaborating when the time is right.
And I have no intention of using AI for creative purposes (especially on this website). The art and the writing will be 100% human. This will become more of a big deal into the coming year.