I'm trying to express who I am as a someone who writes software in the below.
code to express what should be done and how, for both humans and machines
document things that should be shared within and across teams for everyone's mental health
write tests to avoid doing same tests manually again for my future self and others (usually the future comes very quickly)
read to understand why and how things are this way rather than other ways
play and learn or learn and play for joy and new possibilities
step away to be able to see things clearer (in different distances and angles)
measure so I can see what changes are needed and how much the changes actually impacted
listen to patterns especially more repeating ones to see what's going on and what to do about it
participate to build a better community
admire great works from who were before us
appreciate what you've done for us
admit current limits and weaknesses of mine
challenge to explore further than current limits
improve environments for better opportunities and safeties
build stuff mostly to build better tools...
spend time and energy for reducing repetition to save time and energy
fight with perfectionism to pay attention to priorities
(should) beg forgiveness whenever it's necessary
embrace undesirable outcomes as a natural companion that will bring possibly better methods and outcomes
suffer or at least suffered from probably whatever you went through as a normal human being
like to keep pushing forward and understand occasional break times are necessary for that
find it hard to finish this list naturally so I will just suddenly stop here 🤪
