My next class begins soon. I'll be studying the underlying architecture of the OS and Assembky language to interact with the processor. Can't wait to dive into a fully new area for me.
I was glad I took a quarter off to realign myself with programming. I got some good practice in and have been keeping up with conversations in the local meetup groups I ha been attending.
For personal projects, my flask apps continue as I go deeper into the book and documentation.
Following some discussion on Bluesky I came to the realization that I don't know how the appview works in ATproto. It was described as alternatively an API server or a server layer to organize and backup repos. Neither really encapsulates what it is but it's a large piece of tech to learn.
I have been able to attend a few sessions of the Seattle ATmosphere working sessions that are being hosted by Seattle Community Network. Its been a fun time getting to discuss the network and the needed sections with other engineers.
I've moved my overall plan to hosting my own PDS/Relay/Appview so I can be nearly independent. The appview will most likely be a soft fork of a webapp that I can hopefully help contribute too but host my own copy for security. For the relay, I am looking at the rsky-relay (pronounced risky) that was made by Blacksky Algorithms for my relay as I think it will also best fit into the OSS model I can contribute too.
With Tangled.sh and other appviews beginning to show more features and users I think we will see a good adoption of the ATProto within the tech community for the next few years.
I've been attending more co-work sessions recently as it really helps motivate me during everything *gestures broadly at world*
This also shows just how deep the rut I am currently in is. I've been planning too much and not actually coding or building. So I've recommited to getting a fully fledged project out soon. I'm going to be concentrating on building out my flask webpage but shifting from Stardew mod tracking and instead build out a webpage about my favorite myths and crytids. Coming soon!
I don't like splitting my focus too much, but I do feel the need to learn Rust to go forward. One big reason its been on my mind so much recently is because of rsky (pronounced Risky) which is aiming to be a full implementation of the AT Protocol with Rust. I've been watching Rudy and the entire Blacksky team as they build out this amazing tech and I hope one day to be caught up in understanding the technical implementations.
I have a huge backlog of books from Humble Bundles and even with unemployment there isn't enough time to read and take in everything. But I think Rust Programming Language will go to the top once i work through Python some more and feel more confident in my skills.