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Brad 🇨🇦
@8r4d.com
Time traveler and intergalactic secret agent for hire. Serious inquiries only.

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https://blog.8r4d.com
so does that mean you’ve spent the morning just laying in bed… just like brian wilson did?
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
All that’s to say that I’ve made peace with the notion that I don’t need followers or likes or epic engagement numbers to just keep posting and creating.

The work and efforts themselves have value. The learning is the payoff. The vibe that I’m adding rather than taking is the roi.
October 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I sound like the old guy i’m quickly becoming as I wax poetic about some good ol’ days that probably never existed.

But when the internet was new, we nerds really just used it as a giant collaborative art project.

Clicks simply provided validation that you had done good, not a measure of roi.
October 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I mention it because it is starting to set counterintuitive to many people that anyone would just make and post stuff for the sake of creating anymore.

We all just assume everyone is trying to be famous or be an influencer or build a media empire.

Some of us just want the excuse to make stuff.
October 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
thx!
October 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
On the one hand, it might be useful for someone and I could get some helpful feedback from someone else dabbling in my code.

In the other, I’m a self taught developer and releasing code is like a huge imposter syndrome trigger for me.
September 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I wouldn’t call it a mature product nor something that is straightforward to install, but six months ago i created a git repo to manage the code base better.

Basically, it has me pondering as I inch closer to maturity what the decision point to make the repo public might be…
September 8, 2025 at 4:07 AM