Saturday, July 19, 2025
Wow, so it's been a while. I know I suck at making content, so I don't know why I keep expecting myself to do so on a regular basis, but here we are. Anyway, I've been working through the front-end developer roadmap on roadmap.sh. I finished the internet one a while back, then started HTML. I did Free Code Camp's first project, the cat website. I'm working my way through the basics of HTML. This past week, I did nada. A few reasons, but basically after Sunday, there was always something going on. I need to make time for this. Like, I think I need to schedule it. I'm considering getting a laptop to make it easier, even went down the rabbit hole of video glasses, like the Xreal.
Anyway, finally getting back to it. I'm gonna finish reading about HTML stuff on web.dev and check off "Learn the Basics". I already checked off the Semantic HTML. I think I can wrap up HTML in a few days. My goal is to start CSS this upcoming week. I already started messing with the stylesheet to make a lavender background.
Monday, July 7, 2025
I remember Geocities. I had a Xanga. Even a MySpace. I remember how simple it was to do stuff. Just HTML. Didn't even know anything about CSS or JS. Actually, I probably was editing a CSS file with the Xanga. Anyway, fast-forward to today (2025-07-07) and I wanted to make a website on GitHub. But it was so complicated, and I knew eventually I would understand it and have the development tools set up, but right now it's overwhelming. But then I saw a thing for NeoCities (and remembered hearing about it) and knew that was what I was looking for. Eventually, I will outgrow this. But for right now, I think this is perfect.
I like this because I am starting super-simple. I think if I learn the simplest and then learn how things historically grew, it will make sense. The tags right now are familiar, and I'm looking forward to adding links and even other pages!
But simplicity is what I need right now. That's why I didn't get JetBrains, even though it looks awesome. It's too much. Even VS Code is too complicated. But Pheonix is good. It's the continuation of Bracket editor. I'll donate (like I will NeoCities) later, once I use it more (I don't want to go too much on a shopping spree :P). The site is here I'll make it url later (Edit: done!). Anyway, it has the features I need (syntax highlighting, live preview), or will find useful later (Git integration, debugger) without too much more stuff.
Thought just occured to me that summarizes this the best: I have to start at the simplest possible thing and organically build complexity from there, otherwise I won't get it.