print("spazure 🩵")

15 minutes until I register for my VERY LAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSES.

After this summer, I'm 100% on my 4-year and beyond programs.

There is something darkly comical about vibe coding forcing a bunch of engineers who likely derided engineering management now managing a corral of AI agents that basically act like a mix between Amelia Bedelia and the guy from Memento

OK, but um, there's an API for the Lovense...

developer.lovense.com

I successfully added it to my PDS.

The only downside is that it ONLY works if you go to my profile directly, the bsky feed scanner won't pick up the updates.

Six weeks into my Java course, I remember I had "Java" blocked in my preferences. Whooooops.

So anyway, I can see other Java content now.

That awkward moment when you're watching a pre-recorded lecture, shout something at the screen, and the instructor responds.

....

The only answer I have to this, other than "my computer is haunted," is that someone in class 5 years ago said the same thing but wasn't picked up by the mic.

That awkward moment when you're watching a TV show to relax, and your brain goes "actually, I'd rather be coding."

So here I am, doing a Java lecture at 9:20am.

Wish I could get bonus points for taking this Java exam on my janky old MacBook, since my current MacBook is 30 minutes away and I had to finish it TODAY.

but no, all the time getting this machine to work .. just ADHD tax.

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TIL Bitmoji has started using AI.

I may have to move away from Bitmoji.

To be clear, I'm not against AI -- it'd be silly to be blanket against AI in this industry. I am, however, opposed to /generative/ AI built on the backs of stolen work from human artists.

help.snapchat.com/hc/en-us/art...

Dear Java,

Thanks to whoever added ArrayList.

I'm regularly thinking in OOP anyway, so only being able to use objects is /not/ a deterrent.

Love,
Blue

I'm on a suspiciously easy chapter in my Java course.

Not sure if this means I finally have a grasp on the fundamentals, or if it's the calm before the truly difficult stuff shows up.

Zybooks is soooooooo slooooooooow todayyyyyyyyyy.

I haven't heard anything, sadly.

Thankfully, though, they're opening more positions next month. With one fewer person competing for the spot, my chances of being chosen increase!

Heaven help me, I just signed up for a Coursera course to help me hone my attention to detail.

I'm going to be so bored, BUT I need it.

Strongly typed languages are very particular, and I need to be very exact if I want to code faster and with fewer mistakes.

Five more hours to find out if I got the position.

*gnawing fingernails*

Hard to focus on Java when I want to have a job writing Python on Monday *with every fiber of my being*

It's a new day, time to grind code!

Java homework due Sunday, so I'm going to shift back out of Python brain (less than 8 hours before I find out if I got that position!) and into Java brain!!

I have been grinding code every day for a week.

Exhausted after a coding interview today.

Taking a break tonight to spend time with my kid, will be back at it with Java tomorrow.

It's always embarassing when I do a live coding assessment and remember that, yes, I can code... but I am painfully slow at it.

Time will tell if it hindered me too much in this particular instance.

There are TOO MANY interview prep resources online for Python coding interviews.

I'm about to just keep doing my WGU Python labs, though a lot of times those feel more like playing "guess the unit test" with Zybooks than actually solving a problem.

A bar chart showing coding activity throughout the week, with 7 hours on Sunday and 6 hours or less on the remaining days, with a sharp uptick on Tuesday.

I *said* I have been *busy*

(Remember, I have a full-time job and that FT job is *not* coding.)

Stats via @wakatime.bsky.social

In my last coding interview, I prepped by studying advanced data structures and puzzles, then tripped on my basics.

This time, I'm not going to try to overreach -- I'm going to continue practicing my basics and communicate in pseudocode anything I don't yet know how to do in Python.

Coding interview Thursday! Nervous, but excited! I made it to the second round!

6.5 hours of Java today. I am le tired.

And this is what interview cramming looks like. (Stats courtesy of @wakatime.bsky.social )

a girl with purple hair is giving a thumbs up sign ALT: a girl with purple hair is giving a thumbs up sign

Essentially living and breathing Python for the remainder of January.

I have an exam on Saturday, and a job interview on Thursday. Thankfully, they're both in Python, so I don't have to fork my focus!

Wish me luck!

Sometimes when programming in javascript I just want to yell "fuck this," but i can't remember what "this" refers to!

Apparently, Java and JavaScript do in fact have something in common.

(Less of an issue now that IDEs can be more verbose and helpful, but still a classic.)

docs.oracle.com/javase/tutor...

Dear Zybooks,

Please, for the love of all that is holy, give us a dark mode.

I realllllllly don't want to take time away from my class to override the CSS to stop murdering my eyes, but I will if I have to.

Not my textbook telling me 100% test coverage is impossible 😀

I mean, I get it; it's a lot of work, but to come out and call it impossible is... a choice.

Few things get across the concept of instances quite as well as being a gamer who has seen instantiation used for dungeons and even overpopulated zones.

It really helps the programming concept make more sense when I've literally seen it in action.