Todos

So, in DBC, we made Todos. When I say that, I mean, we learned how to make a todo app jn Ruby, with the command line. Then we learned how to make a new one that saves and read things in a file. After that we got in phase 2 and made a simple Sinatra Todo app. Then we made one that used Javascript, and now we’re 4 days into phase 3, and we already made 2 todo apps.

I feel like there is a common theme somewhere… Are DBC teachers trying to tell us something?

I do not tend to use todo apps myself nowadays but I now know how to make it however I want. I also know how to manage my time, or… know how to not manage my time actually.

As for code, I know that using that same theme to learn new things help a lot, and I feel like I can learn what I want to learn by simply making a todo with it and comparing with what I know.

And since I intend to learn much more… I end up with many todos apps eon my todo list…

Group Project

We got a small group project again, in Rails. Things are much easier, Rails does everything, people are confident, and we can now play with these interesting things, at our own pace, without stressing out!

This week we have to make a “Stack Overflow”-like app. Basically, answer questions, select the best answer, and comment questions or answers. Also, they can vote for a question or an answer, and the site makes the selection after that.

I am not even sure what to say about that, but it is what we’re doing.

We’re having fun, and have an awesome group again, I guess I’ll have something to show on monday, but even if I don’t… No biggie!

Effects of DBC

Yesterday, I did something that triggered Matthew. Basically, without getting too deep into that, I made him feel like he was left out for a moment, search for a reason why I would do so, and end up on some pretty bad, sad, and mean reasons.

But then, magic happened.

When I came back to work with him, before we started, we had a conversation that kinda went like this :

“Before we start, do you mind if we talk for a second?
– Yeah sure, no problem, what’s up?”

And then, he ended up sharing what exactly happened, what he felt, what he saw, and what he feels now. I shared how I felt about it, explained and confirmed what he saw, and apologized. And that was an argument that was solved in less than 2 minutes, without any fight or hard feeling.

This is what DBC made. DBC made us understanding human beings. DBC made Matthew not freak out about what happened, try to check what was happening, and then reflect. DBC made me listen, put myself in his shoes and be understanding.

I had an experience like that with my fiancee, and it is quite strange to realize that what you have been learning, no matter how true it was in your current environment, is actually true outside of it.

The first time I started listening like we try to do it here, it actually worked flawlessly. I tried again, it worked again. It may not work 100% of the time, but I know that I will keep on doing that for a while!