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- PJM - April '22
PJM - April '22
Happy Sunday! π΄ββ οΈ
Hope you had a great week!
This week includes updates from April (slowly catching up ;) as I've opened up some free time in the routine.
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PROJECT UPDATES...
NADA!
I've been working hard on proving myself at Wilshire. I finished what they thought would take 2 months in a week so I think I did well ;)
Putting in the time now to hopefully free up some space to get to side projects in a couple months!
It's been a great learning experience using the new Vue3 with Vite. It's just so much fun to develop with. One amazing resource I've found are @antfu's projects...yes projectsss. Guy is on another level building tools. My favorite is Vitesse which is an opinionated Vue+Vite starter with a lot of the developer friendly benefits that I've come to love with Nuxt.
CURRENTLY LIVING IN...
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BALI,INDONESIA
Yes, Bali has become a base for me :)
In these times of COVID and inflation, it has felt like the best place in the world to live...by far. However, it is a rapidly changing landscape - things are becoming more expensive and more people are coming, staying, and building long-term. I won't even go to some of the popular parts of the island anymore. Influencers and "content-creators" have taken over...
I won't commit to long-term creating a base here until I feel out the changes over the next few months/year. Plus, nomad life is the best (*pending flight prices*).
CONTENT FROM APRIL...
Business | Marketing
Want to start a startup? A $925 million market just appeared.
β Paul Graham (@paulg)
2:26 PM β’ Apr 12, 2022
Design | Development
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DALLΒ·E 2 β openai.com
DALLΒ·E 2 is a new AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language. Sam Altman had a good take on this... initially, we thought low-skill jobs would be the first to be disrupted by AI, but now it seems creative jobs may be the first on the chopping block.
Travel
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Early in the morning of April 18th, surfers aboard the Blue Star Surf Charter vessel in the Maldives had a rude awakening. The boat hit a reef and sank. I know the owner and had a birthday on this boat - almost made a new website for the boat too. RIP Blue Star β΄
Where bread is elevated to an art form, strikes are a part of life, and one of the best ways to see the city is from the water...
Science
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Brilliant Planet is running algae farms to pull carbon out of the air | TechCrunch β techcrunch.com
Sure, you can run machines to decarbonize the air, but whereβs the fun in that when you can invite Mother Nature to do the work for you?
Politics
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Eye-opening research into how Russian TikTok shows a different side to the war...that is nothing about the war.
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