The first post in a blog has a lot in common with the first entry in a diary. Something has happened and it suddenly it feels like it needs writing down. There is a pre-"this has now happened" and a post-"this has now happened" in time. So what has now happened that justifies using up yet more server space and clogging up the ether (well the slow cables that serve us our broadband here in our tiny hamlet anyway). Well I have finally taken the step from being a user of coding projects/help forums and other people's blogs to actually contributing something myself to the vast pool of knowledge that is present on the World Wide Web!
Was it something extraordinary? A massive piece of software showcasing some genius programming concepts? No of course not! It was small, self contained and pretty safe bit of code to go in as an add-on to a GitHub project (and it might not even get included!) But the step has been taken and I have now entered the post-"this has now happened" phase and I feel that now is the time to share a little of what I know to offer the same help as everyone out there provided me when I started coding.
It is quite funny how this also has coincided with the fact I don't get my own questions answered by searching the web in the same way as when I started two years ago. Possibly because then I gave up if there wasn't an answer to it on the web or just compromised to get something working that was similar but not exactly what I needed. Now I feel more confident in doing my own thing and trying to create exactly what need (unless searching for it makes me realize that what I really needed was not at all what I originally wanted!).
So this is it! Start of a new era for me (but for human-kind a very non-significant change to an already amazing era).
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