I brushed off the old PHP skills and wrote a script to fix the database, so now older posts will accurately display the correct number of comments.
Programming makes me happy. It’s interesting to note that my programming language of choice (Python), has most likely influenced the way I tend to go about solving problems. Compiling and running a python script is so quick, I got in the habit of making small changes, then running the program to verify that those changes worked. That’s really easy to do when compiling your program takes all of half a second, but when you’re writing a program that mixes C, C++, and LISP, and you need to compile the program, then install a new version of that program on a server using ssh, you tend to write larger chunks of code before you test them.
Speaking of writing complicated programs in a bunch of languages, I find myself reflecting on my time at my old job more positively now that I’ve put some distance between then and now (and that I’ve updated the resume.) I absolutely hated going in to work every day, I admit, but there was some cool technology in use there. I like the new job and feel like I’ve got a lot more of a future there, but I’d love to start my own company, and do a proper job of what those guy were doing.
Also, I put up a ‘projects‘ page, with a link to my first project. Check it out.