Mind Matters

...totally unnecessary information from my head

Table of a variety of fruit, some whole, some cut open

Fruit inspectors in the faith

Most people in the faith are alright. They understand the one thing that binds all Christians: the gospel 馃檹.

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Code is communication

Just like music, poetry, or even language, code is a form of communication. Each line, each variable name, each class name etc. tells a story and gives context to the reader of the code.

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Computer code on a computer monitor

Using types defeats the purpose of JavaScript

I read an article on dev.to (again) that talked about how important it is to know types used in JavaScript to do Typescript.

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Inside the center of a church with painted windows

Judas: The proud "publican"

Disclaimer: Judas was not a publican; he was the treasurer for Jesus and the disciples. I use the word as a metaphor because he behaves very similar to them.

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Paintings of biblical figures on temple walls

Nicodemus: The humble Pharisee

With the last couple posts I've posted, it may seem like Pharisees were always proud and publicans (and prostitutes) were always humble. Well, that was the rule, but there were definitely exceptions.

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Inside the center of a church with painted windows

The way of the publican (and the prostitute)

Yesterday I spoke about what to expect from Pharisees and how their mentality makes them think of themselves as better than their fellow men.

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Paintings of biblical figures on temple walls

The way of the Pharisee

I watched a YouTube video today that made me think of the real nature of the Pharisees in the Bible and how I'm sort of similar.

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Why I like Qt

The Qt C++ framework (with Qt officially pronounced as "cute") is software I hold dear to my heart. I have used it since I started learning C++ back in 2010. In fact, I would say Qt was the reason I learned C++.

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VaneJS is vain JS

I'm very surprised that new JS frameworks are still promoted in this time and age. I hold fast to the belief that all JS frameworks were never a good permanent solution. I was hoping that with all the problems of React and Angular, we would move away from this framework obsession.

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Why I like Python and JavaScript

I watched a YouTube video the other day where the speaker spoke about powerful languages like Lisp and Tcl. I asked myself, "Why don't I know these languages?" Then I thought, "because I know Python and JavaScript!"

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