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1. TypeScript - I have had remarkable experience TS on frontend. Along with react hooks. Turns ES into a powerhouse.

2. GraphQL - Typed, structured API.

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_theory: A very powerful tool to explain human behavior. It can explain individual personal interactions, personal and professional relationships, family systems and many bigger picture things.

4. How to build desktops: Build times are way way faster on desktop CPUs. More control over motherboard / getting faster IO, further improving buildtimes. More upgradeable, things can be switched out, whereas with laptops everything is soldered together.

5. Language practice: Started tapes on Polish / Ukrainian. Restarting Chinese soon.

6. Basic fitness things / more exercises

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Seconding TypeScript. If you are a js dev looking to pick up something new, just rename a .js file to .ts, open it in vscode, watch the magic. It will, I think, make you a better js dev.

Java dev you mean ;) I dont see how types make you a better dev, its like saying automated dictionary in input text fields make you a better speller. It just makes you a lazy speller.

Types have fundamental meaning and function way beyond simply being a dictionary. Javascript's lack of type systems means it's crippled when it comes to serious numeric computation, simulation or modelling. Even a 64-bit number can;t be stored properly, to say nothing of SIMD operations.

it makes you think about your code in a more structural way where composability and low coupling start playing a fundamental role

Can you link to a reference where this is explained more? i am genuinely interested.

5. Ukrainian songs are beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUc_ojv6d_4

Milla Jovovich of blockbuster movie fame, singing Ukrainian folk song “In a Glade” from her Divine Comedy album recorded in 1993:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k5O5rEhdUho

More about the album:

”Although many were quick to dismiss Milla for attempting to crossover into yet another industry (she has since gone on to headline the Resident Evil film franchise and continues to record music independently), The Divine Comedy stands as one of the best lost pop albums of the '90s.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy_(Milla_Jov...

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