Time and Parcel Management
Time has always been precious, though lately it seems so scarce that I forget to appreciate my little glimpses of so-called “free time.” Thus, finding moments to blog, an activity which occupied 0% of my thoughts a month ago, are very far and few between. But enough excuses; today was very trying on my already overloaded brain.
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Today we learned, or in my case attempted to learn about package managers. Yet another thing I had no idea existed a month ago. The lecture moved very fast and by the end I found myself silently begging JD (the instructor) to stop telling me new things so my brain can process what he’s already told me.
Like all previous lectures, today especially left me more appreciative of the hard work our programming ancestors have put forth into simple things that make our lives easier. Although the implementation of such things is still quite beyond me, I’m still incredibly fascinated by all the hard work and thought that goes behind every little thing that we see and do on anything with a screen.
What makes me even more grateful is how the Iron Yard goes to great depths to make sure that we do appreciate such things. We constantly learn the hard way first, which is particularly impressive given that it is only a 12 week program. Like the others I’m sure today’s lecture will sink-in and make more sense in a few days.
-Nick
