Hello World. It's me, Ariel.
And on the Second Day of a/A, My True Love Gave to Me…
2 projects in one day! Tiring! But at least we managed to get through both the Sudoku checker and the connect-4 game by 6pm. Connect-4 had some not-very-pretty methods, though we refactored the diagonal_winner checker to be manageable. Our straight_line checker may have been a little more convoluted to understand, but I do like that it was operationally less exhaustive, aka more “optimized” (Instead of considering all possible 4-space slices, it only looks at what is actually in the board.)
First Day of School
Already the first day over!
Pair programming was actually more tiring than I would have thought, if only because sometimes it’s tough to verbalize why you want to try something out. It’s definitely a pretty positive experience though, especially when you both contribute and finally get the thing working. The triumph is real.
Onto Something New…
Well, it’s happened. I have officially given my notice of leave from my first job, after 4 years. I’m still going to stay on for the next two weeks to help with the transition but it’s such a weird feeling now–kinda in limbo, being included yet excluded at the same time.