learning…

  • BASIC by reading BASIC code
  • BAT/CMD on DOS
  • C++ and message loops w/o C
  • HTML from the SGML description
  • CSS as it was created
  • Rejecting Java after a short examination
  • Not being a front-end programmer
  • C# as it was created
  • Powershell when it was Monad
  • Unlearning C# by learning Lisp
  • Ruby, by starting with the Chef DSL
  • Python as the v2/v3 transition began
  • Node for but a moment
  • Falling in love with Go
  • Microservices by breaking a monolith
  • Never realizing I was learning Bash
  • YAML by learning Kubernetes
  • GitHub Actions in beta and relearning after a syntax change.