Rahul Patel

[Danny Postma @dannypostma]

The end of flow state

You wake up, excited for the day to start.

You have a feature idea you are looking forward to implement.

You make your coffee. Sit in front of the laptop. Put on that techno set you love.

The house is empty for the next 8 hours. No one can interrupt you.

You open your IDE and begin typing.

Soon, hours pass in minutes.

Everything makes sense.

And before you know it, it’s the end of the day.

You’re looking at today’s work and are content.

You’re energised.

Because you created something you enjoy.

Fast forward.

No more.

You start a new day with an open IDE.

But, instead of pressing those keyboard buttons, you’re staring at a orange text.

“Discombulating”
“Wombanizing”

Minutes feels like hours.

Nothing makes sense.

And before you know it, it’s the end of the day.

You’re tired. Your brain hurts.

It feels like you just finished a ton of meetings.

But, at least you shipped 1,000 lines of code, right?

You should be proud.

But, the only thing you feel is hollow.

Did you create? Or did someone else?

That magical feeling from years ago, where did it go?

Rest in peace, flow state.

You were dear to me.

[Intel Technology @IntelTech]

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[Rahul Patel @therahulage]

@TfL It blows my mind that you don't have a system to check what days I need to pay ULEZ charge for. How is it that you're able to automatically track and send PCNs but can't tell me if I need to pay or not. 🤯

[Apollo @apollographql]

We're excited to announce Apollo Client 1.0! https://t.co/XPC4XUvOaw #GraphQL

[JSConf Iceland @jsconfis]

WE WILL BE BACK IN 2018 🎉🎉🎉. Look how much fun JSConf Iceland 2016 was https://t.co/znKFVvyeQL. March 1-2 2018, save the date! #javascript

[Holiday Extras Tech @hxtechteam]

The latest in the series, @DuncanFenning dives into the drawbacks of remote working and how you can overcome them - https://t.co/A0d2sBeLe0

[Holiday Extras Tech @hxtechteam]

Our ex-UKC grads are sharing some #wednesdaywisdom with students @UniKent by hosting a #node workshop with help from @KitcSolutions!

[Rahul Patel @therahulage]

@felixge Maybe you can use it to play Doom insead: https://t.co/UQRKumMfDJ

[Rahul Patel @therahulage]

I just downloaded The JWT Handbook 📖 by @auth0. Everything you wanted to know about JWTs in one place. Check it out! https://t.co/9xVG7VW7z2

[Holiday Extras Tech @hxtechteam]

Meet the awesome people that make up the HX #techteam! Can you spot our remote workers?!

[Rahul Patel @therahulage]

@kobbikobb @zedshaw It saddens me that it's already a trend :(

[Mike Fiedler, Code Gardener @mikefiedler]

OH:
A: "What's the scariest datatype?"
B: "What?"
A: "a BOOlean"
...
C: "It's funny, because it’s `True`"

[Daniel Zennon @dzennon]

Who made this? 😂😂😂😂😂

[GraphQL @GraphQL]

A year of open source later we're bringing GraphQL out of technical preview and relaunching https://t.co/32NUvGZX5L

https://t.co/mmkGno9VJ0

[Rahul Patel @therahulage]

I fully enjoyed season 2 of #Narcos2! Hopefully there will be a third season!

[Rahul Patel @therahulage]

@arnemahl @slsoftworks @kuychaco @zeigenvector @kristjanmik @kristjanbl Thank you for hosting and thank you for the awesome company!

[Rahul Patel @therahulage]

Had an awesome first day at #jsconfis! Northern lights hackathon was good fun too (https://t.co/ZGuFeUSYj3)! Bring on tomorrow!

[@jxf.me (Bluesky) / [email protected] (Mastodon) @jxxf]

Do you need to have that meeting? Consult this handy flowchart that I made during a rage blackout.