#recursecenter

A personal retrospective on 2015: moving from London to NYC, new relationships, travel, job changes, and a programming retreat. All documented in photos.

Sunday at RC: Failed blog port, a mock DevOps interview revealing SSL gaps, coffee with @rwong48, and couch-enabled coding.

A Recurse Center visit: coffee-walk check-ins, devops discussions with Recursers, a self-growing web system project, and a LittleBits store visit.

Reflecting on the Recurse Center experience: goals, projects, transparency, and the unexpected journey of 100 days in NYC.

Reflections on the final day of a coding retreat: summer playlists, Brooklyn pizza, 90s nostalgia, and a Recurser Social Directory debut.

Pagination implemented, archives fixed, and Java bytecode debugged. Plus, progress on the Recurser Social Directory and farewell reflections.

A low-key day shipping things and mob programming a web app. Movie night capped it off with the insane brilliance of Paprika. Design tomorrow.

RC Week 44: Building an archive page, a new job at LittleBits, and sketching at Art Night! See the before & after of my streak project.

Haircut, shave, code updates, and a map of past homes. A rainy day leads to evening fun with Recursers in Brooklyn.

Day 94 of 101! Marriage equality celebration, a random RC chat, blog tweaks, Littlebits culture & Shake Shack. How did time fly by?

Mock interviews, job advice, and a surreal visit to the New York Stock Exchange. Reflections on skillsets and feeling like a new grad.

Reflections on interviews, learning, and new projects. A busy day filled with conversations, coding discoveries, and future possibilities.

Reflections on advice received from mentors, family, and an intriguing interview process. Thinking about people, purpose, and paths forward.

Refactoring code, squashing bugs, and helping others. Plus, pondering big life decisions after a walk and a thought-provoking talk.

Recurse Center progress, Mermaid Parade fun, Russian dumplings, and a potluck party! Days 87-89 in NYC.

A busy day: late start, coding commitments, a great interview at LittleBits, and an inspiring visit to the Judd House. Then, beers, wine, and Indian food.

Lost in a book, blog redesign with tachyons, and catching up with a friend from London. Plus, a mystery with the Internet Archive.

Drum machine woes, a park escape, DDoS edits, a job application, and Warriors hoops. Just another day in the life.

Recurse Center days 79-83: Design Katas, Keybase talks, Sleep No More, 9/11 Memorial, drum machines, and a *very* long night at RC.

Burnout reflections, Python dictionary discussions, and ramen with friends. A quiet day nearing the end of a NYC adventure.

Day 77 at Recurse Center: Giftionary updates, hardware project dreams, Clinton campaign ponderings, and a nearly-ready CodeWords article!

NYC arrival, RC web service reverse engineering with Sophie (Verge vs. Ars), Allison Parrish talk, and thoughts on anonymous proxies & performance art.

Brother's graduation, SF meetups, and Warriors screaming! Join Nat's busy weekend: Los Gatos, gift picks, friends, and a red-eye back to NYC.

Meetings with mentors, coding a GIF search app, and late-night explorations. A whirlwind couple of days at Recurse Center.

Coffee in DUMBO, then diving into Hacker News' "Who is Hiring" for June 2015. A curated list of interesting companies and roles.

Restructuring code, reviewing pull requests, and a data storage cryptography talk. Then drinks. A productive day.

Science fair, website building with tachyons, and mecha anime. Plus, a longing for rain on a hot summer day.

Reflections on life advice from various sources, triggered by graduation season and a new connection. Plus: resume redesign and anime.

Day 66: Earth Room impressions, Meet progress, and a cloudy Manhattanhenge attempt. What happened at Recurse Center today?

Reflections on Google I/O, website woes, and a new project idea for connecting people at RC. Plus, thoughts on ambitious, unfunded projects.

Exploring productivity tools, especially for writers. First steps with Pomodoro technique. Plus, backing up the Internet Archive and vampire comedies.

Reflections from Day 63 at Recurse Center (RC 25): Advice from past & present batches on making the most of your time there!

Back to the grind after a break. Anime, a movie, and plotting the next phase with burgers and beers.

Blog fixes, RSS progress, & anime! Day 61 at Recurse Center: tackling tech debt, exploring Noragami, and a fun BBQ with friends.

NYC adventures with Johnny Scout! High Line, Central Park, beer... but a missed Brooklyn hangout? Day 60 at Recurse Center.

Jobs, life, VR, and finally, tag aliases on my blog. Then Google broke deployment. A productive, frustrating day.

Article progress and post-Philly train thoughts. Structuring ideas and reflecting on a smooth ride home, despite the exhaustion.

A somber day in Media, PA for family. Saying goodbye. Rest in peace, Uncle Bob.

Two Sigma call, Thai food & Snow Crash to break a funk, then an Amtrak to Philly for a funeral. A day of contrasts.

A missed meeting, a somber purchase, and a fresh cut. Then, a movie night with friends turns unsettling.

A weekend of conferences, film festivals, unexpected conversations, and reconnecting with friends in New York City.

A glimpse into a day of coding, writing, and community at Recurse Center. Brunch, article writing, Go tests, presentations, and Barcade.

Halfway there. Reflecting on progress, grappling with Tachyons CSS, rethinking class usage, and dreaming of Ghibli-esque coding.

Recovering from family time, then back to RC during Never Graduate Week. Prototyping a newspaper-style RSS reader and diving deep into CSS frameworks.

Family visit! A whirlwind tour of NYC: Highline, Whitney, Central Park & more. Plus: coding a drum machine & dream journaling inspiration.

Saying goodbye to the first half of RC and looking forward to the next phase. Project presentations, farewell parties, and a well-deserved break.

Job Fair prep, a Chinatown arcade trip, and insightful company chats, including a surprising find: rap-based education from Flocabulary.

Code Words submission, debugging woes, a PGP keysigning party sparked deep thoughts on trust, a long walk, and a movie.

ShhParty progress! 🎉 Perfect functionality achieved. Plus: French fries, beer, sunshine, and future thoughts. A simple, good Recurse Center day.

A day of fixing broken websites, researching interesting companies, exploring Bjork at MoMA, and burgers with friends.

Day 39: Beating Broken Age, coffee with Lindsay, and diving into Hacker News' "Who's Hiring" to explore post-RC career options.

A chill morning transitions into building a mobile-first drum machine and a quick scraper for a trending Twitter conversation.

Worked on ShhParty, a silent dance party app, with Pam. Ended the day seeing Avengers: Age of Ultron - fantastic!

Whiteboarding a privacy-focused app, wrestling with WebRTC connections, and drafting article proposals. Plus, meet Serious Cat.

Reflecting on progress at the Recurse Center: are my "build stuff" objectives concrete enough? Plus, drum machines, broken links, and color thoughts.

Finished a multiplayer asteroids clone at the Recurse Center and presented it to alumni. Now searching for the next project.

A day of transitions: moving apartments and exploring the hidden arboreal wonders of Central Park's Ramble.

Reflecting on a music hackathon: interesting talks, NASA data sonification attempts, and new tools explored. A weekend of learning and inspiration.

NYC coding reflections! Mutex debugging in Go, a Polyline algorithm deep dive, websocket woes, and a USDS interview. Plus, slow program puzzles!

Rubber duck debugging, Flickr frustrations, video chats, and finally fixing a frustrating build script loop. Plus, a new workspace!

A day of bug fixes and JS refactoring. Plus thoughts on future career paths, Burning Man, and soundscapes hackathon research.

NYC apartment found, coding projects advanced (collision detection!), website rebuilt, and pondering Recurse Center's impact on well-being.

Wandering among monumental sculptures at Storm King Art Center in upstate New York. A day of art and open spaces.

A busy day spent fixing code, catching up with friends, and improving my blog. Plus, helping with asteroid generation and an evening of Avalon!

Progress syncing flying/shooting despite confusion about the Valve paper. Plus, birthday fun and the ongoing struggle to explain Recurse Center.

Exploring client-server game design: latency compensation, snapshot updates, and star generation improvements. Progress at Recurse Center.

Two days in one: feeling unproductive, then diving into a multiplayer asteroids game! Plus, a talk on the future of programming.

NYC day 18: A quiet day of park walks, apartment hunting, and coffee in Brooklyn. Almost three weeks in the city!

A day of recharging with sketching, coding tweaks, and park explorations. Plus, finally solved a long-standing rsync mystery! Ending the day with socializing.

RC Day 16: Pairing on anagrams, building stats pages, and inspiration from Recurse Center presentations! Voxel.js, NW.js & more.

Reflections on readings (computing history, game programming), cyberpunk dreams sparked by Deus Ex, and the draw of Recurse Center's Game Night.

From blank canvas to animated acorn pattern: a day of coding, learning the Canvas API, and implementing Conway's Game of Life. See the code!

Recurse Center check-in: gaming group introductions, Javascript game development research (libraries, books), and starting Conway's Game of Life.

A Sunday break from coding at the Recurse Center: good food, good company, and a long, intense game of Werewolf.

A day at a games conference sparks reflection on social interaction limits, needing space, and a long walk home through changing NYC landscapes.

Quiet Fridays at RC, Go struggles with maps, and an afternoon spent with friends at the Met. Plus, Italian food!

A tough commute sparks reflections on self-love, inspired by Debbie Millman and Kendrick Lamar. Plus: WalkBot v1, project presentations, and a blog redesign!

A day of coding sprints: Iron Blogger, a meet-RC app UX, Fog review, broken bots, blog redesign woes, and a peek at future projects.

Fixed a blog bug, dove into the Paxos algorithm (and math symbols!), helped with Nginx/Apache, and discussed distributed systems. Evening: Prim's and video games.

First impressions of Recurse Center: meeting tons of people, absorbing new information, and realizing how much there is to learn. A whirlwind of a Day 0.

A quiet day of reading and wandering before Hacker School begins. Thoughts on PAAS limitations and project ideas. Interesting links included.

Guggenheim visits: Kawara's quantified self, Chan's animal projectors, and Farmanfarmaian's mirrors. Plus, a NetHack robot inspiration.

Walking, conversations, and whiskey. Plus, thought-provoking reads on exercise, positive thinking, dreams, and Obama on The Wire.

NYC day two: prepping for Recurse Center, obsessed with "Exile," watching fires, and compiling a massive reading list.

First impressions of NYC: navigating the subway, exploring museums and Bushwick street art, and sketching out goals for the 101-day adventure.

London experiences: recommendations for food I enjoyed, and reflections on leaving Google and the city behind.