Hacker News: davidvdhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=davidvdHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:57:20 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by davidvd in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"]]>https://code.davidv.eu

I write about why programming is so hard and my approach to keeping code in good shape. Not really a blog but similar enough in shape to post it here :)

]]>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 20:14:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36591968davidvdhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36591968https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36591968<![CDATA[New comment by davidvd in "Batch Box Rocket Stove: Ergonomic, Efficient Wood Combustion"]]>The difference is that in a normal rocket, you need to keep feeding the fire at regular intervals because the feed tube is so small. In the batch box you load it once and let it burn.

]]>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:57:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34444068davidvdhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34444068https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34444068<![CDATA[New comment by davidvd in "Ask HN: How to Finish Projects?"]]>If you are like me, then goals like "finishing" don't work very well. I like sinking my teeth into a subject and learning about it. Or figuring out how to solve something. Once I got the hang of it I lose interest.

What has changed for me recently is that I now look at these things in terms of "what skill am I training here?", and ofcoirse I have a list of skills I want to master long term.

This has meant that I have given up struggling on some projects that did not reflect on any skills I was interested in, but I am also way more motivated on some other projects.

I recognized myself a lot in this description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2sS00egAzg

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