#native speed

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R/image

I did get paid for the first instalment of the freelancing gig. I can tell freelancing is a bitch. After the first installment it took him maybe a month after I completed the milestone for him to pay the next installment. I hope he will not continue to be flaky.

I have been trying to leverage my title as freelancer. I do not know if it is working but I can tell you I feel like a badass being a freelancer instead of being a salesman.

I am currently working on the next milestone. It is a bigger milestone. Since he was so delayed in paying me I do not feel super inclined to work in haste. I have been taking it at my own pace. This means in the last 5 days I have worked on it one day. I will pick up the steam.

Programming has been going well. I am growing. My knowledge is increasing and I am getting better. I have just implemented two different local databases, Realm and SQLite. Awesome. I have only got the basics down but I have got both implementations to do what I want. To be completely satisfied I want to connect the database to parse as well. 

I am working on a practice app with Animesh. Just to work on a project and to get experience working with each other. He has recently been busy so it has been on hold. Which is OK because I have been working on R/image and on other stuff. I do look forward to completing the app. Not for the app just for the experience of making an app with someone else.

I have released R/Image. Which started out as a practice app. It is a Material reddit image browser. It looks good and is fast. It is the best bit of code I have written. I think because of reading about some design pattern stuff I have become better at coding. Although I did not read too much. I feel like my code has greatly increased. It might be because of being friends with Animesh and talking shop with him. Maybe it’s many things combined.

I think I plan to fix up Native speed and Nume3. Make them Material and refactor. I know I could make them way better now. I am hesitant to fix up Native speed as it will be a lot of work and I don’t really like it that much. But I think it will not be too much work to fix up Nume3.

Before I start on a new app I want to do an algorithm class. I think I should work on my fundamentals more.

I bought a new computer. It was expensive. I have financed it. It is worth it. I am in love with it. 

I will become and Android rock star.

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Native Speed:BUS New York City

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Release of Native Speed:BUS New York City

I lost my job with google. This put me in a huge cyclone of depression. I stopped working on PokeBus. I have been a grumpy ass hole.

I have not been programming. First because I was too depressed and worried. Second, I found a new job and I have been strapped for time. I am currently working on a way to make money for rent and spend a good amount of time programming. I may have found a way with a new job I might be starting next week. Many prospects are on the horizon, that's why I am unsure.

The two month break from programming I think has been refreshing. I feel recharged and ready to fucking conquer. I don't think I was burnt out from programming. I think I was burnt out from sitting in the house all day, having no money and not being social.   

I have released Native speed, which was previously called PokeBus. It has not been received that well. I have not heavily marketed it. I have decided that before I really push it I should clean it up a little bit more. It has minor issues. A good week of polish will put it in a place where I want it to be. I look forward to it being super clean. Its not too far off.

I have decided when I am finished with Native Speed I am going to spend some time on my fundamentals. I would like to get a good grasp on the concepts I have been implementing. I recently found the way I have been creating objects is completely wrong. The new way of me creating objects should dramatically increase my code quality(fix my static everything problem). I think a lot of the fundamentals I know half of. I look forward to learning the other half.

I think what I might do is alternate between creating an app and programming concepts.

Animesh has a hot lead for an Android freelance gig. I have a meeting in two days. I am excited.  Animesh said easy and lucrative. I don't want to get my hopes up too much. But I am fucking excited. HAHA. I hope this is my entry. I think once I enter I will snowball.