What did you do this past week?
This week was a pretty normal week. I attended class and finished all my assignments that were due during the week. I finished Collatz and the project for my AI class. I also had to walk to an in person class, and it was very cold.
What’s in your way?
I was not very motivated to get out of bed in the morning because it was so cold so I had a very hard time attending and paying attention to some of my earlier classes. Also as with most weeks, laziness keeps me from being productive and starting to work on things that are not due in the immediate future.
What will you do next week?
I will try to work on trying to get stuff done early as possible (not procrastinating on stuff) and trying not to freeze to death in the cold.
If you read it, what did you think of the Pair Programming?
I thought the reading of Pair Programming was a pretty interesting read. I agree with many of the things in the reading such as the fact the programming with a partner allows you and your partner to catch each other’s mistakes more easily. However, I feel like pair programming even though it has many merit’s can lead to less work done if both partners are not 100% focused. Additionally with the pandemic going on, I feel like pair programming on zoom is not as effective as pair programming in-person.
What was your experience of operators, pointers, and references? (this question will vary, week to week)
I had known about all of these topics (in that I had programmed using them before); however I did not know how complex things such as the ++ operator can be. After the classes on the topics, I learned how much depth something I previously thought was trivial had.
What made you happy this week?
The thought that it might snow in Texas twice in one year made me pretty happy this week.
What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
On GitLab, if you have something running in your pipeline for way too long (probably some kind of infinite loop), you probably should cancel the task because you only get 400 minutes of pipeline use for free. After that, you have to pay for it.
