I’m off until at least 5 Feb due to a boxers fracture. I’m getting sick of TV and movies. Today I’ll clean my apartment, but even with my busted hand it will only take a couple of hours. I can’t really go anywhere as I need to save as much money as I can to cover for missed time at work.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

  • Solve Rubik’s cubes
  • Work on music production
  • Sleep

Thing I probably should do:

  • Continue to learn Swift
  • Follow makeup tutorials

Lemmy, what would you do?

EDIT: Keep ‘em coming Lemmsters! I LOVE the suggestions, and can’t wait to give some of these a go!

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
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    1 day ago

    You seem to feel like you should learn Swift, but don’t want to. If you’re looking for tech growth, but can’t get invigorated, maybe try a different direction?

    Self-host a good first-app, like Nextcloud?

    Watch build videos on Voron 3D printers?

    Switch apps you can from the Play Store to Obtainium to prep for DeGoogling your life?

    Make a server out of some old laptop?

    Write scripts that automatically set up your PC when you reinstall?

    Organize all your techy tools on a pegboard?

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      1 day ago

      It’s been a goal of mine to create and finish an iOS app. I’m setting my sights pretty low right now. I’m just looking for the motivation to actually make something.

      I’m interested in Docker as well. I’ve never been able to setup a container that actually works. I just got read up on it.

      Rn I’m focusing on music.

      • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        Nice, all good options!

        For iOS, I’d recommend Flutter, since that’s where the market is going, and they have good quick start guides.

        For Docker, it changed my world. I taught someone in these steps, they used GPT to do each step individually, but were required to learn what each part of the compose file did as they went. They used WSL in Windows, but doing it via CLI is key.

        • Use docker-compose to start an Alpine Linux container and Docker Exec into it
        • Get the id of the container with Docker PS
        • Add an environment variable of THIS set to 1
        • Swap Alpine Linix for Nginx, and open 127.0.0.1:80 on it so you can visit it from local host
        • Mount a folder on the local machine into the container as a volume with an index.html page so Nginx will serve that page

        Getting those basics down one step at a time will make all the rest soooooo much easier.