I didn’t. I was so wrapped up in my career and related things that I pushed myself into areas I don’t enjoy under pressures I couldn’t sustain. I spent at least 5, maybe more, suffering. It took a concerted effort, a lot of meditation and Buddhism, and a realization of the non existence of self and identity, before I could emerge. I still struggle a bit, if I over pressurize myself I develop flu like symptoms and have to back off for a few days. I’d suggest avoiding it.
If that money was given to people who spent it on things they would have bought anyway if they weren't off work due to the pandemic restrictions, then it won't increase inflation. If it is spent on things they wouldn't have normally bought, then it increases inflation.
His DSLs fail because he doesn't know how to use DSLs. There must be one for each level of abstraction for each little problem, all built on top of a single host language so that they can be intermingled and COMPOSED.
The money printing and lockdowns curbed many ambitions I once had. Inflation in particular is so incredibly destructive and an inexcusable injustice, it might be a psychological effect you are experiencing.
For years I used to prepend site:reddit.com or site:news.ycombinator.com to Google searches but these are tapped out now as the communities have fully reverted to the mean along with heavy censorship. Currently it’s all through networks like clusters of people on Twitter who work in a niche or even 4chan hearsay to keep on top of things.
