Wisedocks

I Suck At Blogging

So there I was, sucking on some titties...
Nope. Still the wrong post.

I've always been enthralled by the idea of documenting everything. For me, blogging isn’t really about telling you, the reader, about my life. It’s about recording life for me. A way to look back and see where my head was at and what I was building. Life moves too slow to notice progress in the moment, but a blog turns hindsight into a time machine.

The problem? I’m a pretty private person. And it’s the personal details that need documenting for this to work. So I’m stuck. Do I keep the blog public and vague, or make it private and pour out the real stuff? I’d love to share more. But I know myself. If I made it private, I’d never write.

Keeping it public, even if almost no one reads it, adds pressure. Like announcing to the world you’re quitting smoking. There’s accountability in exposure, even if nobody’s listening. It keeps me going.

Still, the ghost in the machine haunts me: search engines. They crawl this site daily. If I ever did share too much, a simple Google search would be a gold mine for anyone looking into my life. That’s why I avoid personal stuff, even though part of me wants to dive in.

I already have sites for specific interests. I love history and astronomy, but that’s what StellarHistory.com is for. Other sites cover my other hobbies. Wisedocks, then, gets stuck with my leftovers: web development and whatever random entertainment crap is bouncing around in my brain.

The problem lately? I haven’t been working on Wisedocks much at all.

FartDump

This week I added the clicker game from Wisedocks to FartDump.com and gave it a proper revamp, aligning it to the sites theme. I also added a soundboard of dumb noises, by popular demand. That site is now my most visited one, which says a lot about the internet. Of course the dumbest one is doing the best. Figures.

Load Boss

Most of my week was spent building a web app for a coworker who loads dump trucks as a side job. Until now, he’s been logging loads with pen and paper. He asked if I could build something digital, ideally something that works with a scan gun.

In theory, scan guns sound great. In reality, though? It's a logistical nightmare. The trucks don’t belong to his company. They come from a bunch of independent outfits. Plus, barcodes get scratched, dirty, unreadable... It’s just not practical.

So I built a simple app instead. Tap a few buttons, log the load, done. He can email the log at the end of the day. I think it’s ready for real use, but every time I test my own apps, things run smooth... until someone else touches it. I expect bugs to pop up next week once he puts it through real-world use, and I’m honestly looking forward to breaking things so I can improve them.

Getting Back On The Horse

I haven’t coded much in the last six months. I hit burnout hard and buried myself in video games instead. But I’m finally starting to feel bored of those, and I’m itching to get back to building.

My sites are mostly functional, but I’ve got so many feature ideas floating around. I just need to start chipping away again. This week was a good first step. With any luck, I’ll keep the momentum going, and maybe even get this blog rolling more than once a week.