Long time no see !

The last couple of months have been a whirlwind. The big news? Sophie and I are in the process of taking over a restaurant here in France, more on that soon. On top of that, a few other business ventures are simmering (some might materialise, some might not, that's the game).

An unexpected convert

With all these projects came the need for websites, which led me to an unexpected discovery: I've finally found a genuine use for AI. I'll be honest, I'm not its biggest fan. But for certain things, it's been a game-changer. I've spent years working strictly with CSS and HTML, occasionally dropping in a small JS plugin for a menu or an effect. Actual JavaScript? Never touched it. But with Claude Code, writing JS has become as simple as describing what I want. For someone who's always been a "view source and figure it out" kind of developer, that's a pretty big shift.

Training takes a back seat (sort of)

I'm still training, always will be, but I'd be lying if I said the restaurant hasn't eaten into my regularity. With less time to tinker, I've shelved my Ruby on Rails workout tracker and gone back to BTWB for logging. The Rails project was a fun rabbit hole, but the takeover swallowed the hours I needed to keep building it. Maybe I'll pick it back up once things settle down.

What's next

Life has been relentless lately, and I'm ready for the pace to ease up a bit. If everything goes to plan, May should be the month I officially become a restaurant owner. After that? Hopefully a little more breathing room, and a lot more crêpes.

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