Year 6

0. Looking Back

I originally wanted to skip this part and only talk about my insights, but then I thought about the goals I set last year. Upon their expiration, I should review the completion degree, so the format remains consistent with the previous years.

Year 6 was a year of stalling. The previous Year 5 was a year of awakening, like Forrest Gump who had been running for years and suddenly stopped. What I hope stopped with it is inertia.

Learning Harvest

Idled for a whole year, only wrote 1 blog post:

JS Basics: Prototype Chain x1

To free up time while not neglecting technology, I considered shifting from blogs to a lighter output format, and thus "Front-end Q&A" was born. I posted 2 Q&As in a year:

Why does the train of thought start off clear when troubleshooting, but suddenly lose its way in the middle?
What inspirations did this D2 conference bring to me?

These two posts were both edited and published via mobile. That's right, for the so-called lighter output format, I hope for the smallest possible time investment. Q&A is a very suitable form—answering questions briefly and precisely in a few sentences. Unfortunately, the community operation didn't run as expected; it was basically me asking and answering my own questions. Of course, with an output efficiency of 2 questions per year, it would be strange if it could run. As for the reasons, setting aside subjective factors like time and state, the lack of good questions that pique my interest is the biggest reason for the low content output. My enthusiasm for curious questions remains as strong as ever, but the scope of curiosity has narrowed, and the interest threshold has become higher.

Speaking of learning, I surprisingly didn't follow up on new React features, nor did I follow these two versions of new ES syntax. So what have I been doing while lying flat every day?

Let's talk about the strategy. My major growth direction this year was to return to business logic, limiting my technical vision to a small range. For example, I read all of the ATA recommendations for the year (those business-related and interesting ones). The first premise of doing this is the assumption that the industry's latest and most valuable practices will be reflected in the business. The second assumption is that the ATA community is large and active enough to represent the latest trends of frontier technology (of which I am concerned and related to the business). In short, I added a business attribute to the input end of my technical vision, hoping to improve ROI.

As for recently, I've been doing two things. First is fitness and running, and second is strengthening the Tactical Tornado, returning to the most basic value demands.

Goal Completion

Architect: ~~Establish my own business model and possess business insight capabilities.~~ (Didn't achieve; this business is harder than expected).
Front-end Engineering: Set aside the domain, settle down. ?
Learning from others: Learn to do business, first rigidify, then optimize. ?
Going out: Make 1 new friend. ?
Self-reflection: Develop a habit of self-reflection; regardless of size, ~~reflexively reflect afterward~~. (Stuck to it for a while but didn't form a habit).

Strange, the completion rate is higher than expected, perhaps because non-quantifiable indicators are easier to achieve. Regardless, I haven't deviated from the direction; just keep moving forward.

1. Insights

Life is Always Full of Uncertainty

This year feels like getting onto the highway of life—one major event after another. Sometimes I think, maybe life is just supposed to be like this, like all other adults, naturally fitting into these roles at the right time. After all, sometimes we are all like actors—for instance, when we are being vain.

Living between heaven and earth, one probably has to draw circles on paper sometimes.

And I, I drew a cross.

It's Already Like This

People are always unwilling to admit sunk costs, especially on the highway. Before the age of twenty or so, you drive on the main road of the school, stopping and going. Until one day, you follow the flow of traffic onto the highway, and from then on, you can't drive too slowly, let alone stop. Looking at the traffic coming and going, you suppress the dreams you once had in your heart and sigh lightly, "Let it be."

The Three Growings-Up of Life

Last year, I read that there are three growings-up in life. The first is realizing that your father is an ordinary man; then realizing that you are an ordinary person, which is the second growth; and the third growth is realizing that your child is also ordinary. For me, the first growth was probably the summer of the college entrance examination year when I worked with my back to the scorching sun for three months, or even earlier. The second growth was on the train returning from the Lunar New Year holiday, carrying a bag and charging ahead to push a way through half a train.

Recently, I realized the fourth growth—realizing that I can do things that my father cannot do. This feeling is like finally returning from campus and inadvertently discovering that your parents' hair has turned white. Seen this way, life is like a cycle.

Does Doing Business Mean No More Thinking?

Before coming to the business side, I had more than six months of continuous reflection, thinking about tool efficiency, cross-platform technical problems, and team dilemmas. From the perspective of a junior on the front lines, I integrated limited information and the trends I personally felt, thinking about the direction of things and the future of the team. Looking back later, my predictions were quite accurate.

Actually, it has been a full year since I truly entered the business line. I once realized that the most complex architectural problems are in the business; indeed, jumping in means rolling in the mud. Now, looking down, I only see the mud but no longer the thinking. Regarding this, I am both anxious and not anxious. I was willing to spend 5 years just researching technology; of course, I am also willing to spend 5 years or even longer pondering over business. If speed and stability cannot be achieved simultaneously, I choose stability.

Previously, it was like standing by the water looking underwater; now, lying entirely in the water, what I see is a different scene.

Logic and Content

A trap is becoming increasingly clear before my eyes, which is paying too much attention to logical/structural correctness while ignoring the value of content.

To give an example: conclusions versus thinking paths. The "nothing" resulting from 30 minutes of thinking. Sometimes I only see the unremarkable "nothing" and ignore the thinking path in the process, putting the cart before the horse. Going a level deeper, it might be the mistake of being preconceived—looking with pre-installed labels, and of course, only seeing the small part I want to see. This preconceived limitation was once again confirmed recently:

What do you think of this poem?
Not too fast, not too slow, just being oneself; the state of mind is quite good. "Bamboo staff and straw shoes are lighter than a horse; in a straw cloak, I live out my life through wind and rain."
Maybe I don't think so.
You are right.

Whatever you are thinking about, that is what you will see, while ignoring different content. Expression is like holding up a mirror to thoughts; what I express is only a projection of my thoughts, regardless of what the topic is. When you hold a hammer, everything looks like a nail; thoughts are like a hammer in the heart—whatever you see, you can relate it back to a nail.

Laughing and Cursing, Being in the Midst of It

"Laughing and cursing, being in the midst of it" is a state of mind I am exploring. It's somewhat like Romain Rolland's, just without the romanticism of heroism—more profound, plain, and youthful; it's my own style.

Being in the midst of it contains great wisdom. Whether it's good or bad, it's happening, and we are experiencing it. The reason we are unique is that all past experiences have shaped the unique us. No need to be thankful; just accept it peacefully.

"Laughing and cursing," a phrase that just popped out—appropriately unrestrained but not ostentatious. This is exactly the youthfulness I want to express—occasionally breaking rules, occasionally being unrestrained.

2. Goals

Architect: Establish a business-perspective zoom in/zoom out.
Fitness: Run 600km.
Going out: Make that friend.
Self-reflection: Develop a habit of self-reflection; regardless of size, reflexively reflect afterward.

Save 40 Years of Detours

Healthy, happy, 3.5+

Seeing the flag set by new students, I must say, I am quite touched. While sighing as the years fly by and I am already getting old, I am also self-examining: have I paid too little attention to health? Have I ignored some signals sent by my body?

In any case, the second-best time to plant a tree is now.

3. Plan

Main Path

Architect

Side Path

Fitness

Daily Routine

Going out
Self-reflection