So, I kept hearing about this Seb James fella. Not like, famous-famous, but in certain circles, people mentioned his way of sorting out project bits, especially for smaller stuff. Sounded neat, maybe a bit clever.
At the time, I was tinkering with this little side project. Wasn’t anything big, just something to keep my hands busy. See, I’d just gotten laid off from my old gig. Wasn’t pretty. One day you’re part of the team, next day your keycard doesn’t work. Happened kinda sudden. Left me with a lot of time and not much else.
Trying Stuff Out
Anyway, this project was my way of, you know, not going completely nuts staring at the walls. It was getting a bit tangled, code all over the place. Then I remembered hearing about Seb James and his approach. Thought, why not? Give it a whirl.
Here’s basically what I did:
- First step: Tried to actually figure out what his method was. Read a couple of posts people wrote about it. Seemed straightforward enough on paper.
- Next up: Jumped into my code. Started pulling things apart, trying to slot them into this Seb James way.
- Then: Hit a wall. Hard. What looked simple wasn’t clicking with my setup. Things started breaking left and right. Stuff that worked before, just stopped.
Reality Check
Spent a whole Saturday wrestling with it. Coffee went cold, room got messy. And I realized, maybe this approach, Seb’s or whoever’s, wasn’t the magic fix I thought it’d be. Or maybe my head just wasn’t in the right place for learning new tricks.
Honestly, the layoff was messing with me more than I admitted. Trying to force this complex new structure felt… pointless? Like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, you know? My little project wasn’t gonna change the fact I needed to find actual work.
So, I scrapped the changes. Went back to the messy code that at least worked. It felt better, simpler. Sometimes you just gotta stick with what you know, especially when other parts of your life are up in the air.
Never really looked into Seb James’s stuff again after that. The project? It’s still sitting on my hard drive somewhere, unfinished. Landed a new job eventually, different field entirely. Funny how things turn out. That whole period, trying new code tricks while the sky felt like it was falling… yeah, it was a time.
