{"id":51,"date":"2022-10-10T19:16:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T19:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ctrlz\/?p=51"},"modified":"2022-10-10T19:16:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T19:16:17","slug":"the-chevy-s-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ctrlz\/2022\/10\/10\/the-chevy-s-10\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chevy S-10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/98\/a0\/e1\/98a0e16d419182f7a63f00577bca0261.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption>A 1994 Chevy S10.<br>photo credit: pinterest acct Bill Powel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My very first car was a blue stick-shift Chevy S-10. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know how many of you have ever learned how to drive a manual transmission, but it&#8217;s as frustrating as it is enjoyable, at least for a beginner. If you don&#8217;t coordinate shifting with releasing the clutch perfectly,  then your engine completely stops and you have to restart your car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lately I have been feeling that I am &#8220;stalling out&#8221; while coding. I will be cruising along, finishing up different tasks and pushing code frequently when all of the sudden I get stopped in my tracks by something I don&#8217;t understand or get lost in a frustratingly simple bug. <em>Damn you curly braces!<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.developermemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Wastes-2-Hours-Debugging-Broken-Javascript-Missing-A-Curly-Brace-Developer-Meme.jpg?w=475\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption>Damn you, curly brackets! <br>photo credit: developermemes.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These roadblocks are particularly common in my internship where my role is to help transition an old code base into a new framework. Specifically, I am migrating the old Java\/Kotlin architecture to a new JavaScript\/React framework. The product I am working on is an electronic medical record best suited for EMTs, fire departments and police forces. Needless to say, the code base is enormous with both a web and mobile suite. Not to mention hardware integration for different medical devices and handling sensitive health information. Going from a code base of less than 20 files to one with 1000+ files makes me dizzy. And being a part of such a large and important piece of software is definitely intimidating!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though stressful, beginning programming in the commercial world has been just as rewarding as learning how to drive a stick-shift. By far there have been more  good experiences than bad ones. And just like learning to drive, the more time I put it, the easier and more natural it becomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code has-white-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><code>import current_stats from 'failure_stats.py'\nimport datetime\n\ncurrent_stats(datetime.today())\n\nOutput: \n# Undos as of today: 2014\n# Deletes as of today: 1597\n# Backspaces as of today: 22113<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My very first car was a blue stick-shift Chevy S-10. I don&#8217;t know how many of you have ever learned how to drive a manual transmission, but it&#8217;s as frustrating as it is enjoyable, at least for a beginner. If you don&#8217;t coordinate shifting with releasing the clutch perfectly, then your engine completely stops and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ctrlz\/2022\/10\/10\/the-chevy-s-10\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Chevy S-10&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ctrlz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ctrlz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ctrlz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ctrlz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ctrlz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ctrlz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ctrlz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ctrlz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ctrlz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ctrlz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}