Blessan Mathew

Blessan Mathew

@blessanmathew.com

I'm a frontend engineer currently living in Germany. Rants and thoughts here but mostly upbeat in real life

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I vibe coding an events app that pulls in events from all the local venues in Berlin. Curious how far I'll get with 20$ chatgpt sub 10$ open router key

I don't think I would have been a programmer if it looked like it does today. It's just prompt, read, review repeat. In the coming years some of these steps will prolly be gone. At the end very little sense of discovery, learning or achievement. But still pays the bills fow now

Giving air a try. Luckily its working with my codex subscription. Like that a chat is just like an open file tab. Need some time to get used to the sidebar and how it works with worktrees

Omg, Ive been trying to track a song/band that I heard as kid. My dad gifted me a used CD player and it came with like 2 CD's of the previous owner. Jamiroquai and the other I forgot. I was only 8 years old. All I could remember was this 1 line from a song "Am I the only one, am I the only one.."

Tried google and got me nowhere. Today tried with codex/sol. Gave it the lyric, told it could possibly be something between 86-96. Its some sort of rock/alternative genre. The vocal was of a woman. Found after 8 tries and 30mins. I've been trying to find this song for the last 20yrs!

Finished the audio book of killing floor. I've only seen the reacher tv show. I would say the adaptation was done very well. Next up I'll pick one that hasn't been adapted yet.

Been using Claude with opus 5 for the last week. Damn it's dog slow and feel like it's struggling to actually get work done. Was it always like this? Feeling like it was much better months ago

Going back to work next week. I'm gonna have to figure what all happened in tech and at work for the last 4 months or maybe I just continue with what I know and see what happens

Just finished collin from accounts. Was a nice season and conclusion to the series. Though would have loved another season exploring the other side characters. Need to check for more Australian series. So far only seen this and wellmania and liked both of them

Feel like so many people voting for afd just want something to change hoping it will make things better. Cause Germany has felt stuck during the last 2 governments. Curious how things will play out on the coming months

I could play Witcher for hours. Could do cyberpunk for like an hour or 2. I could never get half way through with any GTA game. I guess I prefer a fantasy setting.

At gamescom and realized I don't have the same energy like 5 years ago. Already tired of the queuing. I wonder how much bigger this expo has begun. Feels very crowded

Been watching coffee making videos. I have a sage barista express that I got heavily discounted when a friend didn't want it anymore. Other than changing the grind setting I haven't tweaked anything else. The coffee is passable but nowhere near what I get in a nice cafe.

Wish the YouTube app for Google TV had like a totally random feed. Keep getting recommended stuff I normally see and it's very hard to find new stuff unless I know what to search for.

Going back to work in less than a month after a 4 month break. A bit terrified with how much soft eng has evolved with AI. I have almost completely shut myself from tech stuff during my off time

Ramayan also in English? Might check it out for 15 mins and see if it's worth it when it comes to streaming. Why do these Indian fantasy movies feel like they are acting in a play.

Funny that I was searching for a video that explains how the b1 telc exam is and one of the video is from a dev from a previous job. And he explained exactly how I needed it

Midway through a2.2 of German. Brain is exploding figuring all the rules of adjective declension. Kinda feel like I'm getting a hang of relative sentences. Realizing how much more simpler Malayalam is when it comes to the same grammar. Oh well... Continue to push through

Wife decided to go back half time to work and thought we could get what she normally earns if combined with elterngeld. Turns out there is a cap even for that. Doesn't even make sense to go back to work at all

Been only 2 weeks in India and my wife already just wants to go back to Berlin. She has realized home is now in Berlin and India is a yearly chore to appease relatives

Shopping in kerala is so annoying now. I'm asked for my phone number every time when I need to pay. Now so many stores are asking for Google reviews and expect it to be done immediately or start calling me if I don't do it the same day

I always gave my parents number. There phone is littered with ads, reminders from these stores and they constantly get scam messages and calls. My phone number that I never gave seems to be fine

Man the sick policy in Germany was a big positive. Is there any policy from this govt that actually feels good for the middle class that pays so much into the system?

I don't mind people getting benefits but I do mind paying into a system that has income thresholds that exclude me from receiving benefits like elterngeld.