The reason you are reading this today, is because i googled the phrase “The JavaScript landscape”. I was trying to reseach the various tools/frameworks in JavaScript for different concerns. Google returned a bunch of results of which i chose this JavaScipt and future development landscape.

It’s a blog post by an Indian kid called Bassam. I liked the post. It discussed Meteor, his app Writ, an application to create notes in Markdown, with live previews on the side. It’s open sourced and on github. Okay, navigating through the various links, i found out that this kid is 22 and he if from Kashmir. I was impressed. This kid was doing things i was doing and even more.

In his post, however i found a link to a John Resig’s post, Write Code Everyday. John, in his post mentions how he set aside rules for himself to write code as a habit. It’s a very inspiring read. What’s even inspiring is John is himself inspired by a lady. Jennifer Dewalt.

Jennifer Dewalt, taught herself how to program and how to do web development by developing 1 website a day, for 180 days. She recorded her progress each day on her blog.

From a post, My first year of coding on her blog, these are her words.

“When I finished my website for the first day of the 180 websites project I was incredibly proud. I knew I had a lot of hard work ahead of me, but I had overcome what is often the largest hurdle in any project: getting started.

I’ve learned a lot about myself in the past year working on both the 180 websites project

Most importantly, I’ve been able to overcome the fear of being judged. Whether you are making a piece of artwork, teaching yourself something new or building a business you’re bound to encounter some negative energy. People will say some pretty weird or just plain mean things to you when you’re doing something kind of crazy. Those comments sting a bit, but they’re most dangerous when you let them feed your self doubt. Battling your own self doubt is incredibly formidable.”

There you go! A young lady who has shown the world the power of habit, her determination to learn something new and her awesome positive energy. Her energy has influenced one of the World’s most respected and most reknowned software engineer, John Resig and he has learnt from her. It’s not surprising. Whenever a lot of positive energy radiates, people will be influenced. And they will react. Their best will come out.

I am inspired by this positive wave:

Jennifer Dewalt => John Resig => 22 year old Bassam.

The positive energy has flown. I do not know how many other people Jennifer has had an effect on. She certain has had an effect on me. I have thouroughly enjoyed the learning experience from a simple Google search. I actually went to think about The power of habit and write the thoughts on that.

To Code Everyday is my new found choice of habit. I just need to inculcate it. I need to practice it. At a high-level, it seems daunting. I immediately have a lot of “What-if” questions. I code at work, but like Resig, working n my own stuff. It’s certainly hard. But as Jennifer correctly noted,

“The largest hurdle in any project is, Getting Started.”

Saibaba Vinayakaya Namaha!

On the HarryPotter wiki, the Patronus charm is described as :

“The Patronus Charm (Expecto Patronum) is the most famous and one of the most powerful
defensive charms known to wizardkind.It’s an immensely complicated, very difficult
spell that evokes a partially-tangible positive energy force known as a Patronus
or spirit guardian. It is the primary protection against Dementors and Lethifolds,
to which there is no other protection.”

The Patronus Charm is a very powerful spell. It’s a positive spell to ward off
Dementors. Dementors in the Harry Potter series are vicious guardians of the
prison at Azkaban. To go to Azkaban is described as something close to hell.
Dementors suck the life out of you! Everything goes cold. It’s painful.

Such a great analogy J K Rowling has made with life! Every day many people are
bothered by such dementors in daily life. Energy is sucked out of us by constant
worry about relationships, money, disease, death, expectations and so much more.
People are bothered by continous negativity! Negative people, negative talk,
negative environments.

I have had an amazing life! Mostly so because of the people in my life. I
attribute a lot of happiness, freedom, free thinking, peace to my family! They have
been my life teachers. Principles of love, kindness, peace, truth have been
poured into my soul by them. Friends whose vibrant energy and constant love have
made me who I am. They are incessantly after me to grow better and stronger and
continously teach me the ways of life. Teachers have had a great impact!
Teachers at school, family and friends, friends at work, these awesome teachers,
have shaped me in to being Sameeri.

Each day is a new learning experience! The last one year has been a unique
challenge! I had been under constant pressure. I would be depressed, feel alone,
radiate a lot of negative energy for myself and others. My relationships would
suffer because of this. Awkwardness would creep in. Loss of trust, worrying
about people, their words, their actions would hurt me. Until one day, I
couldn’t take it any longer! What happened? What has happened to the beautiful
heart of Sameeri? Why did Sameeri let things go so bad!

At one point of time, I felt I needed a psychologist or a psychiatrist to talk
to. So one day, I sat down. I had time. All I had in life at this point was me
and time. Nothing else. A couple of days earlier I had the opportunity to talk
to my brother, Sasya, one of the very best souls I can always depend on. I told him
about these thoughts. I told him, “I had not done anything this last one year.
Nothing at all, but let myself slip into negativity”. He said : “Well, You have traveled,
had quality time with your friends and worked out, got youself into a better shape,
did great at work, and did so much more.” He brought out just a positive thought
in the midst of my sorrow. I was thinking all of this at a Starbucks in Tulsa.
The day before, i had the opportunity to go to the Tulsa tech. conference. I
had been motivated by the talks and that caused my introspection as well.

So I asked myself. What’s wrong with me? And I came to the conclusion that
nothing at all. Everything was fine. It’s just that for a moment in life I just
let myself slip into negativity. I had to come back. But it’s so difficult.
The dementors of my mind have grown stronger, and had control over me. I had no
knowledge of the Patronus charm. Harry Potter, his friends had to practice the
Patronus charm a lot. It’s a difficult spell to practice. To get out of the
clutch of the dementors, you have to focus on the most brightest, happiest
moments in life. We have to practice hard. To get out of negativity is not easy!
But a spell exists. That of positive energy. J K Rowling put “Dementors” as the
negative stuff that bothers us each day! The way out then is of extreme
positivity! It’s the only way out. Positive energy is healing. You listen to
music, play a guitar, paint, run, play tennis or do whatever makes you happy
and it will bring in positive energy. The energy that you need.

It’s tough when the dementors are super strong. Instances of friends performing
the Patronus charm when harry was in trouble to save him are known to us.
Sometimes our positivity and enery help ohters around us. The whole universe is
running on energy. The human world works on positive energy! People burning
their energy positively make this world go! Energy is vital! Burning energy in
the positive way is what is so crucial to me and my life! I have to practice the
Patronus charm. It’s important because I’m just a human being and it’s very
easy for me to go negative. I’m going to tap into the most vital energy of the
universe, that of God’s, to help me out. And i have also come up the animal that pops
out of my Patrnus charm, an Elephant.

“Strength is life! Weakness is death.” - Swami Vivekananda

“Face the sun and shadows will fall behind.” - Maori Proverb

Saibaba Vinayakaya Namaha!