# DeveloPassion's Newsletter 67 - Truly dead Hello everyone! I’m [Sébastien Dubois](https://dsebastien.net), your host. You’re receiving this email because you signed up for DeveloPassion’s Newsletter. Thank you for being here with me ✨ If you enjoy this, please forward it to your friends 👍. If this email was forwarded to you, then don’t forget to subscribe and become a supporter. You can also follow me on [X](https://x.com/dSebastien), [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/dsebastien.net), and [Mastodon](https://pkm.social/@dsebastien). ![[DeveloPassion's Newsletter Logo.png|DeveloPassion's Newsletter logo: lightbulb sprouting colorful idea nodes]] ## Welcome Another week, another newsletter! I hope that you all had a great one 🤩 Alright, let's gooooo 🚀 ## Truly dead What does it mean to be truly dead? Generally, when we die, a part of us still exists. We continue to be present through the memories of others. They remember us, and while they do, they keep us alive. They remember who we were, how they knew us, the moments we’ve shared together, and how we made them feel. They remember our face, our expressions, our favorite foods, our creations, our humor, our style, our touch, our beauty, our wisdom, our sincerity, our friendliness, our quirks, and our *uniqueness*. As time passes, one by one, they join us in the ether. Once they’re all gone, so are the last remnants of living memories about us. At that point, we cease to exist once more. After that second disappearance, ripples of our appearance in the world might continue to impact the universe we have just left. Long-lasting creations might continue to inspire for centuries. Our ideas might spread like wildfire. The waves we’ve caused through our actions might amplify long after our death. Many famous artists were only recognized postmortem and continue to change the world. Often in ways they never even imagined. During our lifetime, we tend to focus on the petty and the mundane. We seek status, money, recognition, and fame. But there’s no point. Recognition and fame might come long after we’ve ceased to exist anyway. Instead, we should focus on bringing positive change to the world. No matter how tiny. Instead of grinding money, we should look for joy and happiness, trading money for time at every occasion. Instead of chasing after fame, we should focus on creating deep relationships. Instead of seeking status, we should focus on being whole and true. **We should focus on creating those waves. Some might cause ripples well beyond our wildest dreams**. It may happen during or after our lifetime. Before or after our second death. But **even if we don’t succeed in our lifetime, we’ll forever have the inner joy of knowing that we truly existed**. My father in law was the funniest person I have ever met. He managed to bring joy and laughter to all family reunions. He did not revolutionize theoretical physics, but he really changed our lives. He altered our brains forever, for the better. His expressions and jokes get back to mind many times a week, and continue to ripple through time, continuing to bring joy, during and outside family reunions. I sure hope to have a tangible impact on the world while I’m still here, but I also want to make ripples through time. ## The Lab 🧪 The lab is still on life support at the moment. I’m not moving much but benefit from the accumulated momentum. Hopefully, I should soon be able to start investing energy into my projects. The [Obsidian Starter Kit](https://www.store.dsebastien.net/product/obsidian-starter-kit) keeps gaining traction. I sold 60 copies in the last 30 days ($960 up from $700). Unfortunately, I had to issue 3 refunds this week. Some customers were disappointed. They expected something more, something different. One wanted more in-depth guides. Another hoped for more content within the kit itself. But as I replied to one of them (after issuing the refund), Rome wasn’t built in a day, and it’s simply impossible to please everyone. I’m at peace with that. Meanwhile, many others seem to enjoy the product, and I want to make it even better for them. I’m committed to keeping iterating my way to success. I’m trying to avoid putting too much pressure on myself right now, but I really want to dive into the workflows I use on a daily basis to take and organize my notes. I’ve also sold 19 copies of the [PKM Library](https://www.store.dsebastien.net//product/pkm-library) in the last 30 days ($380, up from $275). I’ve also reached another wonderful milestone: 200 customers on Gumroad! > Wooo, just reached 200 customers and $4K on Gumroad! 🎉 [pic.x.com/oST3gCH6BR](https://t.co/oST3gCH6BR) > — Sébastien Dubois (@dSebastien) [June 10, 2022](https://x.com/dSebastien/status/1535310619364171777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Last but not least, the [PKM subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonalKnowledgeMgmt//) has reached 300 members today. Quite cool! I’m really glad to provide so many people with regular opportunities to learn new things ❤️. ## Things I've learned this week ![[DeveloPassion's Newsletter 67 - Truly dead - new notes.png]] Caption: Some of the things I've written about this week Here are some ideas I found interesting: - Laziness leads to automation - The circle of learning - Write Once Read Never (WORN) - Sustained productivity require sane limits - The relationship between deep work and portfolio thinking - How to learn math from scratch - Power requires sad souls - Important skills for children to succeed - Modern Web scraping techniques - … I will publish those for all my subscribers 🎉 ## Recent articles No new articles this week. ## Quotes of the week - [[Some day soon, perhaps in forty years, there will be no one alive who has every known me]] ## Tips f the week > Don't place all your money, all your trust, all your creativity or all your energy in a single endeavor. Diversify and try tiny projects instead. > — Sébastien Dubois (@dSebastien) [June 10, 2022](https://x.com/dSebastien/status/1535142100530040833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Also, focus on creating actual value, not vapor. Resonates even more today with the dip taken by Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies… ## How cool is that?! LINK: [How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math - Nautilus | Science Connected](https://nautil.us/how-i-rewired-my-brain-to-become-fluent-in-math-rp-5164/) LINK: [New CRISPR-based map ties every human gene to its function](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31695881) LINK: [Programmable notes](https://maggieappleton.com/programmatic-notes) LINK: [How Teachers Are Using Minecraft in School - Get That Right](https://www.getthatright.com/teachers-using-minecraft-school/?utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=ReviveOldPost) LINK ;[GitHub - Clemens-E/obsidian-languagetool-plugin: languagetool plugin for obsidian](https://github.com/Clemens-E/obsidian-languagetool-plugin) LINK: [Leslie Lamport: Thinking Above the Code](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Yp3j_jk8Q) LINK: [Linking New Notes & Fearing Lost Ones | The Daily Pony](https://writing.bobdoto.computer/linking-new-notes-and-fearing-lost-ones/) ## Tech links of the week LINK: [Nx 14.2 — Angular v14, Storybook update, lightweight Nx and more! | by Juri Strumpflohner | Jun, 2022 | Nrwl](https://blog.nrwl.io/nx-14-2-angular-v14-storybook-update-lightweight-nx-and-more-a93c646d41b6?gi=11614a580ce1) LINK: [The Future Of Frontend Build Tools — Smashing Magazine](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/06/future-frontend-build-tools/) LINK: [GitHub - adriancooney/puppeteer-heap-snapshot: API and CLI tool to fetch and query Chome DevTools heap snapshots.](https://github.com/adriancooney/puppeteer-heap-snapshot) LINK: [Cypress 10 // Best time for UI testing (Get Started + Main Features)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBU8fg1WW2U) LINK: [GitHub - httpwg/http-core: Core HTTP Specifications](https://github.com/httpwg/http-core) LINK: [RFC 9114: HTTP/3](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9114.html) The QUIC transport protocol has several features that are desirable in a transport for HTTP, such as stream multiplexing, per-stream flow control, and low-latency connection establishment. This document describes a mapping of HTTP semantics over QUIC. This document also identifies HTTP/2 features that are subsumed by QUIC and describes how HTTP/2 extensions can be ported to HTTP/3. LINK: [10 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About HTTP](https://webdevguild.com/blog/10-things-http/?ck_subscriber_id=1253041713) LINK: - [[10 Essential Knowledge Management Methods Every Professional Should Master (Article)]] - https://www.dsebastien.net/10-essential-knowledge-management-methods-every-professional-should-master/-every-professional-should-master// LINK: - [[Why Obsidian is All You Need - From Simple Notes to Complete Productivity (Article)]] - https://www.dsebastien.net/why-obsidian-is-all-you-need-from-simple-notes-to-complete-productivity// LINK: - [[The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Obsidian (Article)]] - https://www.dsebastien.net/the-ultimate-beginners-guide-to-obsidian// LINK: - [[Knowii Community]] - https://www.store.dsebastien.net//product/knowii-community ## Related - [[Truly Dead]]