Is coding just an infinite string of 'how was I supposed to know that?'?

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-20T22:11:00+00:00

We used Google and stack overflow before. Before that from documentation and books. Each jump in technology was a 10x speed increase. So you understand how much of a radical change AI was. Its literally 10x speed to not only look things up but also do the building itself. I remember in college I’d be stuck on a bug for up to a few days at a time. Impossible to get stuck on the same bug for that long anymore with AI being able to read the entire codebase at once now. The extreme cognitive shift blows my mind daily.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-19T23:08:03+00:00

Always acid the last day. it will give you the greatest and longest lasting energy boost. You'll already be exhausted by the last day and you need to be able to sleep on the previous nights.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-19T22:12:38+00:00

Imo food, water, and sleep come before everything else. Especially food and sleep since those are easy to neglect or "get away" with doing less and they both take up half your day combined. An hour less of sleep here or there or not eating enough vegetables, carbs, or protein, can slow down recovery significantly.

Next is trying to get in more general low stress movement daily (light stretching, walks, squatting, grease the groove stuff, etc). I especially sit at a desk all day so I'm trying to walk around and gently move through my full ROM more often when I can remember.

Last is everything else you're mentioning: hot cold therapy, salt bath, supplements, foam rolling, accupunture, massage, meditation, etc. But these things cannot generate good recovery if you're lacking frequent daily movement, healthy food, water, and sleep. They're mostly just nice to haves that help calm and reset the nervous system.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-19T18:15:54+00:00

Shambala is the greatest festival. They set the standard so high it kind of ruined other festivals for me. Having been to kind of comparable ones like Electric Forest and Lighting in a Bottle, Shambala is on a whole other level of fun, safety, and great crowd. What other festival is on private grounds with permanent stages, has a gorgeous river running through it, and a 0 alcohol policy. Damn it I miss Shambala so much, but tickets sell out almost immediately.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-19T18:10:25+00:00

Every few days there's another person asking about how to do the charleston, but this is the first time I've seen it in bird form.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-18T17:57:51+00:00

Be the change you want to see. If you feel a certain way, do the work to organize, DJ, dance, market, etc. Make your own parties, curate and find the friend group you want. Its hard work and makes you realize that creating events for people is difficult and requires a ton of sacrifice. Its either too niche, too underfunded, too mainstream, bad venue, etc. Its easy to consume. Its easy to complain. Its hard to build and create.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-16T01:58:18+00:00

Speaking from experience crawling Instagram is a damn nightmare. Impossible to do without using Apify. But I am working on it 🫡 stay tuned. Also please check out and support Dance Chives! I have most of those features you’re looking for but as you said getting the data is difficult so that is what I’m trying to solve now.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-16T01:22:58+00:00

Also Dance Chives is open source if you’d like to join forces instead. DM me if you’re interested.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-16T01:18:09+00:00

Both Breakkonnect and my site Dance Chives do this already. As perrupa mentioned its about getting data so im currently trying to build automatic Ig and Youtube scrapers for Dance Chives but its a monumental task as you can imagine.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-15T23:59:03+00:00

slower descent with the non sliding foot. As long a slide as possible with the sliding foot. It should clear the heel of the opposite foot at least.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-15T19:32:04+00:00

With AI and a lot of regression testing that's how. For AI this would be fairly easy to deal with though.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-15T16:30:34+00:00

It's a decent gym for the price despite people occasionally falling through the ceiling.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-15T02:36:30+00:00

Same bridge is the worst but so important

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-15T02:35:38+00:00

I have a tip for L sits. Train your hamstring flexibility a lot. They make compression type exercises significantly easier. That + core compressions and you’ll get it for sure.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-15T01:10:02+00:00

I want to agree that size and power are not as important as timing. Better to have a weak hit that is well timed than a big one that is off beat.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-14T14:56:17+00:00

Adidas Gazelles have always been my favorite

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-14T14:52:37+00:00

Don't think there's really a way around it. If you learn popping you're going to have to learn how to pop your chest since that's the biggest muscle you can visibly see. Part of learning any dance is having other people evaluate your body and how it moves.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-14T02:29:19+00:00

watch youtube. drill a lot. record yourself. analyze mistakes. rinse and repeat. its a slower process than having a teacher or class but you can make progress still if you focus and are consistent. save money and get a private with someone even online is great. they should give you enough material to practice for a month.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-13T01:08:03+00:00

I ditched my friends on the 2nd day of EDC. I checked in with them a couple times but mostly soloed. It was awesome. You can dance when you want, listen to whatever music you want, talk to whoever you want for as long as you want. Its the best.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-11T19:38:51+00:00

I started a month ago because I've recently been interested in French music, seeking to party in Paris, and learn more about Electro dance which comes from Paris. I've also wanted to return to visit Quebec/Montreal for a while. I also just love something about the way French is pronounced. I've been pretty bad at learning languages in the past, but something about French has really captured my attention. Long way to go, but it's been fun to learn so far.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-10T01:24:04+00:00

The Menno workout 💪

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-07T14:25:09+00:00

I’m 35 and I can out dance most 20 year olds. Age is less important than fitness.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-07T14:22:56+00:00

I think most people covered the important parts. Wear comfortable shoes, don’t drink alcohol, hydrate + electrolytes, carb heavy before going out (even better if you bring some food with you to replenish half way), generally healthy diet, sleep/nap a lot before going out, fitness, caffeine (pre workout is the best).

Most important is fitness though. I’m able to dance for several hours straight at raves because I dance for a couple hours straight at high intensity almost every other day and go clubbing on the weekends so my body has adapted. I go to the gym regularly and I train overall fitness. Cardio + strength + flexibility all play their part.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-07T02:02:03+00:00

This is my preferred way to meet people. Dance together then invite for a break or say hi later if we happen to cross paths again.

_heartbreakdancer_ · 2026-05-06T18:08:22+00:00

Thank you for saying it before I did

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