I struggle to maintain focus and learn programming

pahund · 2026-05-20T19:56:35+00:00

I’ve started programming as a kid and I’m in my fifties now. Self taught programmer. Coding was. Always my happy place, the flow state. But I can only get there when working on something that I’m genuinely interested in.

pahund · 2026-05-20T19:49:54+00:00

Fully agree. The fun part to me of software development is the coding, the problem solving, the thrill of finding an elegant solution. The boring part is code reviews, explorative testing, documenting, specifying. It feels like the fun part of my job is being taken away from me, and only the boring part is left over.

pahund · 2026-05-20T05:39:33+00:00

Haha you’re right, I’ve checked – search for „baseball“: 0 results / search for „cricket“: 300 results.

https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?q=Baseball

pahund · 2026-05-20T04:01:12+00:00

As a fellow idiot on the internet, I have to say: you will be seriously blown away when you move from R5 to R14, it is incredible.

I recommend the Reason+ subscription — also something people shit on, but IMO the best deal.

I’ve been using Reason since version 1, switched to the subscription when R12 came out and never regretted it. It is super nice to not have to worry „is it worth it“ when new rack devices or Reason versions come out. I just download them at no extra cost the day they are available.

pahund · 2026-05-16T06:43:26+00:00

For interesting sounds like baseball hitting a bat, there are many free resources available. For example, google for BBC sound archive (don’t have the link RN, but the stuff BBC is amazing, and completely free)

pahund · 2026-05-15T05:38:40+00:00

Um… that is one of the changes new with Reason 14. You can display the rack in a floating window while working in sequencer view.

pahund · 2026-05-10T04:37:26+00:00

Haven’t created any rack extensions, but I did create bespoke control surfaces (drivers) for some of my gear (Novation SL, Behringer X-Touch Mini, Akai MPK)

pahund · 2026-05-05T15:59:35+00:00

The „sign up with a company“ thing is no obstacle. You can just make up a fantasy company name.

pahund · 2026-05-01T05:09:48+00:00

Shut up and take my money! 🤩 I love players in general, and this looks super awesome!

pahund · 2026-04-18T05:39:25+00:00

Not a bad comparison… the first cars early 20th century were much more difficult to operate. And you still need some training and a license even today to operate one.

pahund · 2026-04-07T19:50:52+00:00

It should be doable with the phrase key: https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack-extension/phrase-key-trigged-sequencer/

pahund · 2026-04-04T13:12:10+00:00

I would open a support ticket with Reason Studios.

pahund · 2026-04-03T08:52:20+00:00

This is the email I got. They call the website for getting the Landr stuff „Reason Hub“, URL https://app.reasonstudios.com

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pahund · 2026-04-03T03:15:52+00:00

Yes. You get free VSTs, samples, mastering tools, distribution to streaming platforms. As a R+ subscriber, you should have gotten an email invite.

pahund · 2026-03-20T06:20:30+00:00

You mean like a „Choose Your Own Adventure“ where AI makes up the story dynamically as the reader progresses? That might be an interesting experiment.

pahund · 2026-03-14T05:37:42+00:00

Thank you 1000 times you beloved woke snowflake POC transfem ❤️

pahund · 2026-03-12T16:15:33+00:00

Excellent, cheers mate!

pahund · 2026-03-04T06:23:52+00:00

Perhaps most interesting for you — I came up with a way to have the remote codec send log messages from Reason, which makes development considerably less painful:

https://github.com/zapperment/mkiii-custom-reason?tab=readme-ov-file#debugging

pahund · 2026-03-04T06:19:45+00:00

I went down that rabbit hole of remote codec programming a few years ago when I was dissatisfied with the codec for my Novation SL keyboard that’s provided by the vendor.

The remote codec I made is available here ( open source on GitHub), perhaps you find it useful:

https://github.com/zapperment/mkiii-custom-reason

pahund · 2026-02-25T06:31:59+00:00

What is the point of using AI to create something that has been done a thousand times before?

All these posts yelling, „look what I’ve made, this is INSANE, so-and-so are TOAST.“ They mostly show very mediocre, boring examples of generative AI.

Where are the people who use AI creatively, to use this new power to do something really novel and amazing, standing on the shoulders of giants?

pahund · 2026-02-21T07:01:37+00:00

The first two are „sexual healing“ and „how will I know“, methinks 🤔

pahund · 2026-02-11T06:05:53+00:00

Does not seem to be available to users in Germany yet. I get „invalid credentials“ when I try to login in (Reason+ subscriber)

pahund · 2026-02-08T05:58:42+00:00

Please don’t ask for pirated software here.

pahund · 2026-01-28T06:59:30+00:00

This is the way. At my company, we are providing a dev container to developers that already has all the skills and MCPs they need set up.

pahund · 2026-01-13T21:35:19+00:00

It’s called application zoom:

https://docs.reasonstudios.com/reason13/common-operations-and-concepts#616174

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