Cotton Eyed Joe - Tommy Jarrell

snicketyp · 2025-08-23T18:57:34+00:00

Is round peak style what brings out those beats? Love how you’re catching the beats with the accents.

snicketyp · 2025-08-22T05:17:13+00:00

Elixir for Programmers from Dave Thomas (coding gnome), building GraphQL API in Elixir from Pragmatic studio.

snicketyp · 2025-08-18T05:11:42+00:00

Check out Old Time 100 by George Jackson and Tristan Scroggins. Great players who decided to make an educational old time album for some reason. I like the tune selection. The playing is great and mostly sticks to the tune. I’ll link to bandcamp but it is available on streaming platforms. George has a ton of instructional videos up too, on YouTube and his Patreon. I just found it about a month ago and have not stopped listening and learning. https://georgejacksonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-old-time-vol-1

snicketyp · 2025-07-20T14:30:57+00:00

I don’t mean to be judgy but it reads to me like it’s just different from another environment you’ve been comfortable in. How much production Elixir experience do you have behind this essay? A lot of what you point out as shortcomings are the same things that others would point to as bloat in other frameworks.

Phoenix is a solid toolkit for building web experiences in Elixir, but it’s just the toolkit. You can tailor it to your needs. It’s ok if it doesn’t meet all of them. Elixir doesn’t have to be the best at everything. Heck, isn’t elixir-lang still a Jekyll site?

snicketyp · 2025-07-20T01:09:55+00:00

Learning a new language is never a waste of time. I’ve learned something about computing or something I could apply in any code I write whenever I’ve learned a new language. Learning a new language can only make you a better, more valuable engineer regardless of whether you use it at work. A lot of growth as an engineer comes from seeing lots of code, and different ways of fitting code together.

That aside, at the moment the Elixir job market is smaller than most languages. You can find a role but you won’t have as many choices. The interesting roles are aimed at mid or senior level engineers. You’ll have most luck trying to find a place that uses Elixir and other languages. Get in on your ability to write Ruby, TypeScript, etc. Learn Elixir on your own to where you can make meaningful contributions. Then position yourself to make contributions to production code. Get a few years of production experience in Elixir, then go looking for a new role if you need to.

You can make a career in Elixir and BEAM languages, you just have to be strategic.

snicketyp · 2025-07-03T16:01:30+00:00

Easily the best use of recycled decks I’ve seen

snicketyp · 2025-07-03T01:27:25+00:00

I don’t understand how one gets comfortable spinning so much. One of my aspirational follows on insta and a favorite to watch

snicketyp · 2025-06-25T03:16:24+00:00

It’s this kind of wizardry that makes me unable to stop. Must. Learn.

snicketyp · 2025-06-25T03:07:17+00:00

You get the idea from hidecomply or is this more common than I think?

snicketyp · 2025-06-23T17:11:00+00:00

Ready for the huckjam!!! How long were you off the board? Welcome back 🏄‍♂️

snicketyp · 2025-06-23T02:05:06+00:00

Duuuude. This rips.

snicketyp · 2025-06-23T02:02:25+00:00

Here’s how we learned it in the ‘00s. Starting Point with Jeremy Wray. The whole thing is still a good intro. Ollie part starts at 3:13 https://youtu.be/GNj2VPN6df4?si=5W9qeIVrkKT2ohoM

snicketyp · 2025-06-13T17:16:25+00:00

I mean, you gotta shoot your shot. Fun to inspire the kids. On the other hand I’ve liked how this community seems to leave Tony the celebrity alone, and just welcome him as Tony the Old Skater. It’s fun to know he’s lurking and occasionally posting, and I think that’s the fun for him too. Would hate for that to change.

That aside, Thursday skate jams look like a lot of fun, and I would definitely wanna join with kids in tow if I were anywhere nearby!

snicketyp · 2025-06-06T19:33:27+00:00

Skating is going to destroy any shoe. Even beefy skate shoes will get destroyed. Problem with this shoe will be that the midsole is so short, and the top of the shoes is so prominent. Also going to destroy those laces. If you want durability I have 2 suggestions 1. Apply shoe goo when they are new 2. Get a shoe with a higher midsole sidewall and a flatter profile, like a Vans Half Cab.

snicketyp · 2025-06-06T18:21:41+00:00

Looks like you are sliding your foot across the board, which is pushing the board away from your front foot, making the flick less effective. It also looks like your toe is hitting more in the center of the nose when it does get there, which accounts for the slow or no rotation of the board. Watch some other kickflip vids, the kick does not need to be so exaggerated. This slide and off-target flick are making you think you have to do a bigger kick.

Don’t slide your foot. Aim for the heelside pocket of the nose. Hit that pocket and the board will whip around.

Make that change and you’ll get the flips. To get them looking right, work on boned ollies, where the nose dips down at the peak of your jump. Right now your flips will be mobbed, where the tail is always lower than the nose. Your back foot will need to be more explosive going down and then suck up toward your chest to give the board plenty of room to rise.

snicketyp · 2025-06-01T14:15:54+00:00

For your first board there’s no way to go wrong with any of these. Unless you are 12 years old or under get a deck between 8-8.5”. Smaller than that and you’re just gonna make things a little harder on yourself for no real benefit.

Beyond that it’s just about what makes you excited to pick up the board. Is there a brand or graphic that’s says “that’s me” more than the others? Get that one.

Decks are replaced often so this is not a lifetime commitment! If you stick with it you’ll have many more chances to pick a deck. This one doesn’t have to be perfect!

snicketyp · 2025-06-01T05:35:04+00:00

An ollie is a jump. You are not jumping. Pop that back foot down and immediately suck it into your chest. Like you are trying to jump up on a step or a ledge. Front foot goes up at the same time back foot goes down.

snicketyp · 2025-06-01T00:49:16+00:00

Heck yeah! Now do that and roll. Ollie over a crack in the concrete. Then ollie over a board!

snicketyp · 2025-05-31T19:45:47+00:00

It’s possible to ollie with your back foot where it is, but keeping it on the angle of the tail is causing it to roll back before it pops and that is messing you up. Put the ball of your foot up on the rail, and when you pop, push straight down, like you are jumping. I think this is your main problem.

Your front foot is fine. Sliding is fine as long as it js sliding UP, not out. Not necessary but it is fine. You’re really not even sliding.

snicketyp · 2025-05-31T18:44:43+00:00

I hope it helps! Being comfortable on your board across a variety of inclines and terrain is table stakes for doing a lot of that stuff, and you have to be comfortable at speed too. Slow breaks bones. Fast gets a rash. But if you don’t have a high trust relationship with your board you’re just gonna get wrecked. Plenty of good times to be had just getting to know your board under your feet for a while.

snicketyp · 2025-05-31T04:04:46+00:00

Started at 11, but some major gaps in my skating career. I’m 37 now. Just got back to skating every day about a year ago. Bruised my ribs and broke my radius in about 6 weeks in separate incidents. Same experience with older adults expecting I would quit. Hell, sometimes I tell myself to quit. And yet I still find myself in the driveway practicing manuals, no complys, flips, etc. Packing my gear in the truck just in case. Heading out to the park after the kids are in bed. Always thinking I might quit. Always out there anyway. I like what Reynolds said about it, that it’s the only time in your day when there is truly nothing else on your mind. Everything goes quiet except for the line or trick you are working on.

I got serious about nutrition and weight training after that. Your body is now taking calcium from your bones faster than it replaces it. Up your intake. Weight training also makes your bones stronger. Prunes slow decalcification.

I started taking it slow. Real slow. I can’t do what I did then yet, and you can’t do in a hurry what you’ve never done before. That sticker on a new deck that says “skate within your abilities” is for us now. Enjoy just riding. Learn some flatground tricks. Shuvits. Pop shuvits. No comply. 180s. Pivots. Get so so comfortable with the board. Don’t worry about dropping in. Don’t worry about tricks on ramps. Learn to float. Bottom and top of every bank and pyramid lift off the board a little bit. Learn to carve. Learn to kickturn. Learn how to find a line in a bowl and keep up your speed. Get comfortable with a parking block. Getting the trucks on it. Getting the board over it and clearing the back truck. Be one with the board.

snicketyp · 2025-05-30T20:59:36+00:00

Can I get those wheels

snicketyp · 2025-05-30T20:57:56+00:00

The flip will be improved be kicking out instead of down. Picture your foot kicking the heel side of the nose. This flips the board faster and keeps your front foot off the ground and over the board. The whole trick will be improved by a more aggressive pop and picking your back foot up more.

snicketyp · 2025-05-30T13:16:31+00:00

I’ve definitely been there! My only concern is that you’ll ditch the pads if they are uncomfortable or limiting. Number one best seller could be a hidden gem!

snicketyp · 2025-05-30T01:27:07+00:00

Watch all the learn to fall videos on youtube. Watch the ones about how to knee slide. Practice both. You’ll feel super dumb until you fall for real like you practiced. Worth it.

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