Thread by @mcrumm

I...almost completely forgot about giving this talk. I think I may have repressed it. I suppose now would be as good a time as any to talk about why. #MyElixirStatus

https://twitter.com/ElixirConfEU/status/1414525173684916224

The last enjoyable thing I did * for me * was attending Lonestar Elixir Conf 2020. Immediately afterwards came shelter-in-place, the end of a contract gig, and the beginning of a lot of uncertainty for my family. We quickly found ourselves fighting battles on multiple fronts.

I was elated to be asked to give a talk about LiveDashboard. Unfortunately the conference was only a few short weeks after the murder of George Floyd and a period of the greatest civil unrest of my lifetime. My mind was anywhere but on this talk. I did my best to be excited...

Following that, a number of things happened: I quit smoking. I quit Facebook. I started spending way more time on this stupid bird app. Worst of all, I completely screwed up my hands/arms via gripping too hard a controller, grinding console games for 8+ hours every night

This was during what was no doubt the most stressful engagement of my entire career. The stress was mostly of my own making. I let myself get far too close to the project. I am beginning to come to terms with my obsessive behaviour. Then I got furloughed.

It took months for my hands to heal. My physical therapist chastised me multiple times for not taking more breaks. Ten minutes every hour, they said. "Excuse me, are you familiar with the concept of flow?" They were not concerned about the impact this would have on my flow state

I've made very few contributions to LiveDashboard since this talk. I am so grateful to everyone that has submitted issues, PRs, etc over the last year. The LiveView ecosystem continues to grow and I hope folks are still getting lots of value out of LiveDashboard.

Finally, I want to thank @josevalim and @chris_mccord for being some of the most genuinely kind people with whom I've had the pleasure of collaborating. I don't think José intended to have to maintain the dashboard, but he took on the brunt of it when I was unable.

And Chris finished uploads by himself! I felt like I just dropped everything in his lap and said, "sorry, my arms stopped working". Don't get me wrong, it was always his vision, but sometimes you just literally need another set of hands– so glad we could make it happen tho 🐥🔥🚀

In conclusion, because I've said a lot here...probably too much– I will be forever grateful for this community, the people I've met here, and the opportunities I've been blessed to receive. Let's strive to ensure everyone feels this welcome when they join our Elixir community! 💜