What am I reading?

HOW TO LIVE by Derek Sivers for the second time. I read the Kindle version in February 2025; now it's the hardcover.

I'm highlighting the most important parts, and plan to reread it a third time to take notes and have deeper thoughts.

Tennis

I'm participating in my second tournament. I won the first match on March 17. My next game is in a few days.

Coding

This website

I was in an email chat with Derek Sivers. He asked me:

Will you have a website at romuloaalves.com some day?

Damn, I had an item in my TODO list to create a website again, because my old one had just links to my social profiles. This was the trigger to make this!

The goal is to increase the content, adding a few things like:

• Reading list
• Study list
• Projects/services I support
• Projects I have worked on
• ...

So, thank you, Derek!

Side project

Working on a side project in my free time, which I may launch and share publicly in September. I'm using two technologies for the first time: Python and Deno.

Python (Django)

I have never worked professionally with Python or Django, but I know the basics of the language. Using Django and Python in this project because of everything Django offers out of the box and how easy it is to create an MVP.

Cursor is making the work easier, but I have no doubts I could build without it. I'm not letting it do everything and whatever it wants. It's mostly being used as an auto-completer.

Deno (Fresh)

I worked with Next.js from 2018 to 2021. Now, I think it's becoming too complicated even for simple use cases. So I decided to adopt Fresh.

I may have a more better review of it soon.