Forem: PETER IREGI

Complaining professionally

PETER IREGI — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:27:20 +0000

Since I started I have come to the realization that I have taken on a new habit. complaining I have become adept at the art of complaining.
The subject could be different but the complaining is a constant . I know going out of your comfort zone is well to say the least not pleasant but the fact that complaining has become like second nature every time the opportunity arises is more than frustrating.
The fact that even this post is complaining that I cant stop complaining, making the monster even bigger, feeding into the habit even more.
I don't know how to stop.But I want to, although it doesn't make me avoid doing the task at hand but starting the task, whatever it might be with, a negative attitude or doing it with a bias formed about the difficulty doesn't make it easier.
I would like to learn how to not complain on how not doing it would be inconvenient or how it could be easier to do it in a less than satisfactory manner without putting as much effort.
It is a bad habit that I want to stop but am finding that starting was way easier than stopping and its a slippery slope after starting.

Is it just me ?

PETER IREGI — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:02:28 +0000

Since I started my journey in learning Go, I have met some challenges along the way. Once in a while a topic will have me confused forcing me to read about it from multiple sources and still end up where I was initially if not worse than I was.
I know that in order to learn you have to accept that you will feel stupid at times but, "I have been reading the contents of this page for the last hour and a half and still don't understand error handling in Go.", "should I take a break and try it again later or just give it a rest and hope it comes to me someday". These are some of the thoughts that go through my mind most of the time. Always stuck in the loop of deciding to reread the material to see if the 13th time is the charm and I will understand it after that or giving it a rest and leaving it all up to the fates.
Hopefully it gets better and the documentation stops feeling like Greek every once in a while. I don't know if it gets easier but my fingers are crossed in the hopes that it gets better, or I get better at it?

Testing, is it the egg or the chicken?

PETER IREGI — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:07:55 +0000

As I had mentioned I am a beginner, with zero experience. Starting my journey with Golang and I got some advice that I should try learning TDD from the jump and since it came from someone I look up to I gave it a try. I was confused from the jump as some one who knows absolutely nothing I was thrown deep into the waters seeing thing that I didn't know the meaning of and how they worked or why the worked how they worked but after a while of learning how to write in Go by starting with the tests for my programs the pieces are starting to come together now, not all of them but just enough for me to see some progress from where I started to where I am now and it is a bit exciting can't wait to learn more and piece more together it is always fun to find out why a certain thing works they way it does especially after having used it for sometime without knowing, It gives you that aha! moment when it all comes together and makes a lot more sense now.

Where to start?

PETER IREGI — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:30:46 +0000

As a beginner I have seen more than one article on what I where I should start what I should learn first in the year 2026. It is all good advice till you have seen ten articles each offering arguments that make the last one you went through seem like some bad advice from a mad person.
You can find advice from different people on the same topic but each has been modified by their experience and is not necessarily what is best for you.
What could have worked for one person is not guaranteed to work for every one.what one person wished they could have done when they were starting out is not what every person should do when starting out.It is advised that we learn from the mistakes of those who came before us to save us the struggle but at times the struggle is needed for the journey to have meaning.
Instead of reading more articles just decide on one path stick to it and if along the way you have a change of heart or perspective you are always free to re-strategist and pick an new path that aligns with your intentions. The most important thing is that you start and don't get stuck in an infinite loop of research.