Hi, I’m Rik and I like to build stuff (and sometimes write about that here)

High-Effort Jokes - Learning by having fun
High Effort Jokes? I learn best by doing, by building stuff and trying out new skills. I often use weird, fun, quick one-off projects to accomplish this. This lead to my concept of learning by implementing High Effort Jokes. The process of which goes roughly as follows: I have a (somewhat stupid) fun idea, often a somewhat inside joke for my friends or colleagues I think of a way to turn that idea into a mini project I think of a skill that I want to learn or improve that could benefit from a fun mini project I build and ship said mini project in a couple of days …....