I'll be honest, I'm getting a bit nervous
Written by: OG Jappleng
You would think that after announcing a bold release date that I'd be more than confident about making it on time and I'm not worried so much about that because I probably won't after losing several days of Jappleng work due to other obligations. I'll work overtime as necessary to release as much as I can. I had a dream last night that could basically be deciphered as the fear of not completing a project and truth be told I couldn't feel more scared.

In perspective, Jappleng has been a huge part of my life and even when I wasn't working on it for most years, I've spent over 16,000hours working on it in all but mostly within these past 3 years which is...
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My back feels 100% better!
Written by: OG Jappleng
My back has been hurting since I kind of broke it 10 years ago. It's been a painful ongoing process that gradually got better. I only have myself for not focusing on fixing it through various particular exercises but lately these past 2 weeks were rough! My lower back felt miserable most of the day but even worse when I would wake up. This made it really hard for me to get enough sleep, I would keep waking up every hour or so and when it came time to work, I would be brain dead. I couldn't take it anymore...

I decided to get a 3" memory foam mattress topper, it was a bit expensive but it was worth every penny. I think it cost about $155. It's rated at...
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My honest thoughts about when Jappleng will be done
Written by: OG Jappleng
It seems that every month goes by and Jappleng isn't complete, but as the months go by, there's usually a significant amount of updates made. I do wish I could work on Jappleng from morning til night, it's not possible, nor is it healthy. I have a lot of things to do during the evenings and from experience, sitting for long periods of time is not healthy -- and it can cause strokes!

I get about 6-7hrs a day to work on Jappleng these days which is reasonable, but not enough.  A single feature can take several hours to days if there's an annoying technological barrier. For instance, I spent about 8hrs trying to implement a custom scrollbar for the...
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I'm going insane, my back pain is keeping me from sleeping
Written by: OG Jappleng
Seriously, this back pain is terrible! Some days I hardly feel it but on other days I can't even sleep and then when I get out of bed it feels like I was shot in the lower back and it hurts a lot until the pain killer kicks in. I don't remember when was the last time I had a full night's rest, I think it was around February?

This past week I had no real sleep. The best I could do is forced meditation and that's pushing it since I'm tense the whole time. The side effects are pretty bad because it's not just the pain but the outcome of that pain that really upsets me.

Side Effects of not sleeping (what I'm experiencing)
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Bought a new bed QoL will be great!
Written by: OG Jappleng
So, on Friday I had gone out to buy a bed. Met this really nice bed shop owner too, he wasn't your typical car salesman so to speak. The bed in question is a latex-based mattress and king size to make it even better.  The unfortunate part is that it won't arrive here until the 5th of July but until then I'm going to be taking anti inflammatory medicine which seemed to have helped over the weekend.

Overall what this means for Jappleng is that I will be able to feel well rested and have energy throughout the day to work without worry. Presently I'm not really getting much sleep and it's been the case since around February so every day is a constant...
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