Year: 2020

Programming allows me to reduce my anxiety, to reduce my stress, and to calm the little hamster that runs into my head.   In 2016, depression, stress, and generalized anxiety disorders were manifested in my life. From then on, my life turned into a kind of nightmare. All everyday tasks that were commonplace became painful and without interest. Everything seemed like a mountain asking me enormous energy and concentration. In my head, the hamster was still active, way too active. The meditation did not work at all, after 2 seconds my concentration disappeared. In short, all the methods to reduce the swirls of ideas in my head did not work. A health professional told me that it would be important for me to do something that would allow me to…

My name is Sylvain Lafrance, I’m from Québec, Canada. Before beginning, English is not my main language. Please excuse any mistakes I could have done in my posts. As far as I can remember, I always liked electronic and computer stuff. My first contact with a “computer” is when I was in 5th or 6th grade. A teacher brought to his class a Commodore 64 to show us what a computer was. At this time, having a computer at home or even at school was extremely rare.   The beginnings: I’ve got my first computer in the early ’80s. It was a Commodore Vic-20 that my parents bought me. I remember learning to type on the keyboard, seeking through all the keys with my finger to find out the right…