I just finished my first CLI project and all I can think of now is I want to keep coding! I created a CLI project called Tarkov-Pedia. The idea was to create a quick and easy way to look up data about a game called Escape From Tarkov. Tarkov, is a gruesome first person shooter online multiplayer game that refuses to hold your hand. In this game there are lots of different items, guns, bullets, quests, etc. It tends to get overwhelming. So much so, that a there is an entire encyclopedia dedicated to the items in the game. Unlike most games, this game doesn’t give you a map, waypoints, or virtually any assistance. Meaning that all the players are left to fend for themselves. While I was thinking about what kind of CLI project to do, I was playing a quick game of Tarkov with my brother. During the session he kept asking me to look up directions, or item spawns. So I found myself switching from the game, to google over and over again. After the game ended and I went back to brainstorming what I wanted to do for my CLI project, then I realized that I could a CLI program for this game.
In the middle of the night in the busiest city in the world, I had a thought. The thought came to me after hours of droning around in my car on the empty streets of NYC. I’ve been a Lyft driver for a few years now and I was starting to get used to the nightly silence. NY is known as the city that never sleeps but from what i’ve seen, I would say it takes a lot of naps. Even with the unusually slow pace, I get a ride request and headed to my destination. In the middle of the ride, me and the passenger sparked a conversation. The topic was about how tech is constantly advancing and how much better our lives are for it. Why we were talking about this at 2 AM, who knows. Alas, the conversation entrigued us both. As we neared our destination, our conversation came to an end. Like most rides I have given, it ends in awkward goodbyes with the acknowledgment from both of us that we will probably never see each other again. As I drive away, my mind begins to wander. Time passes and I contemplate where I am, what I want to do in life, and what I want to do in the future. Heavy stuff, but what else is there to do when you are driving around alone in a big city in the dead of night. After a few minutes in deep contemplation, I realized, I want to code! Maybe it was the conversation I just had, or maybe my life has been leading up to this for quite some time now. I think back to the days of my high school years.