<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Happiness on ilikeorangutans</title><link>https://kuelzer.ca/tags/happiness/</link><description>Recent content in Happiness on ilikeorangutans</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><copyright>© 2026 Jakob Külzer</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:27:24 -0400</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://kuelzer.ca/tags/happiness/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>On Wasted Time</title><link>https://kuelzer.ca/posts/2017/08/23/on-wasted-time/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:59:40 -0400</pubDate><guid>https://kuelzer.ca/posts/2017/08/23/on-wasted-time/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Recently I&amp;rsquo;ve been feeling&amp;hellip; unaccomplished. Despite all my achievements, acquired skills, and successes I&amp;rsquo;ve had a thought gnawing at the back of my mind. I realized, after looking at my extensive list of side and toy projects, that none of them are making any progress. In some of them I invested lots of time, others are just ideas, barely sketches. But they all have in common that I grew tired of working on them. Either because after a day at work my brain is tired, or because other things are taking precedence. I&amp;rsquo;ve moved into a house that requires constant upkeep. Things break or wear out and before your know it you&amp;rsquo;ve spent an afternoon fixing something. And then I&amp;rsquo;ve finally picked up a regular workout routine. Generally I&amp;rsquo;m proud of that, and because these things take time, I had no time for my side projects. Or at least that&amp;rsquo;s what I thought and told myself.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>On Developer Happiness and Productivity</title><link>https://kuelzer.ca/posts/2013/04/03/on-developer-happiness-and-productivity/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:59:40 -0400</pubDate><guid>https://kuelzer.ca/posts/2013/04/03/on-developer-happiness-and-productivity/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;rsquo;ve had the idea for this blog post in my mind for a long time. It is based on all my personal experiences and observations over the past years and is in no way scientific. It is my personal opinion, and even though this is how I perceive the world, it might not be true for other people. With that said, let&amp;rsquo;s jump to the core of things.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;A happy developer is a productive developer.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>