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<p><a aria-hidden="true" class="block-anchor anchor-heading icon-link" id="^i1uzwftgupzy" href="#^i1uzwftgupzy"></a><strong>There is nothing like a worthy opponent to show us our weaknesses and push us to our limit</strong>. (<a href="https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&#x26;asin=B000QCQ970&#x26;location=653">Location 653</a>) </p>
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<p>think this mother should give her son a hug. If he is crying, let him cry on her shoulder. She should tell him how proud of him she is. She can tell Danny that it is okay to be sad, that she understands and that she loves him. <strong>Disappointment is a part of the road to greatness</strong>. (<a href="https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&#x26;asin=B000QCQ970&#x26;location=665">Location 665</a>)</p>
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<p><strong>Growth comes at the point of resistance. We learn by pushing ourselves and finding what really lies at the outer reaches of our abilities.</strong> (<a href="https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&#x26;asin=B000QCQ970&#x26;location=677">Location 677</a>)</p>
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The Rival

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## Welcome to my [Digital Garden](https://joelhooks.com/digital-garden) 🌱

I'm **Kevin**, founder of [Dendron](https://dendron.so/) ([YCW21](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29176158)) - an open-source, local-first, knowledge base for developers. Our goal is to help devs access and structure all the information they have ever come across using plain text, markdown, and version control. 


As a point of reference, I made Dendron because I wanted a better way of managing my own corpus of **30K+ notes**. Dendron is the result of a decade of experimenting with different tools and systems. 

The end result is [[A Hierarchy First Approach to Note Taking|dendron://kevin-blog/blog.pkm.2020-08-24-a-hierarchy-first-approach-to-note-taking]], a system that helped me instantly access any information I've noted before. 

You are reading my personal site which is managed and published using Dendron. You can [clone this site locally](https://github.com/kevinslin/kevin-public-vault) or [make your own](https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/4ushYTDoX0TYQ1FDtGQSg). 


## Navigating the Garden

The advantage of a garden is that it is non-linear and can offer much more context than a linear blog. This is also its greatest downside as it can be hard to know where to begin. If you want to ease into this experience and want a linear feed of blog posts, I would recommend starting off with the [[Blog|dendron://kevin-blog/blog]] hierarchy. 

If you are feeling more adventurous, you can read about how this blog is structured below and go down your own trail!

![[dendron://kevin-public/home.schema#^begin]]

## Contact

You can find and contact me in the following places (sorted by frequency of use):

- Email: kevin(at)dendron.so
- Twitter: [`@kevins8`](https://twitter.com/kevins8)
- Github: [`@kevins8`](https://github.com/kevinslin)
- LinkedIn: [`@kevinslin-thence`](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinslin-thence)

## Working in the Open

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

Code for this blog is available on [github](https://github.com/kevinslin/kevin-garden).

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