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With the spread of all this misinformation, please allow me this opportunity to share some lesser known FACTS about the Haitian people. You'd be surprised how much American history & Haitian history are intertwined, much more than you were ever taught in school. Haitians have always been some of the most resilient people, dating back to their independence in 1804. They became the world's first free black republic after defeating their colonizer France & concurring their highly acclaimed, highly touted, war general Napoleon Bonaparte in the Haitian Revolutionary war. France responded to their defeat by sending warships over to Haiti and demanding 150 million Francs (about $21 billion now) as reparations for their "Lost Property" aka slaves. Yes, the French wanted the FORMER SLAVES to pay reparations to their SLAVE OWNERS. Haiti was forced to pay France in part due to the threat of being bombed but also through the pressure of the United States. Threatening to enact a trade embargo on the newly independent country if they didn't pay. You see, because the United State's economy at the time was so deeply rooted in slave labor they saw Haiti's new found independence as a threat to their way of life. So America got with all the other white countries and agreed that they wouldn't even acknowledge Haiti. Word spreading of a successful slave revolt would be bad for business. At this time Haiti was one of the richest colonies in the America’s through major exports of coffee & sugar. But the price France was asking for in reparations was 6 times their Annual GDP. Haitians were face with a choice, if they didn't pay France back, the rest of the world wouldn't recognize them or trade with them. If they did, they'd be broke....They decided to go with the latter. At one point, 80 percent of the Haitian Economy was spent on servicing that debt to France. If you ever wondered why Haiti is so poor, it all starts here. But Haiti couldn't pay the enormous sum of reparations owed in full, so they were forced to take out a loan from the world bank just so it could make its first payment. But that only added to the burden, after interest and commissions for French bankers. This became known as Haiti's "double debt." A debt that was eventually bought by a bank in the United States. A bank known today as Citi Bank. In 1914 American forces would eventually occupy Haiti & ruled over the country with brute force for 19 years, one of the longest military occupations in American history. During that time American soldiers took $500,000 in gold from Haiti's central bank back to the Americas for "safekeeping." The gold was in the vault of Citi bank within days. Haiti would never see that money again. The US would take political and financial control, often giving out bad loans to the country at the cost of Haiti’s future and making Citibank untold billions richer in return. Thats not the only time the exploitation of Haiti directly benefited the United States. Because of the huge loss France suffered during the Haitian Revolution, France no longer felt confident that they could defend their territory in the Americas. France wanted out of the New World. They decided to sell their land to the US which would become the LOUISIANA PURCHASE which is widely regarded as one of the biggest & most profitable real estate returns on investment ever made, it doubled the size of the US overnight. Theres so many more examples like this through out Haiti's history. It's easy to see the tip of an iceberg & draw shortsighted conclusions. Doing so without taking into consideration the many years of history that got us here is naive & narrow-minded. You can't look at the problem without acknowledging the role we've (the United States) played in it. Whether thats misinformation or the reality of the situation, we continue to play a role in perpetuating the problem.

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Writing code is not for humans. Yesterday, my head almost exploded. You could fry an egg on my forehead. I was trying to implement a cool image transition on a website I'm working on, and I couldn't get it to work. I wanted to cry. After a couple of hours of coding, I could tell that our brains were not designed to remember large code bases, lots of variable names, and solve code issues. I can see why tech developers make a lot of money, but I'm not sure it's worth the mental pain. Some of my takeaways: 1. No-code tools are amazing. The fact that we can build robust websites with tools like Webflow or Framer without writing code is incredible. It makes our work faster and helps us earn like developers while not suffering the mental pain of coding. 2. Ai is amazing, and I'm not afraid for my job. I'm using a very cool tool called Slater to help me write the extra code I need, and because I don't know much about coding, the Ai companion in the app is incredibly helpful and allows me to do much more. That being said, it still takes a lot of work to explain exactly what you want. It's not about to replace me, just help me do my work faster. 3. Using custom code for animations (GSAP) is cool, but you can really do without it. Lately everyone is excited about the custom animations enabled by GSAP (a cool JavaScript animation library). I'm happy I've learned how to use it and will probably incorporate my learnings into our courses. That being said, most websites don't need too many fancy animations. Most clients are not trying to win design awards, they just want a website that performs well. Excited to show you the website I'm working on in an upcoming YouTube video!

The project timeline is 6 weeks because… I just may need 5 weeks to think. One thing about good design is that it takes time to process. Execution is one thing. BUT getting the right concept? That’s a different ball game.