MimiJS: A Letter to My Younger Self
Over 10 years ago, I was a young engineer with a point to prove. I spent my nights building MimiJS, a lightweight Dependency Injection framework. I named it after my daughter, Mimi. Back then, code felt like magic, and I felt invincible.
But time moved faster than any release cycle.
A decade of high-pressure roles and the "mental tax" of life slowly dimmed that fire. Passion became a chore. While I was busy navigating my career, my little Mimi grew up. The toddler I named the framework after is now a young woman.
Last week, I opened the repository again. With the help of AI (Claude), I started refactoring those old lines of code. Seeing the logic evolve through a modern PR felt like talking to my younger self. It was a strange, nostalgic bridge between who I was and who I am now.
I realized the fire wasn't gone; it was just buried under the noise of the "Senior" title. Refactoring MimiJS isn't just about clean code anymore. Itβs about reclaiming a piece of the heart I put into engineering ten years ago.
How time flies!