Web Components Clarity: Leveraging Existing Work
Wrapping up the day with meetings, GitHub updates & community Qs. Personal projects: Bandcamp prep, 3D model battery holder & shelving for large format printer. Ready for tonight's meetup!
HIPHOP and CODE radio show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com personal/portfolio site: https://lifelong.dev
Wrapping up the day with meetings, GitHub updates & community Qs. Personal projects: Bandcamp prep, 3D model battery holder & shelving for large format printer. Ready for tonight's meetup!
Wrapped up server & front-end code for new feature. Collaborating with artist on vinyl, double EP now. Working on 3D model & radio show. Watching Daredevil: Born Again
Updated dependencies, responded to community questions & worked on coding project. Also, iterating on 3D model for vinyl pressing extras & preparing tracks for radio show.
Productive week! Recorded podcast, worked on client dashboard & web app idea. Also set up workshop with insulation panels & exhaust fan. Got my steps in using walking pad while working
Long day ahead! Did radio show, Jury Duty & chores. Hoping for a break tomorrow. Maybe some code & sleep. peace piece - Dwane
Productive day was cut short by smart light setup issues. Had to troubleshoot hub compatibility & QR code pairing. Now lights are on, but one's stuck on. Time-consuming, but cool feature. Back to client dashboard & radio show prep.
First day working from the shed, WiFi router handled video calls smoothly. Worked on community questions & uploaded starter app for preview deploy. Set up new equipment & prioritizing client dashboard functionality.
Productive day: submitted doc PR, answered community Qs, met with manager & worked on more docs. WiFi issues at shed still pending
Software engineer by day, entrepreneur by night! Completed shed project, finalized samples for shipping, and prepping radio show. Life is good!
Wrapping up sample apps for new features, demoing with manager & getting feedback. Also prepping radio show tracks & researching shed items. Trying to get demo app running with shipping API
Balancing pro & personal life: Orlando Devs meeting, sample apps, errands, printing models, business planning, radio show prep, and a new workshop! Getting real!
Setting up business with USPS account & PO Box. Focusing on creating samples for potential customers & setting up equipment & accounts. Just dropped off 5 businesses, got great feedback! Next step: order more printers to meet demand.
Meetings, coding & community Qs. Setting up workshop for business with new equipment & 3D models. Printer on pre-order & radio show prep. Almost there with prototype!
Put down payment on workshop/shed for business. Got good deal due to sale! Delivery Sat, aligning with radio show online broadcast. Working on 3D model & tracks
AI helps me generate 3D model for printing, but Google Gemini keeps glitching out! Using Trellis & Blender to edit file now. Also buying Bandcamp projects & prepping social media posts. Much to do before tomorrow!
Similar feeling with coding & 3D printing: creating an idea from scratch, stumbling along the way, but satisfaction when it's done. Next up: web app development & 3D model modifications for a potential big deal for my company.
Software engineer's day: meetings, code merges, community Qs. Personal projects: workshop planning, 3D printing models, business account research. Focusing on prototypes this week!
Happy New Year! Started business officially, created prototypes & coming soon website. Setting up workshop space in shed with 3D printing as main focus. Excited for 2025!
Testing project for blog post, responding to community questions. Also worked on Bandcamp projects and radio show tracks.
Printing waste chute and basket for 3D printer all day. Chose model with anti-vibration feet feature. Hoping to start printing custom items soon, including key chains for parties. First time using new filament material.
Spent day in meetings, training & community Qs. Had issue with project but got help. Printed 3D model after fixing humidity issue. Now prepping for radio show & holiday party.
Wrapped up some coding, discussed project progress with team. Next steps for use cases in the works. Also responded to community questions and prepped for upcoming projects.
Cleaned up code, made pull request & responded to community questions. Also worked on radio show tracks & 3D printing projects. Next week: finalize shopping list & start printing!
Finished prep work for radio show, had good time recording online. Recovering from work trip and catching up on 3D printing projects, including phone case design. Back to coding side project after conference.
Wrapped up meetings, demo'd project & got valuable feedback. Made progress on work project & responded to community Qs. Also worked on radio show & 3D modeling skills for future prototypes.
Software engineer's day: helped coworker with API, replied to community questions, refined previous project. Personal projects: radio show prep, 3D printer ideas, research on modeling programs.
Web Development allowed me to afford 3D printing items, now bringing ideas into the real world. Planning radio show, shopping cart setup & more research on prints & coding projects.
Working on authoring portion of project, demo mostly done, now focusing on creation process for others to replicate.
Wrapped up project updates, worked on new game plan and started implementing it. Also, picked Bandcamp projects to buy and finished social media posts for Friday.
Today was tough with election news distracting me from work. Had a meeting & community question to resolve. Now focusing on radio show & side project, weather's gloomy outside.
Back from work travel, took it slow, responded to community questions, submitted expense report. Productive day despite being tired. Now focusing on radio show tracks and personal projects.
Switched mindset from coding to configuration, made progress on project demo, team pleased with results. Also worked on personal projects and prepared for upcoming events.
Customizing an app is tough! Trying to make it work like I want, but docs and settings files are giving me trouble. Older version works, but what about now?
Caught up on radio show issues, bought adapter. Studied at untilit.works, packed for trip. Worked on side project, implemented store to save state. Trying to get steps in before dark.
Chromebook screen not working, researching solutions. Side project progress: store setup and radio show prep. Watching Dragon Ball Daima tonight.
Spent day coding, hit dead ends, made progress on radio show admin section. Need to store state across components using nanostores. Tonight's goal: knock out event management and watch Dragon Ball Daima!
Made progress on side project, working on admin section and dashboard. Also prepping for radio show with new "Dragonball" episode to watch. peace piece - Dwane
Developer's day: proof of concept working, but deployment to new platform was a challenge. Spent the day figuring it out, no experience with the platform. Now focusing on radio show for tomorrow, hoping upload site will be back online.
Today was weird due to hurricane prep, but managed to refactor code, respond to community questions & work on new project. Now preparing for potential power outage with coding & music.
Deployed proof of concept project to Cloudflare & Deno with Astro code, now installable on any hosting service. Next, refactoring side project for easy cloning and deployment.
Today was productive! Had team meeting, tested GitHub project in Stackblitz, researched new project & started writing blog post. Also planning Bandcamp Friday posts & tackling environment variable issue in side project.
Finished project, working on blog post. Side project now pulls info from GitHub repo. Planning to review Bandcamp projects and prep social media for Friday.
Wrapping up tasks, demoing projects & planning for the quarter. Side project progress, radio show prep & relaxing with "Agatha All Along". Rainy night ahead.
Developer's weekend recap: finished radio show, worked on side project with Astro, refactored code, and tackled backlog tasks. Now focusing on GitHub integration for simplified projects.
Today was productive! Helped with community questions, worked on sample app & updated my site. Now I'll catch up on coding & maybe watch some anime tonight.
Fixed bug in app by delaying function call by 1.5 seconds. Released new version. Now it works every time.
Wrapping up project updates & responding to community Qs. Next, catching up with folks at meetup tonight!
Struggled with auto-refresh feature in demo, got stuck in "Gateway Timeout" error. Productive night working on side project & radio show prep. Almost there!
Developer's day: team meetings, app demo, library fix & blog post outline. Personal: Bandcamp projects, radio show prep, land research & video tool dev.
Productive weekend! Did radio show, studied, worked on side project & voted. Rescheduled meeting with manager & submitted app for review. Watching "The Umbrella Academy" & excited to get new phone!
Met with team, demoed new app feature, wrote docs & uploaded code. Responded to community Qs. Working on another app for upcoming conference. Also worked on side project CSS & radio show playlist planning.
Working on demo app ReadMe copy, community Q&A, and talk prep. Also, trying to get CSS containers working for side project feature.
Overcame blocker with Performance Observer API: observed fetch calls & ran code after promise completion. Now tutorial app works as expected!
Finished radio show with co-host's return. Studied and coded on Sunday. Quick team meeting for new sprint. Working on side project, watching Olympics Breaking event recordings.
Spent Friday finishing up projects, demo app for new SDK feature & porting hackathon app to spin-up environment. Next week, code cleanup & feedback from others. Radio show this Saturday at kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com!