Experiments, Thoughts and reflection

Exercism Programming Advice

Context I am a novice programmer who used to hate programming earlier. Slowly I have started enjoying programming as an activity and exercism.org has played a huge part in it. Exercism is tool to help learn programming, their are numerous language tracks, super interesting problems, absolutely free and the best part, amazing mentors that can mentor you on either a problem specific or a general way. This conversation is one of such conversations that I had with my mentor for a specific problem that I was doing 7 months ago. Through this is for beginners but you never know, ideas and memories are same, one can be used when least expected.🤓 ...

My reflections on - Novelist as a Vocation-Haruki Murakami

In the sequence of reading books by writers about writing1 I recently reread the book, “Novelist as a Vocation” by Haruki Murakami. He is one of my favorite writers, and I was fascinated to understand his writing process. This is not the first book where he explains his thoughts about his writing process, his other book “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running” had some brief moments on the topic. ...

Notes on Building a Meditation App (Day 9)

Today’s Implementation DONE Design consistancy should be ensured (eg. in some places “back” is a button while on others it is an Appbar icon) State “DONE” from “IN-PROGRESS” [2024-02-29 Thu 16:11] State “IN-PROGRESS” from “TODO” [2024-02-28 Wed 21:14] ...

Notes on Building a Meditation App (Day 8)

Today’s Implementation IN-PROGRESS: Design consistancy should be ensured (eg. in some places “back” is a button while on others it is an Appbar icon) State “IN-PROGRESS” from “TODO” [2024-02-28 Wed 21:14] Implementation Details Pages where back button is a “button” Track your mood page Pages with design changes ...

Notes on Building a Meditation App (Day 7)

Note on a week-long absence Well, I just recovered from a severe viral infection. A changing weather and a family function triggered the concern. Things were a bit difficult but I am learning to take these circumstances in my stride. Thanks to the wonder of modern medicine and love of near ones.🙏🏼 Recap of the last session Completed the UI for Mood Tracker Streamlined how reflection(notes after meditation session) and related information are stored in the backend ...