# 🚀 Daily Developer Journey
Building in public. Logging the grind. Sharpening the craft one small deliberate step at a time.
I wanted a place that isn’t polished like a portfolio and isn’t throwaway like random notes. This is the in‑between: the raw timeline of leveling up as a full‑stack dev. Instead of chasing perfect outputs, I’m tracking reps: reading, building, debugging, shipping, reflecting.
Core rules:
- Log something every day (even if it’s “I only read 6 lines of docs”).
- Ship weekly: a commit, a tiny feature, a refactor, a lesson learned.
- Reflect → Adjust → Repeat.
Each week gets its own folder: WeekX/ containing daily markdown entries (day1.md, day2.md, …) or a single README.md inside with all days. Flexible on purpose—progress > format.
WeekN/
├─ day1.md
├─ day2.md
└─ ...
Future weeks will auto‑generate via a script (see Automation Ideas below).
| Week | Dates | Theme / Focus | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13–19 Jul 2025 | Getting momentum | ✅ Repo created, habit started |
| 2 | 20–26 Jul 2025 | Consistency reps | (Add highlight) |
| 3 | 27 Jul–2 Aug 2025 | (Planned) | (TBD) |
| 4+ | … | Evolving | Scaling difficulty intentionally |
Add highlights as you go. Tiny wins count.
- Frontend: React / Next (or Vanilla drills) + UI refinement
- Backend: Node.js (Express / Fastify) + API hygiene
- Data Layer: PostgreSQL + Prisma / raw SQL drills
- Tooling: Git discipline, testing habits, small automation scripts
- Learning Track: Algorithms (short daily reps > marathon sessions)
- 30‑day logging streak
- Ship a small end‑to‑end feature (backend + UI) this week
- Add at least 1 test per feature touched
- Automate README streak badge
- Write one “Deep Dive” mini essay (performance, architecture, or debugging story)
Manual for now—can be auto later.
Streak (placeholder): ■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□□□□ (10 / 20)
Focus Allocation (ideal %): Code 50 | Learn 20 | Refactor 10 | Review 10 | Write 10
### Day X (YYYY-MM-DD)
Mood: 🔵 / 🟢 / 🔴
Focus: (e.g. API pagination)
What I Did:
-
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Obstacle(s):
-
Lesson(s) / Micro-insight:
-
Next Step:
-
Ship Token: (commit hash / gist / link)
Copy → Paste → Fill. Fast > Fancy.
Track process improvements itself.
| Date | Experiment | Result | Keep? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-15 | 25‑min focus blocks | Energy sustained better | ✅ |
| 2025-07-18 | End-of-day planning | Reduced morning drift | ✅ |
| (Add more) |
- Debug diary: 1 tough bug per week, dissect root cause.
- Build tiny CLI to scaffold
WeekNfolder. - Auto-generate weekly summary (commits, languages, top changes) via GitHub API.
- Add graphs (lines of code touched / test coverage trend).
- Tag mood vs. productivity and see correlation.
Script concept (pseudo):
next_week() {
week_num=$(grep -Eo 'Week [0-9]+' README.md | tail -1 | awk '{print $2 + 1}')
mkdir "Week${week_num}" && cat > "Week${week_num}/README.md" <<'EOF'
# Week ${week_num}
## Days
- Day 1 ()
- Day 2 ()
- Day 3 ()
- Day 4 ()
- Day 5 ()
- Day 6 ()
- Day 7 ()
## Weekly Reflection
- Biggest Win:
- Challenge:
- What I automated / improved:
- Next Week Focus:
EOF
}Could wrap into a GitHub Action that opens a PR every Sunday.
Use weekly:
- What slowed me down?
- What skill felt 1% easier?
- Did I ship something users/devs could touch?
- What can I delete / simplify?
Feel free to open a PR suggesting: better structure, a productivity hack, or a leaner template. (No feature bloat—clarity wins.)
If you’re doing something similar, drop a star ⭐, fork, or share your own routine.
Personal learning log. Content licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 (non‑commercial reuse with attribution). Code snippets: MIT unless stated.
Perfect is a trap—shipping beats polishing.