Saturday, January 08, 2022

Day 3 of 100: Focussed on PostMan

 For my day 3 objective, I completed the sections on managing requests through PostMan following the complete guide to PostMan course on Udemy. 95% of the topics covered were things I already knew but served as a good refresher. 

Picked up a couple of things:

- XHR - XML HTTP requests, I am gonna use it now when I inspect the network tab in chrome dev tools. 

- Importing requests from browser into PostMan, so cool. Never did this earlier.

Sunday, January 02, 2022

Day 2 of 100: 100 days of code challenge

 Completed day 10 of the 100 days of learning python on udemy. 

Saturday, January 01, 2022

Day 1 of 100: 100 days of code challenge

 Completed Day 9 lesson of the 100 days of code for Python course in Udemy.

Thursday, December 30, 2021

100 days of code - failed the first attempt

I failed to keep up with the 100 days of code challenge that I started in the Thanksgiving break. Got a decent start and was motivated but once work started back up, I had no chance to complete the daily assignments. 

Factors that led to the failure to keep up:

  • Randomization at work. Still a small team and I do different types of work each day (people management, process upkeep, individual contributions to codebase and support tickets, strategic planning) that leads to significant mental fatigue by 7 pm. Opening up the coding course at that time and focussing is just tough. 
  • Working from home with 3 kids definitely puts a strain on the amount of disposable time I have while they are awake and active. Setting aside time at night became next to impossible. 

How am I going to succeed in the next round:

  • Set aside time in the morning before work and before the kids wake up. 

Lets try this one simple hack and see how the second attempt goes. 

Monday, November 29, 2021

Day 7 of 100: 100 days of code

 First day of work after time off and it was brutal. Did not get a chance to push commits to git but completed day 8 of the python bootcamp course. Enjoyed working on the Caesar Cipher assignment.