The One-Woman Dev Team Diaries #207
My birthday week, non-negotiable coding blocks, one million MAUs, and reading recs for a rainy day.
Birthday Week
It’s my birthday on Wednesday and so I’ve got lots of fun stuff planned throughout the week, including meals with friends and family, alone time (think cream tea and a hotel staycation), a dance shoot, a dance show, a fitness competition, a massage, and more! 😍
As a fun StoryGraph-themed birthday treat, hit “Reply” to let me know either the number one reason that you love StoryGraph or this newsletter! 😊
Non-Negotiable Coding
Whenever I feel like I’m not doing enough of something, it’s often because I haven’t made space for it in my calendar.
Lately, I haven’t felt like I’ve been doing enough coding, yet I know that when I get at least three hours of focused software development done over the course of a day then I feel super productive.
So for the last couple of weeks I’ve experimented with having a non-negotiable, locked-in, three-hour block of coding nearly every day, no matter what else is going on that day.
This means I end up coding three hours a day minimum on days where I typically would have had 0-2 hours of coding.
Sometimes the day just doesn’t allow for three hours straight, so I split it up, but I’ve found that this approach works wonders, even though other things I’m normally more on top of — messages, emails, StoryGraph social media, life admin, etc. — get delayed.
This week needs some more flexibility as to when I’m going to sit down and code, but I’ll be back on it from next week. 💪🏾
1 Million Peeps…
…view their stats every month! 🤩
Isn’t that such a cool stat?
Since Last Time…
…I’ve finished the mobile profile page redesign, made progress on the Librarian Log/Notes feature I’ve been working on for an age, and started work on giveaway hosts being able to edit information on their books.
I hope to finish the desktop profile page redesign before the next issue! 🤞🏾
Rainy Day Horror Recs
A bunch of the Ask Me Anything videos have gone live.
Here’s one where I reckon y’all can help me out:
I posted it on Instagram Stories and got surprisingly few good recommendations.
What I'm reading
An hour left to go with Suzanne Collins’s Sunrise on the Reaping!
Have a great week,
Nadia