Matthew

Documenting my #buildinpublic journey! Currently building a grocery list app to solve my own problem of efficiently tracking my grocery list.

[Matthew @Burfield12]

It feels so great to push out code and have it pass all tests as it goes through a CI/CD pipeline. Today is going to be a good day! #100daysofcode #codenewbie

[Matthew @Burfield12]

Instead of making goals like "I will finish (the thing) before X date", my goals will instead be "I will spend X time working on (the thing) every day/week". Concentrating on building the habit I think will be more effective than concentrating on the end goal.

[Matthew @Burfield12]

@capajj @prisma Do you find once your schema gets to a certain size you can get a bit lost in there? Sometimes I just need to visually see the relationships.

[Matthew @Burfield12]

Using pen and paper and drawing out UML diagrams I find the easiest way to visualize my database structures? What's your approach?

[Matthew @Burfield12]

As a programmer, what are things you do in your day to day that epitomizes the mantra "work smarter not harder"?

[Matthew @Burfield12]

@heyimsunflower Is it unpopular though?

[Matthew @Burfield12]

@audiencon Any tips for someone that enjoys building and is starting their build in public journey, but is horrible at posting?

[Matthew @Burfield12]

I've thought about setting myself reminders to help build the habit, but then it just feels forced and weird like I have to think of something on the spot 🤔

[Matthew @Burfield12]

Building in public is hard. The building part comes pretty naturally, but the posting about it is hard. I usually just forget - does anyone else struggle with this?

[Matthew @Burfield12]

I really hate admitting failures :(

[Matthew @Burfield12]

My goal was to launch my groceries list app within a month. I failed.

But I'm not giving up. I'm starting again using the #epicstack and this time going to build on the web (as opposed to mobile) where I'm much more familiar.

I can do this!

[Matthew @Burfield12]

@yw_zap Loving the UI/UX! What's your tech stack?

[Matthew @Burfield12]

@yw_zap Designing logos is so hard, an underrated skill! Nice work

[Matthew @Burfield12]

I finally got expo router tabs working within my nx monorepo. Should I have just ditched nx and gone with a super simple setup in the spirit of shipping fast? Probably...but I like this DX and really want this setup to work. Excited to build on this setup in future projects 🔥🔥

[Matthew @Burfield12]

Nothing beats the feeling of finally solving a bug after DAYS!!! of debugging.

[Matthew @Burfield12]

Next week I'll build out the frontend and try to keep it as simple as possible. I'll try to refrain from focusing on having everything perfect in favour of shipping quickly! Let's goooooo

[Matthew @Burfield12]

One week into my "launch in one month" challenge and I'm pretty happy with my progress!

[Matthew @Burfield12]

I already have fastify deploying to https://t.co/bHM4ygXCWh, connecting to a postgres db (also on fly) and using websockets to give realtime updates! I'm so stoked with this setup!

[Matthew @Burfield12]

@krestomantsi @MilesCranmer Omg I think nu-shell is going to be a game changer for me! Can't wait to try it!!