A Look Back: Week Ending September 20th

Posted on Sep 21, 2020

Part of the series: Journals

The most consequential thing I did last week was hit a wall, one that’s going to change how I design the UI. Here’s that and everything else.

Guildflow

Posted a draft of the terms of service for feedback.
Made and shared progress on the editable navigation but ran into some UI / Framework issues that are going to cause me to rethink how I design the UI.
Posted a video story about why I built Guildflow.
Updated the website to use Fathom Analytics, which does not use cookies, and thus helps me avoid obnoxious cookie agreement banners.
Posted a 2 minute demo of how Group Export works.

Work

Did an adhoc unit testing Q&A with fellow CocoaHead Kenny. Probably going to do some more at the upcoming Side Project Saturday.
Did my main Android Book Club homework, chapters 14 and 15 coded, and through chapter 17 read.
Did some extra Android Book Club homework, learning about Kotlin Coroutines.
Watch the Apple Event. Not a watch user myself and not in the market for a new iPad, but some interesting things.
Did a first call with a client prospect.
Submitted a client proposal document that was mostly done last week.
Met with Kotaro and reviewed each other’s project progress.

Personal

Saw my doctor for my annual physical. Making good progress on my weight loss, still have a lot to go.
Continued my play through of Final Fantasy 4j (rom hack version). Discovered the developer’s room after 29 years!
My Mario 3D All Stars hasn’t shipped yet but hope to play it soon.
Got a new keyboard! Old one had a broken left arrow key.
Got some new sweatpants! My morning walks were getting very cold these past few weeks.

About the Author. Mike Zornek is a developer and teacher focusing on product design and development with a heavy focus on Elixir and LiveView. In between his projects, Mike helps other teams through consulting. During off hours, he enjoyed watching Phillies baseball and playing relaxing video games.

Hopefully, you found interest in my scribbles. If you have commentary or a response, I'd love to hear it.