It’s been a while, old friend. Yes, I have been busy. Work, work, and work. I’ve done some studying, too, but mostly work.
The artistic bug bit me early this year. Nowadays, after working hard on the details of getting this personal site remake up, the web dev bug has bitten me again. Because of it, I’ve focused more on my art with Procreate and my 5-year-old 7th Gen iPad. Eventually, I ended up enrolling in the Google UX Design Certificate course in Coursera because my mindset became way too artistic that it lost motivation to do the investigating and analyzing for answers. But I’m allowed to do both, right? 1
But in turn, thanks to the rebuilding of my personal site/blog because of the adriculous.life domain expiring and not being able to afford renewing it, the web dev bug came after me. Lastly, python came to my mind again, and how I also remembered that python can be used to build websites, web apps, and also for data analytics and data science. It all works out. Just thinking about it…
- I want to solve problems using data
- I want to create fun art
- I want to code
But in a way, it’s impossible to do all of them. Maybe I can be a generalist, but I can never be a specialist with that kind of mindset. So, as part of my unorganized inspirations, I decided to take part in the decades-old social media challenge for coders and would-be coders: The #100DaysOfCode challenge.
All you have to do is to do your coding (or anything related to coding) and track your progress on your TwitterXYZ (?) account, like using it as a progress journal or diary. You code for about an hour everyday and tweet about what you did for that day. Once you reach the 100th day, you’ve completed the challenge.
I completed this challenge once some 10 years ago and it was a fulfilling challenge. It felt really good completing something and a huge accomplishment. Some people would stop right there, and others would start over again. I was one of those who decided to start over again. The #100DaysOfCode challenge that I did back then was building my personal blog and site from the beginning (using WordPress) and tweaking it with CSS, graphics, and plugins. It was difficult, but I made it. Because it’s 100 Days, that would mean a little over 3 months from the first day.
I tried the challenge over and over again, but real life commitments got in the way, and I’m thrown off of the loop and then abandoning it. When I pick up the challenge again, I have to start over again from Day One.
This year’s (?) #100DaysOfCode Challenge
For this year’s challenge, I decided to follow a web dev bootcamp course in Udemy: 100 Days of Code: Web Development Bootcamp. I purchased this course in Udemy a few years ago but never really gotten around to starting it. Now I can.
There is also a 100 Days of Code: Complete Python Bootcamp by one of my favorite Udemy teachers, Dr. Angela Yu of The App Brewery. I also plan on following this as well. But maybe I should go with this one first because it also involves some data analytics and data science in it? Hm, we’ll see.
I haven’t officially begun yet, but I will soon.
That’s all for today. Heading to work on a Saturday morning!
- Data analytics have higher pay, but that’s because it’s a lot more challenging than UX Design, I think…[↩]
First off love your theme! Everything here is looking real cool!
I never really did any coding challenges. Kinda reminds me when I used to try National Novel Writing Month. Always tried, never got far. XD
I’ve done NaNoWriMo before since like 2010 or so. I was able to complete the challenge four times out of those ten years. I officially quit back in 2020 and just wanted to write (fan) fics for pure enjoyment you know?
I’ve only completed #100DaysOfCode once. I haven’t even started yet this year.