I did this in December for more than 30 days and I must say, not going as hard this year, leaves me with a different feeling.
I am now motivated to go another 30 plus days, and then maybe 60,90 an then 150.
Shout out to all the .NET maxis
It's now been 150 days since I started my latest coding streak.
Every time I do this, I'm reminded of how much I love programming - the ability to shut off the rest of the world and exist in a space where it's just you and the computer, discovering and automating a process. Everything you create is either true or false - no ambiguity, no political maneuvering, no malleable human interactions where power impacts reality.
And with AI as a partner, I find programming even more immersive - debugging, bouncing ideas, writing tests. It helps you get into that flow state nostr:nprofile1qqspyj93dt9uvc7k9gx05slhulzu664ectrdk0smvdu0q8nv9csw6jcpzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue07fyxsq described in his nostr:nprofile1qqsd0f68dvf98gvs9am9dp0lu0f4r7xzu2k89rm9tt448axf5tu6wlgpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcumsdy3 talk last year. I often reflect on how much those early coding sessions with him in 2017 shaped my Bitcoin development path. He was my ChatGPT before ChatGPT, guiding me into the flow - hopefully, I've returned the favor.
Behind every successful developer, there are people making sure things actually get shipped, explained, and used. Coding is just one part of the equation. Huge thanks to nostr:nprofile1qqsqjg3g27huav3uvmyeljfa3e0tmfkh4tvsr6ec4aeu2z83za59qyspr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6un9d3shjtnhd3m8xtnnwpskxef0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytfsxyhxymmvwshx7cnnv4e8vetj9uq35amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7t9wghxv6tpw34xze3wvdhk6tcenq38j, Di, nostr:nprofile1qqspwh6k34mlkr9hgq8smhv2a5tn3ntew5etx980q5apv6w5mwn5xwspzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue06fzc6s, nostr:nprofile1qqspe0vmhu7gct8vzp6wksuf8ry4j32jfxcqepjqdyzfs89f2j5j7csv0nqwc and Brandon for keeping ideas flowing and clearing roadblocks so the FOSS technology we build actually reaches the world.
If you're a developer, I highly recommend getting into this mode for at least one year of your life - where no matter what's going on, you find a couple of hours to code every single day. No matter the weekend, the travel, the feelings. Every time I've done it, it has leveled me up in ways I never expected.
I love where I've ended up, and I can't wait to start announcing everything that's come out of this streak.
The first one drops on March 6th. Be ready.
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yeah, once start hitting that 60 day mark and start thinking about having full graph for the year - it changes you.
good luck with your streak and .net 4 ever