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I wrote a #blog article quick-quick, because I wanted to share what happened to me. I accidentally tricked my brain into thinking it was on vacation and it felt amazing!

#humanbrain #patterns #lifehack

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I know you don't like to read other people's source code, but remember, "A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one." -- The Butcher at the Red Wedding, George R.R Martin.

An awesome person building awesome things.

I also want to fix the TimePicker. (it's combo-box of hours), but quick solutions are better than deep-diving into making a good one.

Obviously I haven't had time in a couple of hours every weekend to finish the navigation and clicking on the Add button does nothing, but the data is bound to the ViewModel so that's a +.

Finally, a bit of progress on the ToDo app. The basics for the app are set. I have models, view, and viewmodels.

Happy anniversary!!

Sure, but we burn brighter. Our lives are more eventful. I have learned to appreciate the differences that ADHD can give you. Yes, it can be hard to focus at times and my brain gets distracted so easily, but when it goes in hyperfocus on something, I can get more done than someone without ADHD.

Today I finished one big part of it. I spent the whole day, but it was worth it. I also re-learned a lot of things I forgot about binding and what-not.

I'm making progress!

The Daily Update:

Today I had a more productive day, then yesterday. If you recall yesterday I started working on a big task that I was assigned at work.

Unable to compile answer. The only correct answer is int.Parse("-20")

On a scale from 1 to 10 where 10 is perfectly fine and 1 is frozen ice cube... How did you feel?

I thought I'll finish the rework today. While I did make visible progress I'm like 25% done...not 100% done.

For anyone wondering the issue is that any business logic related to retrieving or processing data should be in the View-Model not in the View's code behind.

Today was tougher 💪🏼. I realized that the previous dev has placed all the good stuff in the View's code behind 😭. So I've spent the morning trying to understand the business logic and I managed to make some progress.

Hopefully I'll be able to make some progress tomorrow.

Progress is progress! 😃

It's never worth the guilt I'd have in my stomach. I hate lying.

Feels like -27... Had to step out... RTO policy is in place 🥹

Best part was that I saw a problem, looked into a potential solution when I got home and it worked 🎉🎉. Now I just have to get to work and try it out.

Yesterday was so nice. I finished the training and was happy to stop reading manuals and start looking at the codebase.

Monday I was assigned my first feature and I got to start looking at it.

Selfie of me all covered up.

Outside the temperature feels like -25°C (-13°F).

I managed to get from my home to the bus shelter.

Now I know why it has that name 😜😂

It will feel like -27 F (-33C) where I am.

I feel you.

I can relate, but some of them are "documentation/support" servers. I don't go to them often... But I go at least once a year.

Okay... it was "bro sleep". You get the idea though.

I think 46 hours without sleep is my record. I don't know how and why you got to 3 days, but as @eleonor-rose.bsky.social said "bro you should sleep"... And I concur for I could not have said it better myself.

Display List View

Add Task View

Alright... I now have the M and the first V from the MVVM. I got the views. 4 hours of work.

Next week-end I will do the ViewModels and hopefully the Commands, such that doing an "Add" actually adds data to the list.

In any case, progress is progress.

30% was googling, 70% was asking GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio (then applying what it said - without copy-pasting). It's all about working-smart and using the tools at my disposal.

Just realized that my serious ToDo app will take time... I spent the late morning (11am to 1pm), just on finding out how to style things the way I want. Lots of googling.

It's nothing on the scale of making the app with CRUD functionality, before talking about communicating with a back-end server.

The Add Task form design in Figma. On a light blue background, the header a text box and an "Add" button.

In the WPF app, on a light blue background, the header a text box and an "Add" button.

So far I was able to get some work done.

I started with a Figma... and created the view in WPF to match it.

Next I want to do the ToDoListDisplayView.

Good morning, everyone! I am hoping that I will get done, today, what I was not able to get done, yesterday.

Wishing you an amazing Sunday!

Finally! Got a the display pic up.

I took care of getting the car up and running, I did groceries and I did some cooking. I thought I'd have some energy left for programming and what-not, but I think I'll take it easy and work on all that, tomorrow.