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A column changed type 8 days after I mapped it, and nothing told me

I was rewriting a Java/Spring backend to Go. The database wasn't going anywhere — it already existed, with real data in it, and eighteen tables' worth of history behind it.

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I ripped the color of failure out of my calendar

There's a specific kind of night: you lie down having finished half your list, and the only thing your brain replays is the half you didn't.

• Author developed an app to counter all-or-nothing thinking in task completion.
• App features no color for incomplete tasks, no percentages, and no progress bars.
• Returning after a break is celebrated, not audited for the gap.

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I built a coding workspace for Android because I hated coding on my phone

Have you ever had an idea, assignment, or small bug to fix while you were away from your laptop? You have your phone. You have the code. But you don't really have a proper coding environment.

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