I've been working on my compiler for the last month or so, maybe longer. I've lost track at this point. I'm having a lot of fun. For the first time since I started streaming in April I decided to take a break from streaming this weekend. It was a reminder to myself as to why I decided to not miss twice. It's better to work on something for fifteen minutes than do an hour once a week. You'll spend the first fifty minutes trying to update the context and everything feels hazy. The last week I was able to make some insane progress on the compiler and it felt quite fluid doing it. With minimal help needed from the book if at all. Yet this morning I felt so hazy, lost and confused. The difference is quite staggering. I'm grateful for the days I've shown up and did fifty minutes, something in the right context is definitely better than nothing. I spent an hour this morning just trying to make sense of it all, whereas after a days break that time is around fifteen minutes max if at all. On consecutive days it takes no time at all. So working on it everyday for at least thirty minutes in the long run is way way better. I'm okay with the fifteen minute catch up time after a days break though.
With streaming it was obvious as I've had the chance to observe it after a days break and this was the first time I've had two days break. Now I'm thinking how much time I spend building context at work and my product when I come back after a week sometimes. Which has just given me an idea. I'm going to work on my product daily from today and see how much progress I make by the end of the month. I've got Cursor to help me out as an assistant, see if I can leverage it better. Let the experiment commence. I'm thinking first thing after the gym. Now that I'm practicing a distraction free life, I've got a lot of time in my hands. I'll be reporting back all my findings.