Daily Journal

An attempt to share in public my daily progress and process with my fans. Every week, I'll bundle up my key achievements and learning in a weekly newsletter issue.

Day #27 - Another pricing experiment

"If I had a subscription for every pricing change, I'll have reached $1M AAR by today!" by Jim Raptis For many days, I've been tempted to…

October 15, 2020

Day #26 - All that glitters is not gold

My morning routine of checking email was not so pleasant today. Apparently the viral tweet from yesterday had some side effects... It was…

October 14, 2020

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Day #25 - The power of Twitter

Today, I've spent most of the day on small fixes to achieve the "valuable" 100% score on Lighthouse. It's not a difficult but kinda boring…

October 13, 2020

Day #24 - Another severe bug

On the weekend, I figured out that my new precious Next.js website had a huge issue ! It took me days to find out that SSR had a bug and my…

October 12, 2020

Day #23 - Structuring a new project

It was a long week with a lot of dev work. The MagicPattern website is online and runs smoothly! Then, I had some time to reflect on my…

October 09, 2020

Day #22 - Deploy the new frontend app

Finally it's the day to publish the new Next.js website/app (yeah it's still a single project)! Vercel's workflow is amazing! The DX flow to…

October 08, 2020

Day #21 - Writing content

Today, it was a day dedicated to content! The blog is slowly populated with content. The two out of four posts were newsletter issues that…

October 07, 2020

Day #20 - Build the blog

For many weeks, I dreamed about a beautiful blog for MagicPattern ! It will have a couple of use cases: Announce new features Create…

October 06, 2020

Day #19 - Tech Deamons

Today, I had to correct my early rushed tech choices! Create-react-app generator is perfect for a web app but it's lack any SEO…

October 05, 2020

Day #18 - Sent my first cold emails

I was always scared to contact people I don't know! But today, I fought my fears and sent a couple of cold emails to MagicPattern users…

October 02, 2020

Day #17 - I'm back!!!

After a long break, I'm back! I don't know if I was too busy with MagicPattern or seeking for a reason to procrastinate writing. The past…

October 01, 2020

Day #16 - First Figma design review to a Twitter friend

Today, I had an unexpected call with a Twitter user. He is developing open-source projects for developers and wanted a brief review and…

August 21, 2020

Day #15 - A productive day

For days, I was stuck and had a massive lack of creativity about the MagicPattern 's landing page. As a hypothetical visitor to the landing…

August 20, 2020

Day #14 - Chrome extension fever

Go to Day #13 and empathize with my pain. If I have to highlight a key learning today, is the fact that the Chrome extension DX sucks…

August 19, 2020

Day #13 - I'm graduating!!!

Finally, I got the email that I've passed the exams and I'm officially graduating.🎉 I had dedicated the past 6 months on writing and…

August 18, 2020

Day #12 - Newsletter fever and new blog post

Yesterday, I released the 2nd issue for my weekly newsletter where I talk about my weekly progress and recommend useful resources for…

August 17, 2020

Day #11 - Update the MagicPattern landing page

Finally, I convinced myself to do valuable stuff about MagicPattern . Now, the landing page includes a section about the main value points…

August 14, 2020

Day #10 - A fresh design gig

Last week, I had applied to an interesting gig on Upwork about the UI of a blockchain platform. Today, I got a response and jump into a…

August 13, 2020

Day #9 - It's a meta post

Today, it was a day dedicated to blog development. I updated this little section to support SSR pages. Not a fancy update but kinda critical…

August 12, 2020

Day #8 - I did my 2nd sales call

I never was into sales! However, building a SaaS product needs both technical and communication skills. People always need a personal touch…

August 11, 2020

Day #7 - The hassle of publishing a blog post

Launching a new product is always a hassle! What I didn't know until recently is that hassle applies to blog posts, too. It can take from a…

August 10, 2020

Day #6 - Sent my 1st newsletter issue

For months, I was thinking about launching a weekly newsletter about design resources. Every time I hesitated because I believed the world…

August 09, 2020

Day #5 - Fancy copy to clipboard effect

It's Saturday but I had to finally continue the blog post about building a React landing page using the Chakra UI library I completed it…

August 08, 2020

Day #4 - I got my first coffee!

Everything is about sharing! I got my first coffee from an amazing maker pal today . Yesterday, he expressed his interest in trying…

August 07, 2020

Day #3 - From a bug to a new article

Today, I had two enlighting conversations with two fellow makers on Twitter. It feels good to share knowledge and ideas with like-minded…

August 06, 2020

Day #2 - Beta testing MagicPattern

MagicPattern was ready and deployed from yesterday. Today, I had to do the rough work and get my app in front of actual beta testers. I…

August 05, 2020

Day #1 - The beginning

Today, I dedicated my free time on preparing the MagicPattern beta launch: Integrated a simple Express JS admin panel (Admin Bro) to the…

August 04, 2020