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Maker Journal March 2021

I'm back after my coming back post and rest for another month. Since my last post, it's been one month, mainly waiting for two things, migrate off from the current server and upgrade the site to the new shiny Ghost 4.0. This post is the

product

What's Next

It has bothered me for the past two weeks. Yes, I m back and getting ready to work on products, but what next should I do? I did some self-analysis to ensure what I should focus on next; I did some brainstorming based on what I like and what I

me

I'm back after missing for 2 months

It's been two months since my last post. A lot has happened in these two months. * After busy with all the renovation & packing, I have moved to my new place. * The biggest challenge that I thought I am going to have has gone. * It's kind

Journal

2020 Year In Review

I have three main focus when starting in 2020, I think I m only achieve 50% among the three main focus, but I believe it has been great for a pandemic year like this. Weight and Health - My forever issues, repeating every year. This year I try to focus

Maker Think

Daily Writing in 2020

I start to do daily writing on 200wad since Dec 2018. Nothing must repeatedly appear on the site and write 200 words a day - every day. After 690 posts, I finally miss out to post one day and break my streaks. I take a break from it to let

Me

2021 Challenge Confirmed

It might be a bit weird to say this now, but I can pretty sure that 2021 will be one of my challenging years. Yes, I just confirmed something today, and 2021 will be a challenging year to me with a few more significant challenges and one happy surprise. I

Me

Rest Week Start

Xmas this year fall on Friday, so I took a break from all the works from Friday until today Sunday, which it the start of my rest week. There is something happen which going to confirm tomorrow. It might bring some most significant changes to me in 2021, and it

Freelancer

Count down for the rest week - last day

I thought of writing down daily to count down to my rest week, but didn't have time at all; the past four days is packed and by the time I have time & the energy to sit down to write. It's the Xmas eve already. My

Freelancer

Count down for the rest week - Day 1

I talk about my annual rest habits, to enjoy short holidays from Xmas eve to the New Year. I have started to inform most of my clients; I will be away for this short break. Most of the client is pretty ok with it since most of the people will

Maker Think

Impact of Youtube Video

I find out that I been spending a lot of time on Youtube compare to the past two years. Especially this year I spend lots of time on Youtube to learn different things. I follow some Instagram influencer on their youtube videos for HIIT exercise videos, and it starts from

Maker Think

My thoughts while cleaning emails

While 2020 is almost going to end, there are lots of product promotion newsletter incoming, while clearing all these emails I start to think about what I am planning to do in 2021. Firstly, I can start to plan to leave WordPress behind, the Year 2020 quite a few Woocommerce

Maker Think

Feeling Lost

I m feeling lost this month; it might be because it's the end of the year or it might be because the tons of the freelance work that is pending. I felt busy with all the client's work and got no time to explore other things.

Development

Jetstream + Nova

I have been thinking to use JetStream + Statamic at first for one of my recent client projects, after some testing I think it might not suit the case, so I change the combo to Jetstream with Nova since I have a license for Nova that I didn't utilize.

Tools

My AppPresser Experience

Initially, I was looking for a solution that connects LearnDash with the mobile app, so I found AppPresser and test it out for the 14 days trial. As a developer I m not happy with the performance and the overall tools, it might help user without code experience, but I

Freelancer

What I getting from Black Friday 2020 for my exploration

I talk about what I am getting from Black Friday 2020 for my work [https://imknight.com/what-i-getting-for-black-friday-2020/]; I would like to talk about some of the products that I get for my exploration. One of my habits is to grab some of interesting product/products that I been to

Development

Jetstream + Statamic part 2

Yesterday I talked about thinking to use JetStream + Statamic this combination to rebuild the projects for my clients, but after some testing, I give up this option. Statamic is easy to set up, and it can build up the backend admin pretty straightforward, but there are few problems that I

Development

Jetstream + Statamic

Life is full of choices every day. As a freelance developer, I also struggle with choices daily. * What stack shall I pick for my clients? * Will this work for my clients? * Is this what my client want? After my initial suggested stack ( WordPress + LearnDash + Apppresser ) failure, I have been brainstorm

Freelancer

I choose to change

Yesterday I talked about the struggle between change or continued [https://imknight.com/change-or-continue/]. In the end, I put the whole deal out and see how I can workout solution within the budget. Since the proposal has been approved, it's hard to go back to ask for money,

Freelancer

Change Or Continue

Yesterday I m busy with all sort of code issue, after multiple meeting & demo today, I m now busy with planning and making a decision. I have a project that consists of two-part. After the initial communication and demo, the client and I thought of settle the first part

WordPress

Building Mobile App for Learndash

I have quite a bit of work to rush tonight, going to do a quick post to share what I been research recently. I have a Learning Management System project recently, and I have chosen to build in on LearnDash after doing some research. I build a demo and show

Freelancer

What I getting from Black Friday 2020 for my work

It's been a tradition for me to find WordPress Or Saas deal during Black Friday. It's either for my Work purpose ( example I bought some of the plugins with promotion price but using on my client's site ) or my exploration. So what am I

Freelancer

Manage your Cashflow with Google Sheet

I have been using Google Sheet to manage my freelancer cashflow from 2013, and I use to squeeze every year in one Google Sheet; every sheet represents a year until 2018. The amount of transaction is getting more and I going to start a new company, so I switch into

Monthly Goal

December Monthly Goal 2020

December usually is a festival month, and I don't plan to get all my self-improvement plan back and force myself back on track. I plan to make some recovery from the hectic month of freelance work, consolidate my resources and build something again. First, I want to get

Journal

Maker Journal November 2020

I know I m going to be busy with my freelance work in November which is why I only set up two smaller goals continue to write daily with #30DaysOfblogging [https://twitter.com/hashtag/30DaysOfblogging?src=hashtag_click] and build new component on Adalo. Sadly I have missed both goals

Development

Development with Laravel & JS

I have been a long time Laravel Developer; I start playing with it since version 3 and official using it for client's project after version 4 release. Recently I complete revamping one of the client's projects from version 5 LTS version. It is quite interesting to