Completed

• Blog setup done + posted an article + update
• Rust Book Ch. 2: active read (marked + commented)
• Guessing Game: recreated from memory in ~27 min (recorded)
• Sidequest into some nice grilled tuna-egg-and-mayo burritos :D

Process

1. Paste chapter into AI and ask for step-by-step; guided implementation and check it works.
2. Read the code, notice the parts you don't understand
3. Now read the chapter slowly with a marker and close the gaps in your knowledge
4. Delete the code from the file and recreate it from memory, allowing 5–10 min struggle before any lookup.

Lookups needed

• Inclusive range syntax: 1..=100 (vs. 1..100 exclusive)
• read_line usage (io::stdin().read_line(&mut s) -> io::Result<usize>)

Gotchas noticed

• Forgot to wrap code in fn main() {} once; would have been caught earlier by cargo build. Should probably run cargo build regularly to catch these things early, but especially when I have an issue.

Why this worked

• Do → Read → Recreate → Struggle (briefly) → then lookup. The struggle forces your brain to remember more easily next time - it's a greedy bastard with its energy :D

Total Time Spent

• 1h Blog Setup and fixes
• 2h of active reading (marking up the relevant parts in the pdf
• 27m of trying to remember how to recreate the codes capabilities

PCT (Project Cumulative Time): 3h27m