• Day Summary

  • Context

• Reading

• Coding Practice

• Reflection

• Key Learning

• Total Time Spent

Day Summary

I got sick to a point where I couldn’t really concentrate. The next day (Sunday) I did a review since the first quarter of my 12-week year is up. Two weeks hard push, one week consolidation, then a review—that was yesterday. I refined the process and applied it today. It feels efficient.

Ramp-up (tightened): wake up → cold shower → dress → make the bed → coffee → 20 push-ups → sit down. Within ~15 minutes (not 30) I’m awake and ready.

Goal (next 3 weeks): ≥300 pages. With a planning day, a review day, and a 2:1 push:consolidation rhythm, that gives me ~12 progress days at ~25 pages/day.

Execution plan: 2 hours in the morning → each hour is 3×20m. Target ~4 pages per 20m block (marking + a short extract). 15-minute break between hours.

LLM assist: I start each 4-page chunk by pasting it into an LLM (Quen3-235b, a reasoning model) and ask it to extract the teachings. I read that extract (a fast “skim”), then do my normal active reading with a marker and capture the key parts.

Today’s chapters:

• Error handling: mostly repeats from earlier chapters; introduces the ? operator as a leaner way to propagate errors without a full match. Style advice… let’s just say many Python devs would disagree, but hey—systems developers.
• Generics: a fix for problems introduced by strict typing. You could argue any statically typed language has this; I’d argue not enforcing typing keeps most code lean (Python has typing/Pydantic if you want it—optional). Opinions, everyone has them.

Result: 26 pages in 2 hours on day one. If I can sustain this, the next two weeks will be strong.

• Daily Quest: 2 hours (new framework applied).
• Reading (120m, +~26 pages): p.222 → p.248.
• Coding: none today (by design).
• Process update: mornings = 2×1h blocks, each hour structured as 3×20m with targets.

Context

• Missed two log days: one sick day, one week-3 review day (separate post coming).
• Starting a refined 2-week run with a more specific ramp-up and execution plan.
• Goal: accelerate book progress while staying sustainable.

Reading

• Two morning hours, each as 3×20m.
• Per-block target: ~4 pages with marking + short extract.
• Achieved ~26 pages total (p.222 → p.248). Pace and comprehension felt solid under the new cadence.

Coding Practice

• None today (intentionally reading-heavy).
• Plan: weekends = small practice projects to apply the week’s concepts.

Reflection

• The 3×20m/hour structure keeps focus crisp and gives clear mini-goals.
• Expect faster progress over the next two weeks with this setup.
• Tradeoff acknowledged: fewer weekday coding reps, offset by targeted weekend builds.

Key Learning

• Process > push: Tight hourly structure (goals + extracts) beats vague 90-minute grinds.
• Separating input (reading) and output (projects) should improve retention without burnout.

Total Time Spent

• Reading: 120m
• Coding: 0m
• Daily total: 120m

PCT (Project Cumulative Time): 27h29m