1/2 🧵 Last year, one of my New Year’s resolutions was to meditate every morning. Didn’t stick with it. This year I tried again with a different mindset: don’t focus on perfection, focus on consistency. And somehow… it stuck.

You know the worst part about having a fever? Getting sick over the weekend. You spend your entire time off recovering… and somehow Monday still shows up right on time 😭 Finally feeling human again today.

Had a lovely chat with Parys G Khazaie today ☺️ Time flew by so fast we both lost track of how long we had been chatting for already XD Got to talk about networking, creating connections, & learned more about each other like how we both like Pokemon :D

Had a wonderful IRL chat with Deanna Dunne following up after meeting at the Laravel NYC roadshow. Got to learn so many cool things about her, and hope to hang out again IRL in the future~ Met up with my besties afterwards and had yummy "Yuen Tai" Pork and boba tea 😋

1/3 🧵 Half day Updated how my new app is handling the tailored resume is being AI generated to the user so while it generates each token, the frontend is rendering each individual token (character) of the new tailored resume.

As I was job hunting, I was inspired to build another app to help my job hunt journey. It tailors the inputted resume, takes the company's job description and company name, and generates a tailored resume to the user.

Implemented csv file export compatability w/ Excel Tested with Google Sheets to ensure cross-compatability for my app Tracklio Added file upload functionality with pdf files for resume used to apply for the respective job Started adding a user profile Strong start to the week 🔥

Me the start of the month: “I’m going to be more healthy!” Proceeds to drink multiple cans of soda, fast food, and frozen food Body: “I think we need to have a talk.”

Have tickets for a Babymetal and Hisaishi concerts later this year, and honestly super excited for both of them 🤩 Can’t wait to see Babymetal for the 3rd time and get to experience my first Hisaishi concert 🥹

I think I need to seriously consider investing in glass case shelves for my figurines collection 😅 That way I can get more cute figurines and add them to my collection 🤩

Got some DSA learning and leetcode done (attempted to do some by paper, hard to check if you’re right when you can’t automate the tests 😅) Continued iterating on my job seeker app Went to my first IRL comedy shows and had a couple laughs 😁

Worked on adding some organization w/ my job tracker app & built out a sprint board to help keep things digestable in tickets Also built out my first draft of my roadmap, will have to experiment around with the dates on this one And rounding out the day I did some more DSA & signed up to a hackathon

In the spirit of May the Fourth, during this past weekend I caught up to Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord season one and I'm super excited for episode 9 and 10 🤩 I was always a fan of Maul from the Star Wars: Clone Wars TV series, so it's awesome there's a whole series lol

Just finished watching Unstoppable (2024) Can’t believe it’s based off a true story!! Anthony Robles’ story was super motivational to me as I continue job hunting and my journey in tech 🔥

Richard solo NYC adventures 🔥 Really enjoyed the lovely weather today Sat in silence and meditated at Bryant Park ☺️ Got to experience a surprise mini piano concert, which I discovered by happen-chance walking through the city, enjoyed quality time listening to the amazing music 🥹

Spent some quality time with @leaht.codes in NYC ☺️ Delicious Malaysian food, Italian sweets, and some bookstore browsing ☺️🙌

Attended @laravel.com Roadshow: New York City and got to meet a lot of lovely folks 🤩 The food was great and the vibes were popping with conversations 🔥 Had a wonderful time catching up with @leaht.codes too ☺️🫶

Had a lovely time getting to finally chat w/ Kelly Hill, MS, was honored to be her first digital coffee chat ☺️ Loved catching up after CYC 2025 & talking about driving, parking struggles, & knowing how to read paper maps lol Looking forward to seeing her again @ CYC this year!!

I'm shipping out version 1 of my MVP Tracklio app There's still a mountain of things I need to address like UI I want to update, improve, and (potentially) remove, functionality I need to debug, and features I want to add. But one step at a time. trackli-o.netlify.app

A day in NYC building with the one and only Israel Santana 🔥 Debugged production desktop app with google oAuth 🐞 Resume review and updates ✍️ Yummy curry and beautiful spring weather 🌺 Finished up the day with attending NYAPM Happy Hour meetup and met so many lovely folks 🤗

Day 11 Set some goals to strive for, including shipping out the MVP for Tracklio by April 28th 🔥 Debugged Tracklio app - google oAuth in prod desktop app - importing job data when user is logged in - fallback logic for server going down - added hot keys functionalities

Demo 2 of my job tracker! Reviewing the video, I definitely want to look into a better mic. The audio quality isn't the best here 😅 Also want to improve how present myself on the camera and how I talk to the camera; lots of things to do 😆 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCG...

Got to chat with the one and only Yodit Weldegeorgise, the coffee chat queen 🔥 Had the pleasure of getting to chat about routine and building consistency through healthy habits and setting goals to reach for yourself and build your growth towards. Can't wait for the next one~

Day 10 Worked Job tracker (Tracklio) Will post demo video tomorrow! (Had some technical issues 😭) - Google OAuth - importing/exporting job data - Setup Docker containers - Linting - CI/CD - Debugging - Analytics (for product) Updated resume with additional feedback

Day 9 Dentist so painful, thinking about getting some water picks as recommended for the future 😭 Debugged desktop vs web browser experience for my job seeker app (Tracklio) Looked into exporting/importing job data as json files Started doing a deep dive DSA course Networked 🔥

Took quality time to walk and enjoy the NYC sakura blossoms and river view this past weekend 🌸 Got to discover yummy chicken, waffle fries, and some street performances too 🍗

Day 7 Learned about Product Designer thought process chatting with Chaeri Bong and web apps she's been working on Worked on my job seeker app (Tracklio) - Google OAuth (desktop + web) - dev & prod modes - error boundaries, debug logs - unit + e2e tests Watched Harvard's DS and Dynamic Arrays

Attended A Night of Enterprise AI @atlassian.bsky.social NYC Learned about Forge, Rovo, & that best ideas dont fail on execution, they fail on capture from @bytesofbree.bsky.social, Reign Nelson, & @dthompsondev.bsky.social Met a lot of lovely new folks, familiar faces, & ate yummy pizza & soda~

Day 6 Today was a networking-focused day (tomorrow too) Chatted with Arathi Kumar about consulting, learned more about her tech journey, and anime!! 🔥 Worked on auth for job seeker app Watched Startup Secrets: Go to Market Strategies Looked into open source contributions

Took the time to stop and smell the roses today- even did a mini picnic with myself 😇 It was a nice way to force myself to appreciate the things around me instead of constantly trying to optimize everything, definitely going to do this more often 😁

Sightseeing and walking through NYC in this beautiful weather was such a lovely way to spend the afternoon ☺️

As promised, my job search tracker app demo video! I swear I put the camera on for this when I recorded the loom, but apparently it wasn't on? Oh well, next time I promise you'll see my beautiful face too 😁 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuGw...

Will post a demo video tomorrow, but wanted to show my current state of the job tracker - was excited to use electron from my time at @getpostman.bsky.social 🤩 My day was full of learning with Harvards Designing a Customer Centric Model and Maintain Consistency and Adhere to Standards 🧠

Day 4 Today was focused on learning - read Visual Hierarchy UX definition & watched Harvards Create a Product People will Actually Buy class This week was a good start, got lots of progress updating my info for the job hunt & lots of learning Plan on doing more learning Monday 🔥

Updated my resume to draft and portfolio, and applied to 4 jobs 😎 Started vibe-coding a job search tracker app tool for myself to help optimize the job hunt 🔥 Watched Harvards How to Build a Product that Scaled into a Business - wanna expand my skillsets & knowledge 🔥

Day 2 Started updating my draft 2 resume with received feedback 📄 Worked on frontendeval Connect 4 problem and took note of my gaps in planning, architecture, data structure, and more 🧠 Enjoyed ramen, more pastries, and watched I Feel Pretty 🍜

Day 1 Updated my resume draft 1 and got actionable feedback to work on ✍️ Did the code in cafe post 🍵 Ate some yummy kimbap and Korean pastries 😋 Attended a AI/ML Conversations Meetup, ate free pizza, and met some lovely folks 🍕

Today marks my last day at @getpostman.bsky.social as a contractor after 3 months shipping 71 PRs, 35% commits, & 30% code reviews across 5 repos. Learned a lot and made amazing connections & overall enjoyed my time there. 10/10 would do it again. For now, looking for a full-stack SWE job ☺️

Fun food adventures Sunday with some coding to round out the day~ 😇

I’ve been recently brainstorming this idea for a project and I love how much my mindset has changed from my experience - from how I approach the product and what features I want to think about for the user experience 🧠

The networking king is back 👑 (or was he never gone… 🤔) Got to chat with lovely folks from a variety of backgrounds - and also got to see a familiar face which was super nice 😇

My very first parfait, and it was absolutely delicious 😇 Gotta say was much easier to finish vs a milkshake, but feels just as sweet 😅 But I’ve always wanted to try one after seeing them so frequently in anime and I’m glad I got the chance 🤩

Just watched The Fundamentals of Learning, such a wholesome movie 🥹🫶 Also pretty unexpectangly funny too at times 😆 Also “Mall”

Attended the 🌟MARCH#5🚀Monday Networking Social👔Young Professionals🗽Happy Hour🔌 meetup tonight - was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed my time there!! Also got to explore Hoboken for the first time~

Sometimes I wish I had an Oura ring/apple watch just so I could track how many steps I take weekly, cause I swear I do at least 1 mile of cardio just walking from and to work everyday 😅 Maybe this is my cardio phase in my life where I start getting into hiking lol

Yapped with a lot of wonderful people at NYC mixer 2026 (which thankfully did not have blaring dj music playing in the background, unlike my expectations when I think of mixers 😆) Glad I took the chance and tried a new meetup I’ve never been to 😇

Got to enjoy the sunny day meeting some lovely folks today at a meetup ☺️ Was a fun way to mix up my weekends, and got to spend quality time getting to know them all!! 😁 Does this mean I’m back to the meetup scene? Probz not as frequently as I previously before my break 😅

Still need to optimize a lot of the code and clean it up a lot, but shipping out the MVP of the freelance client I've been working on for the last couple months 💪It was quite the learning journey but glad to enjoy my well-deserved rest for now lol supremenomads.com

There are days I feel like I have too many hobbies, & others I feel I have too few. And then sometimes I wonder if my brain is just never satisfied with myself 😅 (my hobbies include but are not limited to reading, drawing, working out, walking, exploring new food, & singing lol)

I feel like unironically I would make for a good food blogger. That or I already am one and I just don't know it yet. Wonder what my food blogger handle name would be - maybe choirfull 😆