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Víctor García
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@gcv
I totally agree with your point about the significance of quantifying goals. When establishing specific metrics for a goal, such as "getting into shape," how do you determine the proper measurable milestones? What factors do you consider to ensure your milestones are achievable and challenging enough to keep you motivated?
That's the entire hard part haha. It can be different for everyone. I'm underweight, so what my metrics would be would look very different from someone who's overweight or is training for an athletic competition.
1.) Define what you want to get out of it and why you're doing something
2.) Define what would "success" look like quantitatively if you got what you wanted
The good thing is YOU get to define what that looks like for you.
As for being realistic, you won't really know til you start tracking, and you can always adjust mid-quarter or when you go to create new OKRs. I go by the rule that 70% met is a win.
I'd definitely take a look at your life as a whole and see which kind of season you're in -- if you're really busy with work, it's probably not a great time to also do something intensely challenging for the first time unless you have the extra support to keep up with it.
I understand your point about sticking with technologies that you're familiar with. That certainly helps maintain focus and productivity.
Since you've found a stack that works well for you, I'm curious to hear more specifics. What technologies are you currently using across your frontend, backend, and database layers?
It's great to hear that Next.js has significantly improved your frontend development experience. To better understand your web stack, could you share what technologies you currently use on the backend?
supabase, cloudflare, deno, resend. Trying to keep it as simple as possible. Open-source the better.
Have there been any recent web technologies that you evaluated and found could potentially double your productivity or substantially reduce your time to ship new features? If so, what were the key benefits that caught your attention?
Nextjs has been solid for several years and has seen significant improvements each year. It stays modern, and is easy to use. Learning ReactJS/NextJS has made dev so much easier that it must be a requirement.
It's great to hear that Next.js has significantly improved your frontend development experience. To better understand your web stack, could you share what technologies you currently use on the backend?
supabase, cloudflare, deno, resend. Trying to keep it as simple as possible. Open-source the better.
I often listen to LofiGirl, using ~30-minute songs as a Pomodoro clock or listening to live sessions to work without time constraints.
youtube.com/@LofiGirl
Do you recall the most recent time you established a personal goal for yourself? How did you monitor your progress, and what changes did you make?