2025-04-17 Review

This is the day review for Thursday, April 17.

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Summary

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Highlight

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• Developed SwiftUI app with Ghost API.

Plus ➕

What went well?

• Developed a SwiftUI app using Ghost API with both list and detail views.
• Enhanced Node.js apps with additional functions and refactored projects so it's organized better.
• Discovered several techniques to refine outputs from API responses related to tags.

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What didn't go so well?

• I became so focused on the Ghost API effort that I didn't do my Log activities throughout the day.
• I didn't take enough breaks because I was on a roll and things were working quite well.

Next →

What will I focus on next?

• Include SwiftData database to SwiftUI app for Ghost resources.
• Develop a Node.js proxy web server with simple HTML interface for Ghost resources.

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Thoughts

What do I think and feel about today's activities?

• I'm making more progress that I expected this quickly, although I still have quite a bit more.
• I'm really enjoying this development activity again, especially since I had been so engaged in PKM efforts recently.
• I'm having fun learning about the Ghost API, discovering Swift and JavaScript techniques, and creating something useful for me and sharing with others.

Questions

Any questions for research or exploration?

• What's the best way to organize my project for maintenance and reuse?
• What functions, components, and libraries will be desirable?
• Is this something that might be a possible candidate for an open source project or App Store submission?

Actions

What can I do next?

• Define the schema and populate SwiftData database (SQLite) with Ghost resources for testing.
• Integrate SwiftData into SwiftUI views.