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brendan's 2025 side project log

tracking progress on two side projects: spec shop & kids games

the goal = proof of work via daily git-style commit log!

KEY: ๐Ÿ’ธ = spec shop | ๐Ÿ€ = kids games | ๐ŸŽฒ = misc/other

January

META

total: 10 days of side project work

๐Ÿ’ธ: 7 days

๐Ÿ€: 4 days

๐ŸŽฒ: 1 day

Jan 1 โ€“ Jan 14

โ€ฆproject prelude; productivity precursorโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ’ธ read through Metalabel documentation; submitted an application to release

๐Ÿ€ organized "kids game and app ideas" doc in Obsidian; started researching AI for iOS dev and drafting notes for specs / prompts for a few app ideas

๐Ÿ’ธ edited Spec Shop doc, posted a thread about Metalabel, messaged six people who expressed interest

๐Ÿ€ added a few notes for app prototype / prompt drafts

๐ŸŽฒ photo walk in prospect park!

๐Ÿ’ธ messaged three people who replied, and expanded on their ideas as well as a few others I'm excited about

๐Ÿ’ธ activated my Metalabel account, scanned all their releases (~302, at least listed!) and bought a few, replied to some more DMs

๐Ÿ€ brainstormed re: simple deck of ball games app, with 12 ideas for fun little indoor ball games

๐Ÿ’ธ tired but did a little logo sketching for spec shop, and wrote a few notes on 'printeraction' ideas

๐Ÿ’ธ make a Metalabel release draft for printeractions intro product; edited call for collaborators doc more

๐Ÿ’ธ ๐Ÿ€ breakfast date with Jinjin, talked about omakase ideas and kids games next steps, call with Brennan

February

๐ŸŽฒ edited Jan photo walk photos

๐Ÿ’ธ chat with JT!

๐Ÿ’ธ chat with Eugene!

๐Ÿ’ธ cleaning up notes, brainstorming some ideas

๐Ÿ€ breakfast date with Jinjin; brainstormed some fun kids book ideas

๐Ÿ’ธ chat with Meghna!

๐Ÿ’ธ started writing up some spec shop playbook notes, based on conversations so far

March

N/A (moving!)

April

N/A (moving!)

May

TBDโ€ฆ

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