Weekly Reflection: Week 1

Picked a project (Tap Water Quality Dashboard) and made a horrible demo video!

Jul 18, 20261 min read

Demo:
1. YouTube (worst ever first draft, but it's done!)
Progress: (Victories or highlights?)
1. I picked a project!!! I also got my proof of concept done for the data engineering portion. And learned quite a bit about how we track water quality in the US!
Struggles: (Blockers or pain points?)
1. Since I'm still exploring and researching, i worry about self-imposed scope creep. I am trying to focus on my little neck of the woods, but am highly tempted to choose another location for comparison and more extraction data points. It might be necessary, so the challenge will be keeping things limited. Also time.
Plan: (1-3 Priorities for next week?)
1. More experimentation. Now that I'm in more of a work and report cycle, that's feeling more doable. Taking a step back to report every week is a good habit to fall back into.
2. Keep scope creep down
3. Keep focused (ADHD is a pain)

Did you enjoy this article?

Recommend it — Standard Reader surfaces well-loved writing to more readers across the network.