I always wanted to learn how to code.
I mean, I had some classes at university but they were bullshit.
I wanted to really build useful stuff!
I have been working with internet marketing since 2019 but building stuff is something I’m not used to.
I鈥檓 new to this world.
But I want to enter the SAAS game, build useful products and get paid for it.
So I decided to learn and the best way to learn is by doing.
Last week I started to build my first project.
I chose JavaScript since it is the most popular language for web apps.
For my first project I thought of something very simple: a habit tracker.
I know that there are already hundreds of them but I鈥檓 really not thinking about being profitable with this one.
I just wanted to build something useful for me, and since right now I鈥檓 tracking my habits in a physical notebook (that is slowly dying, pages getting wet and ripped) I decided to build this.
I thought of literally emulating my notebook, just a grid where you have the days and the habits as rows and columns and you just check the box for that respective habit/day.
I asked ChatGPT to help me, searched how to do everything, like downloading VS Code, installing Homebrew, installing Git, creating an account on GitHub, creating folders and stuff.
Then I managed to create the HTML, CSS, and JS, all with the help of AI and I still don鈥檛 know exactly what each piece of code is doing.
But it is born!
Still some front-end mistakes like margin and alignment that are a pain in the ass to solve, but the main functionality is up and running.
So yesterday I just bought a domain, created a Vercel account, and deployed it!
You can check it out here: anotherhabittracker.com
I鈥檓 really happy, not gonna lie!
I know I have a fucking shiny object syndrome and do multiple things at the same time.
But that鈥檚 just the way I am and I like it!
I know this is going to be one of my parallel projects.
I have plans to create a premium feature and launch it on Product Hunt!
As I said I don鈥檛 have any expectation to make money with this.
But come on guys.
It鈥檚 my first child!
Hahaha
And I know I鈥檓 gonna learn a lot from it.
It鈥檚 gonna create the basis of knowledge that I need to eventually launch the SAAS I really want and create the habit of shipping products!
Let鈥檚 go!