daily notes

raw thoughts, notes, and checklists straight from my obsidian vault.

2026-06-02
working on building a simple cli pomodoro app.
- tagging system
- session names
- duration settings
- statistics
- logging
- exporting
2026-05-27

adding a new page to my site where i will publish documentation styled ‘how-to’ kind of tutorials.

and this will be completely raw, from my best knowledge, experience and research.

i will keep it as simple as i could with very much detail. and each of these how-to’s will be very long to work on, the first project will be linux, i will be explaining it from scratch, like the background of it, to how to set it up and use it.
2026-05-26

done with the exams for a week may be. yeah i got one last exam but we still aren’t given a date yet, it’s supposed be to on the 28th but it’s been post poned without a date. anyways i tried finding some audio dsp but i couldnt find one, it seems that windows and mac os don’t really like get anyone into the kernel level modifications. i miss linux, it can be flexible, let’s you do anything you want to. kernel level mods are just everyday activities on it.
2026-05-25

been stuck in prepping for the exams lately. but i surely got some plans this week.
2026-05-20

i want to create my self an app that runs on mac os, built with python and sql. the purpose is to keep track of daily youtube content consumption and visualize the distribution of type of content, number of creators, etc. the user has to put the youtube video’s link, the app has to fetch the youtube video’s thumbnail and duration and ask the user to give a tag to that video for example, education, or work etc. this app has to create an accountability and a sense of awareness of what information the user is feeding their brains. i might have not able clearly explained the entire thing but
2026-05-19
nothing much, just exam prep for today
- mahakavulu
  - aryabhatta (https://youtu.be/Wl27MWVaL-Y?si=oTzI6PGL8vr3e9zS)
  - bhaskaracharya https://youtu.be/xpZ38bZ__bo?si=FHCvv6wPkJsChdRN
  - kananudu https://youtu.be/_RZLtn04zi4?si=VCiHjEKCj9G6DhJa
  - bhas https://youtu.be/CZNwiPDIqG4?si=svnMMCwvGrmZ3xnv
  - harshavardhan https://youtu.be/mpHJmcDgSBs?si=9pQeY5UpCafmV-ep
  - shankaracharya https://youtu.be/5YHJ-T1RjyY?si=xDH1bKJWVxW_BMWn
- Dakaara katha https://youtu.be/pM-Gl0ojdeY?si=E_vFcDY6Mx1sNIwH https://youtu.be/Z5EdAST7c_s?si=tA_9ZS5pYYSo98nz
2026-05-18
while setting up postgres on my computer, i learned that postgres/psql in the terminal does not behave like bash at all, it becomes a SQL editor, now you might laugh at this but… yeah just a new discovery for me. psql expects a ; at the end of the statement, if that is not put, it will keep listening for the statements, i think this is designed like this because… it needs indentation, which doesnt work in terminal. now i might be wrong so i asked gpt
```
You’re close, but the reason is slightly different.

The primary reason is not indentation. Terminals absolutely support multiline input.

The actual reason is: SQL statements are free-form and can span multiple lines, so PostgreSQL needs an explicit terminator to know when the statement ends.

So correction:

“psql keeps listening without `;` because SQL statements require an explicit terminator, not because terminals can’t handle indentation.”
```
i also did some tinkering around postgres like \l lists the databases, \dt lists the tables \p for something related to buffer, \q for quitting.

after all this i began studying for the exams…

alright that’s it for the day, umm good start of a day but it went down by the evening after a nap lol… but hopelly its gonna improve, i will try to fix my focus.

Timeline
- 09:50 Setup postgres for fcc @work 5m
- 09:57 FCC RDB : working with relational databases @work 60m
- 11:31 Banking Chapter 1 & 2 @study 180m
2026-05-17

nothing new today, just prepping up for the next exam. and also kind of worried about falling behind on some things. let’s see.
2026-05-16
first exam of the last semester went very very very well. good start i must say.

reverting back to sequoia tahoe. list of apps to reinstall in sequoia
- brew
- brave
- obsidian
- vscode and vscodium
- tuta mail
- spotify
- whatsapp
- lmstudio (won’t let openai steal my data lol)
  - gemma e 4b
  - GPT OSS
- microsoft excel word and power point (get the serializer patch from github)
- aldente
- mos
- better display
- git & gh
2026-05-15

i should stop wasting money on things that i actually do not need. i noticed that my home server has gone broke, it needs repairs so i tried why not take a look inside and clean the cabinet. in the process i took out the hard disks and it struk me that i have 500gb of storage pool, and i was worrying about the space on my macbook, even tho i did not fill the storage, at that moment i thought lets make use of if and i began searching for a SATA to USB cable, at first i guessed that the cable might be around 200 or something but i didnt find one, instead i saw a case that that gives out type c output from harddisk. IT WAS 1000. even tho i had the money i was hesitant about making a purchase until late night when i finally put a cod order on it. when i woke up next morning i realized may be we could save up some more money and get an external SSD instead, which is easy to connect, lighter, even faster than this hard disk… then i immediately cancelled the order.

so i really need to think clearly when i make a purchase, this is a small purchase… but still

english exam tomorrow.
2026-05-14

today, i got my last hall ticket for the 6th semester exam for by BBA Degree. Probably the last time i’ll ever be visiting that place.

anyways,

thats for the day bye !
2026-05-09
just got a new macbook pro m1 pro, its got 32 gigs of ram, and 500gb ssd storage. setting up everything
- git
- github desktop
- clone all the repositories to a local directory
- setup safari with extensions and logins
- setup the external display
- customize finder
- install discord
- install steam
- install bitwarden
- install gemini
- install aldente
- install fdm
- install UTM
- install excel word and power point
- install whatsapp
- install telegram
- install tutamail
- install blip
- install MOS for smooth scrolling
- install better display
- install bartender
- install vscode
- install python and pip
- install brew
- gemini cli
while i was testing the github sync plugin, it did not work instantly. i did some workarounds like checking the repo url, verifying git installation etc everything was normal but the sync wasnt working. so i then saw an update for the plugin in the settings, i updated it hoping that would help but it didnt. i then found out that there were three issues here. fixed the issue via gemini cli
2026-04-23
i hate college assignments

To Do
- Write Abstracts for each of those research gate articles
- Increase Line spacing 1.5
- Medium Margins
- increase picture size in chapter 3
- fix Chapter three justification and alignment issues
- binding
2026-04-21
i have a game concept
- Driving a car
- in an open world, literally the entire earth.
- we’re going to use a map provider that lets us have 3d buildings (not satellite maps tho) just the 3d vectors of buildings and the roads etc.
- car should be a realistic car model, may be an SUV.
- realistic driving physics, acceleration, decelaration, braking, taking turns should be physically realistic.
- controls as usual w a s d. but when the keystroke happens it should gradually increase. i mean when the user stikes w (accelerate) the car should slowly accelerate instead of straightly hitting the top speed. similarly with the braking and steering.
the camera can be flexible based on speed and user’s input and the map too) 3d car driving simulator with realisitc physics (acceleration, deceleration, braking, drifting, tire grip, suspension, fuel capacity, mileage. map should be real satellite map. so it is just like microsoft flight simulator but we have a car instead of aircrafts. and its top down. how can i make it? the car has to be a realistic model, the physics should be realistic, car’s size should be same scale of the map’s roads so yeah. it has to be the best instead of
2026-04-13

cleaned the home server today. there were multiple GUI related apps and services installed which were running in the background which were also making it run slow. so i had to remove all the gunk. and i want to install PostgreSQL from scratch and learn Bash from start.
2026-04-09

woah, woke up early. stood up and started working already.
2026-04-08

so today i made a big change in my room, i have put my setup on an elelvated space so i could stand instead of sitting all the time. since the last 5 years when i got my first pc i became addicted to spending a lot of time sitting infront of the computer, which i know is obviously unhealthy yet i did it because… idk it felt right.

but now for a change, i have decided to do something about this and decided to stand and move when i work, play or do whatever infront of the computer. by this way i beleive this would make my posture better and make me focus better instead of sitting like a bag of potatoes all day not moving an inch.
2026-04-07
it’s been almost more than a month since i was productive at all. all this time no work at all.

it happens i guess, was a good reset time for me. made me clear my goals.

few things that i want to mention:
- i am walking, a lot than i used to. which is a good thing i guess, however not consistently. we’ll get to that.
- i have limited my food intake to bare minimum.
- taking multivitamins, actually good ones, the ones with 100% RDA ones. and they seem to be working good, i am in great mood and feel a boost in my energy.
- my focus is chaning towards things that seemed boring to me earlier. like stitching on a sewing machine, making content etc.
- i have not pushed anything to github, not atleast a single vibe coded app let alone a project.
- have finished a college research project tho.
- github decided to discontinue offering the Claude Opus model students, which sucks. and i also saw it coming, had an intrusive thought about it a while ago before the news.
- and a big change in my decision of letting go of those certification exams. i am so ashamed of wasting time on that thing.
- i should start fucking learn to code from this moment.
2026-03-09
Day planner
- 12:00 - 13:00 Complete Chapter 2 Review in Literature
2026-03-08
After almost half a month or more, i’m back on obsidian. sometimes i get over ambitious and start to procrastinate on things that i want to do in future and abandon the things that i have to do at that moment. what a shame. so im back today, let’s focus on what to do now. I got some work assigned by NSIC. Im 1 day past the deadline nobody cares anyway.

i was assigned with “The Study on Financial Health of the Company”. interesting, but i hate numbers. nevertheless i should start working

Day planner
- 12:20 - 13:35 NSIC Project work Chapter 1
- 15:40 - 16:40 Chapter 2 Review of Literature
2026-03-01
Day planner
- 13:00 - 14:00 Trend Analysis in Power BI
- 14:00 - 15:00 Reports in Power BI
- 15:00 - 16:00 Report Design in Power BI
- 16:00 - 17:00 Data Connections in Power BI
- 17:00 - 18:00 Deploying and Maintaining Assets in Power BI
2026-02-18
Day planner
- 12:00 - 13:00 PL-300 Prep
- 13:00 - 14:00 PL-300 Prep
- 14:30 - 15:00 Books
- 15:00 - 16:00 PL-300 Prep
- 16:00 - 17:00 SQL Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSKVgrwhzus&t=2979s
2026-02-10
- Data analytics
- Tableau (advanced calculations, dashboard)
- AWS QuickSight
- Advanced Excel (Pivot, formulas, macros)
- SQL for ad hoc reporting
2026-02-08
Day planner
- 11:55 - 13:00 Finding some books to read by the end of this year
- McGilchrist’s The Master and His Emissary
- https://youtu.be/EAyM8LXbwiw?si=MSUILzLdPANqGVbE
2026-02-07
looks like i need to put my phone away when i sleep. i woke up and the next minute i start watching some yt shorts. its bad, need to change this. Anyways reached the center by 10 am. and everything looks good to me ahead.

Day planner
- 10:30 - 11:30 PL-300 Case Study: HR Analytics (DM & EDA)
- 12:00 - 13:00 PL-300 Case Study: HR Analytics (Demographics & Performance)
- 13:10 - 14:00 Case Study: HR Analytics (Conclusion)
- 14:25 - 15:00 SQL Prep
- 15:00 - 16:00 SQL Course By Baara
- 16:05 - 17:00 SQL Course By Baara
- 17:00 - 18:00 SQL Course By Baara

2026-02-05

kinda good start of a day. woke up and got fresh early, arrived at the center by 10 am.

Day planner

10:25 - 11:00 Relational Algebra and Relational Calculus
11:00 - 11:30 Relational Algebra and Relational Calculus
12:00 - 13:00 Learn SQL with Baara
13:15 - 14:00 Learn SQL With Baara
14:25 - 15:00 PL-300 Intermediate Data Modeling (Date Dimensions Relationships)
15:00 - 16:00 PL-300 Intermediate Data Modeling (Granularity Measues and hierarchies)
16:10 - 17:00 PL-300 Intermediate Data Modeling (Advanced DM)
17:10 - 18:00 PL-300 Intermediate Data Modeling (Performance Problems)

Links

What is it?	URL
SQL Full Course 30 hours	https://youtu.be/SSKVgrwhzus?si=XG-UUFH41toUHze9
DataCamp PL-300 Track	https://app.datacamp.com/learn/career-tracks/data-analyst-in-power-bi
Intermediate Data Modeling	https://app.datacamp.com/learn/courses/intermediate-data-modeling-in-power-bi
Hierarchies	https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/design-model-power-bi/4-dimensions?ns-enrollment-type=LearningPath&ns-enrollment-id=learn-bizapps.model-power-bi

Installed SQL Server
Installed SSMS
Restored AdventureWorks .bak file
Created Databases

2026-02-04
Day planner
- 14:00 - 15:00 Data Modeling (Module 1 Defininig Tables)
- 15:25 - 16:45 Data Modeling (Module 2 Shaping Tables)
- 17:00 - 17:55 Data Modeling (Module 3)-
- 18:30 - 19:35 Data Modeling (Module 4)
2026-02-03
Day planner
- 18:00 - 19:00 PL-300 Data Transformation
- 19:00 - 20:35 RDBMS Relational Algebra and Calculus
2026-02-02
Day planner
- 13:00 - 14:00 PL-300 Prep
- 15:00 - 16:00 Reshaping Data
- 18:00 - 19:00 Combining Data in Power Query
- 19:15 - 20:00 understanding JOINs in powerbi
- 20:00 - 20:30 Complete the 6th module in pl300 prep track
2026-01-29
Day planner
- 11:00 - 12:00 Reading Relational Model Constraints and Relational Database Schemas

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