Hi everyone,

Welcome to the 21th episode of “KEYBOARD CONFESSIONS”

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Development Logs

Laptop Setup

I bought a new laptop HP ZBook Studio G4.

The first step was to install all of the softwares and tools and everything that i need for my workflow.

So, first I made a whole list of softwares that I need.

Then, I install all of them.

I also recorded a youtube video for the setup where I showed all tools and softwares that I use

Bookshelf page

So inspired by some personal website of a person that I saw somewhere, I added bookshelf page on my website.

Previously I was using GoodReads to track my books but after adding this, i can use it as tracker to track which books I am reading or have completed reading.

Atomik

So, previously I had this idea of making a CMS something like Wordpress but from scratch for sake of learning and to learn how these things work in detail.

So i was thinking of making something like this maybe in Django. Because I want to make a complex project in django to learn it more in depth, and i want to implement complete plugin system where everyone can make a plugin for cms and can install it, same as Wordpress.

So, I started the development of Atomik, a CMS made in Django. Its currently in early stages, i just compeleted work on inital setup where user can install atomik and start using it, I implemented the installation wizard system and setup the initial project.

FYP

I wrote in previous episode that my fyp idea got accepted.

I made Episode # 03 of “The FYP Diaries” series on my YouTube channel where I explain the new idea with problems to tackle.

Overall idea is clear now and need to tackle those problems.

I have uploaded the episode # 03 on my youtube channel

Live Streams

Previously I did some live streams on my youtube channel where I was building some projects live.

So, I was thinking to restart that habit of maybe one stream per week where i start one project and make it till the end, like maybe complete one project in 2-3 streams.

Previously I had issues with my laptop as my previous laptop wasn’t that powerful but I got new one with better specs so I can there will be no problem in doing live streams now (I guess so)

For the live stream, maybe I can build projects or maybe learn new thing, maybe it can be a technology or maybe something else but LIVE.

This way I can make my YouTube channel more active.

Let me know in comments if its good or if you have any suggestion about this.

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Weekly Picks

These are some videos, articles & resources for this week that I found helpful.

• https://staysaasy.com/strategy/2025/10/10/how-to-compete-in-saas.html

• https://www.bonnycode.com/posts/work-hard-have-fun-go-home/

• https://www.johnnunemaker.com/what-makes-you-different

• https://medium.com/@mirzasamaddanat/build-your-own-large-language-model-llm-from-scratch-using-pytorch-0614f2ab3051

• https://www.pixelpusher.club/p/i-forced-myself-to-spend-a-week-in

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- Psycho