Too much freelance work right now (Hot winter)

Build in Public · Feb 27 · Episode 65
is my daily update for my build and is my daily update for my build and is my daily update for my build and public public public log it’s February log it’s February log it’s February 27th 27th 27th 2025 uh yeah this is going to be a short 2025 uh yeah this is going to be a short 2025 uh yeah this is going to be a short and sweet one I don’t have much to show and sweet one I don’t have much to show and sweet one I don’t have much to show or much more to to frankly say than I or much more to to frankly say than I or much more to to frankly say than I said yesterday um going through the said yesterday um going through the said yesterday um going through the process of connecting the database with process of connecting the database with process of connecting the database with uh actual uh actual uh actual useful data about the agents running in useful data about the agents running in useful data about the agents running in the system um you know I’m just trying the system um you know I’m just trying the system um you know I’m just trying to get all that hammered out you know to get all that hammered out you know to get all that hammered out you know how I want things to be stored in the how I want things to be stored in the how I want things to be stored in the database and shown in the dashboard I’m database and shown in the dashboard I’m database and shown in the dashboard I’m almost there you know it’s just it’s almost there you know it’s just it’s almost there you know it’s just it’s hard I can only do like an hour a day hard I can only do like an hour a day hard I can only do like an hour a day right now I’m now things with my right now I’m now things with my right now I’m now things with my freelance gig have gone well so far I’m freelance gig have gone well so far I’m freelance gig have gone well so far I’m about a week in to it and they’re like about a week in to it and they’re like about a week in to it and they’re like yeah can you do more work victim of my yeah can you do more work victim of my yeah can you do more work victim of my own success uh that’s typically own success uh that’s typically own success uh that’s typically typically how it goes oh I need to even typically how it goes oh I need to even typically how it goes oh I need to even do a bit more than I’m doing now do a bit more than I’m doing now do a bit more than I’m doing now so yeah that’s it’s you know full-time so yeah that’s it’s you know full-time so yeah that’s it’s you know full-time they want 40 hours a week so it’s taking they want 40 hours a week so it’s taking they want 40 hours a week so it’s taking up all my time uh you know I’m able to up all my time uh you know I’m able to up all my time uh you know I’m able to do like an hour a day right now and then do like an hour a day right now and then do like an hour a day right now and then the weekend so I can’t work every day the weekend so I can’t work every day the weekend so I can’t work every day I’m not a robot not I’m not an AI agent I’m not a robot not I’m not an AI agent I’m not a robot not I’m not an AI agent not like the ones I’m building those not like the ones I’m building those not like the ones I’m building those will work 24 hours a day but I am not an will work 24 hours a day but I am not an will work 24 hours a day but I am not an AI agent so um I will need to do AI agent so um I will need to do AI agent so um I will need to do probably just an hour a day like I’m probably just an hour a day like I’m probably just an hour a day like I’m doing um and then the weekends so but doing um and then the weekends so but doing um and then the weekends so but I’m I’m taking Sundays off I’m going to I’m I’m taking Sundays off I’m going to I’m I’m taking Sundays off I’m going to take one day one day off a week do an take one day one day off a week do an take one day one day off a week do an hour a day um and then the weekend so hour a day um and then the weekend so hour a day um and then the weekend so you know not not a ton of time to work you know not not a ton of time to work you know not not a ton of time to work on this but uh we’ll see I’m still on this but uh we’ll see I’m still on this but uh we’ll see I’m still hopeful to hire someone I really want to hopeful to hire someone I really want to hopeful to hire someone I really want to keep the ball rolling so I mentioned keep the ball rolling so I mentioned keep the ball rolling so I mentioned this before in a previous video but when this before in a previous video but when this before in a previous video but when I get established and I get regular I get established and I get regular I get established and I get regular money coming in from from money coming in from from money coming in from from this gig assuming this gig continues this gig assuming this gig continues this gig assuming this gig continues we’ll see we’ll see I may just work at we’ll see we’ll see I may just work at we’ll see we’ll see I may just work at this place for a month it’s a short-term this place for a month it’s a short-term this place for a month it’s a short-term project I’m a freelancer contractor um project I’m a freelancer contractor um project I’m a freelancer contractor um but if it continues on I I got to make but if it continues on I I got to make but if it continues on I I got to make progress on the business I’ll hire progress on the business I’ll hire progress on the business I’ll hire somebody so I I want to hire someone somebody so I I want to hire someone somebody so I I want to hire someone regardless especially would help me um regardless especially would help me um regardless especially would help me um pump out agents uh some more more on pump out agents uh some more more on pump out agents uh some more more on that to come but yeah that’s all I got that to come but yeah that’s all I got that to come but yeah that’s all I got um uh I’ve into a bunch of weird issues um uh I’ve into a bunch of weird issues um uh I’ve into a bunch of weird issues trying trying trying to figure out how to use Prisma so to figure out how to use Prisma so to figure out how to use Prisma so that’s that’s kind of the Om I’m that’s that’s kind of the Om I’m that’s that’s kind of the Om I’m using uh so you got your database and using uh so you got your database and using uh so you got your database and instead of writing SQL you have an or if instead of writing SQL you have an or if instead of writing SQL you have an or if you don’t know that is kind of the you don’t know that is kind of the you don’t know that is kind of the middle layer that abstracts way uh all middle layer that abstracts way uh all middle layer that abstracts way uh all your SQL so you can use kind of regular your SQL so you can use kind of regular your SQL so you can use kind of regular code to to interact with the code to to interact with the code to to interact with the database I find Prisma database I find Prisma database I find Prisma difficult sometimes when you start doing difficult sometimes when you start doing difficult sometimes when you start doing the complex stuff I’m like how how do the complex stuff I’m like how how do the complex stuff I’m like how how do you make this goddamn thing work so you make this goddamn thing work so you make this goddamn thing work so let’s see if I can get that working let’s see if I can get that working let’s see if I can get that working today and this weekend um I’m still today and this weekend um I’m still today and this weekend um I’m still aiming to have all of the doc sports aiming to have all of the doc sports aiming to have all of the doc sports stuff all the running tracking done by stuff all the running tracking done by stuff all the running tracking done by this weekend so by end of day Saturday this weekend so by end of day Saturday this weekend so by end of day Saturday I’m going to sit down and focus hard on I’m going to sit down and focus hard on I’m going to sit down and focus hard on Saturday work all day long and get it Saturday work all day long and get it Saturday work all day long and get it done so all right let’s jump to the done so all right let’s jump to the done so all right let’s jump to the comments or hate mail or comments or comments or hate mail or comments or comments or hate mail or comments or questions nothing today yeah bad I you questions nothing today yeah bad I you questions nothing today yeah bad I you know I it’s tough with the freelance know I it’s tough with the freelance know I it’s tough with the freelance work I so badly want to share and and work I so badly want to share and and work I so badly want to share and and show off more so bear with me while I I show off more so bear with me while I I show off more so bear with me while I I I get through this I get through this I get through this hump uh onto my random story for today hump uh onto my random story for today hump uh onto my random story for today uh this will be a quick one so it is uh this will be a quick one so it is uh this will be a quick one so it is warm like today was crazy crazy warm for warm like today was crazy crazy warm for warm like today was crazy crazy warm for winter I mean we’re still winter I mean we’re still winter I mean we’re still really uh what like three weeks we’re really uh what like three weeks we’re really uh what like three weeks we’re like 3 weeks left of winter like 3 weeks left of winter like 3 weeks left of winter technically spring is here early it’s technically spring is here early it’s technically spring is here early it’s been so crazy warm it feels like it’s been so crazy warm it feels like it’s been so crazy warm it feels like it’s the middle or end of spring it’s so warm the middle or end of spring it’s so warm the middle or end of spring it’s so warm this is the first winter this is the this is the first winter this is the this is the first winter this is the first winter I’ve experienced back in first winter I’ve experienced back in first winter I’ve experienced back in California in 15 years so almost like California in 15 years so almost like California in 15 years so almost like half my damn life i’ been gone um it’s half my damn life i’ been gone um it’s half my damn life i’ been gone um it’s weird to to have such a sunny warm weird to to have such a sunny warm weird to to have such a sunny warm winter I’m not not used to it uh I winter I’m not not used to it uh I winter I’m not not used to it uh I remember remember the very first time I remember remember the very first time I remember remember the very first time I had my first holiday in somewh warm had my first holiday in somewh warm had my first holiday in somewh warm somewhere somewhere somewhere tropical uh God this was like 15 years tropical uh God this was like 15 years tropical uh God this was like 15 years ago now yeah not too long after I left ago now yeah not too long after I left ago now yeah not too long after I left California uh we went to California uh we went to California uh we went to Hawaii and had Christmas there and Hawaii and had Christmas there and Hawaii and had Christmas there and that’s pretty mind that that was that’s pretty mind that that was that’s pretty mind that that was mind-blowing for us because we’re used mind-blowing for us because we’re used mind-blowing for us because we’re used to here cold rain fog um a lot of rain to here cold rain fog um a lot of rain to here cold rain fog um a lot of rain especially um but there you know you especially um but there you know you especially um but there you know you hear Christmas music and it’s sunny and hear Christmas music and it’s sunny and hear Christmas music and it’s sunny and warm and bright and you’re at the beach warm and bright and you’re at the beach warm and bright and you’re at the beach and you’re swimming in the warm ocean and you’re swimming in the warm ocean and you’re swimming in the warm ocean and you’re like this is crazy it is this and you’re like this is crazy it is this and you’re like this is crazy it is this winter you know and you see the palm winter you know and you see the palm winter you know and you see the palm tree with the Christmas lights wrapped tree with the Christmas lights wrapped tree with the Christmas lights wrapped around it and you know everything’s around it and you know everything’s around it and you know everything’s Christmas and Santa it just doesn’t feel Christmas and Santa it just doesn’t feel Christmas and Santa it just doesn’t feel right when you’re in the tropics uh I’ve right when you’re in the tropics uh I’ve right when you’re in the tropics uh I’ve I’ve spent winter since then I’ve s I’ve spent winter since then I’ve s I’ve spent winter since then I’ve s spent winter before in the Southern spent winter before in the Southern spent winter before in the Southern Hemisphere and that is equally trippy Hemisphere and that is equally trippy Hemisphere and that is equally trippy because it’s like you know January because it’s like you know January because it’s like you know January middle of December and it’s like hot you middle of December and it’s like hot you middle of December and it’s like hot you know it’s summer that always that that’s know it’s summer that always that that’s know it’s summer that always that that’s trippy when you’re not from that but uh trippy when you’re not from that but uh trippy when you’re not from that but uh yeah the Australians they say that it yeah the Australians they say that it yeah the Australians they say that it they’re they’re they’re used to it their they’re they’re they’re used to it their they’re they’re they’re used to it their Christmas is always summer um so the Christmas is always summer um so the Christmas is always summer um so the first time I went to Hawaii I was so first time I went to Hawaii I was so first time I went to Hawaii I was so tripped out by that just didn’t feel tripped out by that just didn’t feel tripped out by that just didn’t feel right you know uh it was great though uh right you know uh it was great though uh right you know uh it was great though uh don’t get me wrong I loved it and I don’t get me wrong I loved it and I don’t get me wrong I loved it and I wasn’t complaining it was nice to get wasn’t complaining it was nice to get wasn’t complaining it was nice to get out of the rain because that during that out of the rain because that during that out of the rain because that during that time I lived in the Pacific Northwest in time I lived in the Pacific Northwest in time I lived in the Pacific Northwest in the US where it rains every day in the the US where it rains every day in the the US where it rains every day in the winter so getting out of there and winter so getting out of there and winter so getting out of there and getting that sun was Heaven um but yeah getting that sun was Heaven um but yeah getting that sun was Heaven um but yeah I’ll never forget seeing the palm tree I’ll never forget seeing the palm tree I’ll never forget seeing the palm tree with the light Christmas lights on it with the light Christmas lights on it with the light Christmas lights on it and hearing the Christmas music you know and hearing the Christmas music you know and hearing the Christmas music you know seeing fake snow in Santa I was like seeing fake snow in Santa I was like seeing fake snow in Santa I was like this is weird this is this is weird this is this is weird this is unnatural but uh I love Hawaii um unnatural but uh I love Hawaii um unnatural but uh I love Hawaii um doesn’t quite feel almost doesn’t quite feel almost doesn’t quite feel almost it’s American but it doesn’t quite feel it’s American but it doesn’t quite feel it’s American but it doesn’t quite feel like you’re in the US because you have like you’re in the US because you have like you’re in the US because you have like the Hawaiians and the Hawaiian like the Hawaiians and the Hawaiian like the Hawaiians and the Hawaiian culture it’s cool I I I dig I dig Hawaii culture it’s cool I I I dig I dig Hawaii culture it’s cool I I I dig I dig Hawaii I’ve been to two islands um spent like a I’ve been to two islands um spent like a I’ve been to two islands um spent like a month or so there total in my life so month or so there total in my life so month or so there total in my life so not a lot of time um two islands I not a lot of time um two islands I not a lot of time um two islands I really want to go back I I love Hawaii really want to go back I I love Hawaii really want to go back I I love Hawaii and and and uh yeah I want to go see all the islands uh yeah I want to go see all the islands uh yeah I want to go see all the islands so I would love to even go see the so I would love to even go see the so I would love to even go see the Forbidden Island which is uh I know Forbidden Island which is uh I know Forbidden Island which is uh I know that’s very very hard it’s on impossible that’s very very hard it’s on impossible that’s very very hard it’s on impossible to go there but it’s very expensive and to go there but it’s very expensive and to go there but it’s very expensive and very hard this is very hard this is very hard this is um this entire one of the entire um this entire one of the entire um this entire one of the entire Hawaiian islands is owned by a family Hawaiian islands is owned by a family Hawaiian islands is owned by a family which is nuts yeah there’s this weird which is nuts yeah there’s this weird which is nuts yeah there’s this weird one too I don’t know if you can go on one too I don’t know if you can go on one too I don’t know if you can go on that one so this thing it’s kind of that one so this thing it’s kind of that one so this thing it’s kind of Barron there’s not much there and they Barron there’s not much there and they Barron there’s not much there and they own the whole thing since like the 1800s own the whole thing since like the 1800s own the whole thing since like the 1800s the king of Hawaii gave it to them for the king of Hawaii gave it to them for the king of Hawaii gave it to them for like you know some kind of scam the like you know some kind of scam the like you know some kind of scam the thing was a scam you know it wasn’t like thing was a scam you know it wasn’t like thing was a scam you know it wasn’t like even a Hawaiian family suspiciously even a Hawaiian family suspiciously even a Hawaiian family suspiciously small amount of money um small amount of money um small amount of money um yeah uh pretty wild but they they’re yeah uh pretty wild but they they’re yeah uh pretty wild but they they’re actually kind of cool they let Hawaiian actually kind of cool they let Hawaiian actually kind of cool they let Hawaiian like real native Hawaiians live their like real native Hawaiians live their like real native Hawaiians live their like old school you know like like old school you know like like old school you know like traditional Hawaiian culture they let traditional Hawaiian culture they let traditional Hawaiian culture they let them live there they’re the only only them live there they’re the only only them live there they’re the only only people who can go yeah you could do like people who can go yeah you could do like people who can go yeah you could do like you could do like a hunting trip and I you could do like a hunting trip and I you could do like a hunting trip and I there’s there’s kind of a little bit of there’s there’s kind of a little bit of there’s there’s kind of a little bit of ways to to kind of go there but anyways ways to to kind of go there but anyways ways to to kind of go there but anyways yeah I’ve only been to two so one one yeah I’ve only been to two so one one yeah I’ve only been to two so one one day one day soon hopefully I’ll go back day one day soon hopefully I’ll go back day one day soon hopefully I’ll go back um feeling weird to be here in the um feeling weird to be here in the um feeling weird to be here in the winter and it’d be so warm I walk around winter and it’d be so warm I walk around winter and it’d be so warm I walk around in I mean I walk around in a t-shirt in I mean I walk around in a t-shirt in I mean I walk around in a t-shirt every single day and I’m like okay this every single day and I’m like okay this every single day and I’m like okay this is not normal like I don’t remember is not normal like I don’t remember is not normal like I don’t remember being like this when I was a kid because being like this when I was a kid because being like this when I was a kid because when uh I remember how we having to wear when uh I remember how we having to wear when uh I remember how we having to wear a jacket but now with climate a jacket but now with climate a jacket but now with climate change I literally I wear a t-shirt change I literally I wear a t-shirt change I literally I wear a t-shirt every day it’s just not not normal it every day it’s just not not normal it every day it’s just not not normal it feels like I’m somewhere kind of iCal or feels like I’m somewhere kind of iCal or feels like I’m somewhere kind of iCal or something strange something strange something strange so I’m not going to say new to it but so I’m not going to say new to it but so I’m not going to say new to it but it’s probably not a bad it’s probably it’s probably not a bad it’s probably it’s probably not a bad it’s probably not a good thing in the long run anyways not a good thing in the long run anyways not a good thing in the long run anyways that’s all I got for today uh I’ll try that’s all I got for today uh I’ll try that’s all I got for today uh I’ll try to give you more much more interesting to give you more much more interesting to give you more much more interesting updates next week I swear see you updates next week I swear see you updates next week I swear see you tomorrow

Description

I know progress has stalled, but I’m drowning in work right now. I’ll try to get more done this weekend.

Plus, I talk a lot about my first hot winter and holidays.

Summary

Summary of the Video: Daily Build Update The video provides a brief progress report on a project build, highlighting challenges with database integration and time management due to freelance work. It also touches on the unusually warm winter and nostalgic memories of past experiences in Hawaii.

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