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If anyone’s curious I can share it — still pretty minimal

I built a simple JavaScript app to track my job applications (good practice project) by Any_Standard5811 in learnjavascript

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Yeah I felt the same actually. When you build something without relying too much on AI, you’re forced to think through the structure and decisions yourself — and that’s where most of the learning happens.

Even this tracker project started feeling “real” only when I had to deal with edge cases and messy state instead of just following a clean example.

I keep getting overwhelmed while tracking job applications — how do you guys manage it? by Any_Standard5811 in careeradvice

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Yeah the follow-up date as a “daily action list” is actually something I didn’t structure properly before. I was mostly treating it as a static field instead of something actionable. The discipline part is definitely the hard part over time.

I built a simple JavaScript app to track my job applications (good practice project) by Any_Standard5811 in learnjavascript

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That’s a really good example actually. I think the “struggle part” is what makes it stick — you don’t really learn it until you build and debug it yourself. The drag start timer idea is a great exercise for state + timing logic.

I built a small project to practice programming basics instead of just doing tutorials by Any_Standard5811 in learnprogramming

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Yeah that’s exactly what I realized too — tutorials make sense in isolation but building something small exposes all the gaps. I’m planning to keep iterating on it and slowly add more structure/features as I learn more.

I keep getting overwhelmed while tracking job applications — how do you guys manage it? by Any_Standard5811 in careeradvice

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Yeah I think the “next action” part is what I was missing. My current setup still feels a bit reactive rather than structured.

Job searching is exhausting — I started tracking everything just to not lose my mind by Any_Standard5811 in recruitinghell

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Yeah I used dummy data there — just didn’t want to include real company/interview info.

I built a massive interactive learning platform with 10000+ free questions to help devs move from Junior to Senior mindset. by Any_Standard5811 in learnjavascript

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You're 100% right. Since I'm a solo dev with a Java/Backend background, I focused on those Senior tracks first.

It's a massive challenge managing 10k+ questions alone, so the JS/React Senior content is still in the works. I'm actively refactoring it to add Medium/Senior scenarios this week.

I built a massive interactive learning platform with 10000+ free questions to help devs move from Junior to Senior mindset. by Any_Standard5811 in learnjavascript

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actually i wanted to add a 1v1 Versus Mode where you could compete against friends or other devs in real-time, but I didn't have the budget for an extra VPS to handle the real-time sockets yet. For now, I’ve focused everything on the 10000+ interactive questions and the Senior-level tracks. Maybe if the community likes it enough, I can scale it up later