CS371p Spring 2021: Michael Liu
What did you do this past week?
This past week I mainly worked on assignments for school, some group projects, played sports, and spent time with friends. I also went to the gym and went hiking outdoors which was very nice.
What’s in your way?
This week my time management was really in my way. I had a lot of commitments that required my time and I wasn’t able to get everything fit in in time so I had to sacrifice certain things for others such as my sleep. I also needed to go back to my hometown this week to help my family with a personal matter.
What will you do next week?
This next week I will be catching up on my school work that I wasn’t able to complete this week. Rewatching some of the lectures that I missed, and trying to get ahead on some of my readings. I will also try to maintain my daily exercise and spend time with friends.
If you read it, what did you think of the Continuous Integration?
I have not read it yet.
What was your experience of Collatz? (this question will vary, week to week)
Collatz seems like a really interesting challenge. I’ve gotten a preliminary version of the code up and running but it seems to fail hackerrank’s speed tests so that is something that I will have to work on to get passing before it’s due this week.
What was your experience of exceptions? (this question will vary, week to week)
Exceptions are a really cool way of handling errors in the code without having to exit the program immediately.
What made you happy this week?
This week I watched the SuperBowl with my friends which was a really fun time and I really enjoyed the game.
What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
My tip of the week is that if you have issues with installing or updating dependencies in a large project, many IDE’s have an option to clear and restart caches which essentially re-scans through the codebase links all of your dependencies up properly. I found this out while working on a project this week and it saved me a lot of grief. Hopefully this helps!
