CS373 Spring 2021: Tim Nguyen
Week 4
1. What did you do this past week?
I celebrated my birthday this past week and finished my Collatz project in time! I had a pretty good week in general, but I was sad that I was unable to go home this weekend to celebrate the Lunar New Year as well as my birthday with my parents due to the weather. I hope to see them next weekend!
2. What's in your way?
I don’t think there’s anything in my way at the moment, and I feel like I am managing all my classes well so far. Hopefully, I can maintain my work schedule in the coming weeks as projects start coming in.
3. What will you do next week?
Next week, I think I will introduce myself to my teammates so that we can start brainstorming about the project. At first, I was disappointed that we could not choose our own group members, but I think meeting new people will be a nice change and, hopefully, I will make new friends!
4. If you read it, what did you think of the Pair Programming?
I found the Pair Programming paper to be true, and I can relate to much of what the paper said. Working with another person can be very helpful and improve the quality and efficiency of the code in my opinion. At first, I thought that working with someone else can hinder how I code, but it actually allowed me to think from different perspectives, fix any possible bugs, and increase work productivity.
5. What was your experience of types? (this question will vary, week to week)
Professor Downing went over types in Python, and I have a good understanding of them after his lectures this past week. Before, I did not understand the difference between tuples and lists until Professor Downing cleared that up.
6. What made you happy this week?
I ate out with my brothers for my birthday, and it was the first time in forever that I went out. Usually, I am a homebody and stay inside all the time, even before Covid, but it felt really nice to laugh and eat all together. I think it’s a reminder for me to go outside of my room more often and at least get some fresh air, especially when the days are beautiful and the air is cool.
7. What's your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
Here’s a good article if you need some more help with understanding AWS and website hosting. I hope this helps, especially since we’re soon going to be building a website!
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/a-beginners-guide-on-how-to-host-a-static-site-with-aws/
