[idea] Documenting Side Project Ideas
Tags: side-project · docs · exploration
Goal: Flesh out and document ideas as they come up.
What I did:
- Documented 6 macOS menu bar app ideas
- Documented 2 VSCode extension ideas
Result:
- 8 files added under
~/workspace/sw/idea/ - Prioritized by estimated difficulty
[vsc-daily-shortcut] VSCode Extension — Development Complete and Published to Marketplace
Tags: side-project · vscode-ext · feature · setup
Goal: Take the daily-shortcut extension from idea to a fully developed and published product.
What I did:
- Refined the idea and laid out a concrete feature plan
- Implemented extension features: launch toast, persistent status bar, Webview card panel, sidebar TreeView with search
- Prepared for marketplace upload: icon, README, License, ignore files, env configs
- Created GitHub repo, pushed code, wrote
deploy.sh
Result:
- v0.1.4 published to the VS Code Marketplace as
100wish.vsc-daily-shortcut
[wishpages] page1 Structure Design, Implementation, and Visual Polish
Tags: side-project · astro · javascript · feature · setup
Goal: Design and implement a concrete page structure.
What I did:
- Designed the structure: home as a page gallery,
/page1as a date-sorted entry list with project filters and badge-only tags - Built an extensible architecture that supports adding more pages later
- Reviewed font choices, language settings, and tag layout
Result:
- wishpages.dev/page1 structure complete — local build and dev server verified
- Deployed with real data included