Day 14/45 — Gauri Kaushik

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Theory & Deliverables

Day 14 · Commit Message Discipline

Study VIP: "Create a good commit message" — imperative mood, 50 char subject

Re-read your last 20 commits — grade each one 1-5 honestly

Amend 5 commit messages using interactive rebase

🎯 Deliverable

Clean commit history on GitHub — readable, professional, meaningful

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Plugin Implementation Task

WP Enterprise Showcase

✨ Building since Day 1

Add Admin Dashboard widget — every change in a separate clean commit

Create includes/class-dashboard-widget.php. wp_add_dashboard_widget() — show: total log count, last 5 entries, cache hit/miss ratio. Each metric = one method. Practice: each logical change = one commit. Format: "Add dashboard widget showing log count" — imperative, specific, under 50 chars.

📄 Files: includes/class-dashboard-widget.php

⸻ feature/day-14-dashboard-widget

Mark done after GitHub commit & push

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Daily Non-Negotiables

All 6. Every day. No exceptions.

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Git Commit

Push before day ends

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Exercise

30+ min movement

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Book Reading

Before sleep

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AI Tool 30min

Claude

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Communication

Explain something aloud

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Reflection

Written note below

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45-Day Progress Map

Click any day to review it

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P1: WP Core (1-10) P2: Git/CI (11-20) P3: Gutenberg (21-30) P4: VIP (31-38) P5: Interview (39-45)

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Daily Self-Rating

Honest. No one sees this but you.

Technical Depth Can I explain what I built today?

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Communication Did I explain clearly without rushing?

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Interview Confidence How calm would I be in an interview right now?

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Self-Discipline Did I stick to the plan?

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Energy & Focus Was I genuinely present during study time?

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Book Reading Log

Read before sleep. Summarise here.

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AI Tool — 30 Min Session

Today: Claude

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End-of-Day Reflection

Honest. Specific. No excuses.

What confused me today? What would I explain differently? One win I'm underestimating: