Tothal Systems

Work  1Do.Today  on slowed down in the last couple of days. I’m doing this as a side gig in my own spare time, alongside with my full-time (I’d say: highly demanding) job. And life is also happening. There’s not too much left to do before I’m ready to launch a private alpha to testing. But I’m struggling to find the time and energy to get it done. I’m moving house this week, and enjoying some me time, and some time with my partner. I came to realize that I’m actually not superhuman. There’s only so much I can get done in a day, even when I’m using  1Do.Today  to work on 1Do Today and prioritize and motivate myself to get it done! The standard / expectation for myself is always high. Shoot for the moon , right? But it can also induce anxiety and guilt if not managed properly. I accept this now that it’s okay, and feel satisfied and content that I did do something. What matters is to do consistently, even when missing some days. Can you forgive yourself? Even when done...

  Choosing Sengrid I just need sending a simple email to notify users on signup and send an invite code to those who requested to signup to alpha. All alpha level users will get free for life account on  1do.today . Just sign up and drop me a reply you’d like to get an invite. Now, I’d need to send some transactional emails. Nothing fancy, just a simple text. I chose Sendgrid because of it’s [still] quasi-free entry level option, and seemingly easy of use. Well, it was almost easy. Besides the need to update my dev environment with all dependencies for the Sendgrid API, and struggling to understand them all to get them right, it’s still not working … The last step: script now works, but Sendgrid rejects the request with a cryptic response… And I can’t figure it out if it’s rejecting the API key or the request itself. Worked it out finally after putting in some time for 2 days. I mention this is all done using the quick setup from  Sendgrid integration workflow itself ...