This week quietly marked the final chapter of my internship, and it still feels a little unreal writing that sentence. The days were spent polishing and refining the Sayembara website for its final review, making sure the content flows well, the structure feels intuitive, and the visuals clearly tell the Read more
Homepage got a glow-up this week, feedback in hand, while work on the other Sayembara pages began. It was a mix of experimenting, learning, and figuring out how to explain technical stuff in plain, non-confusing language. Tweaks and Improvements The week started with applying some suggestions from Dr. Shawn on Read more
This week focused on taking the website planning from previous weeks and slowly turning it into something more tangible. Instead of just outlines and ideas, the work shifted toward actual layout and visual structure, starting with the Sayembara homepage. From Structure to Homepage Based on earlier findings and planning, a Read more
This week I turned our app from a “refresh-to-see-updates” experience into something that feels truly live. After a few days of research and experimenting, I finally shipped a feature that makes the biggest difference for users during live events, especially for the emcee and judges: automatic UI updates. Smart Polling Read more
This week I finally experienced what it’s like to turn testing philosophy into practice and then watch it collide with real code. After a long stretch of trial and error with the QR-scanner tests, I was able to step back and see the bigger picture. Mocking Strategy Mocking started out Read more
Last week, I learned about building the right mindset for testing, focusing less on “proving success” and more on “finding boundaries.” This week, I finally moved from that philosophy into hands-on practice. My focus was on integration testing in Flutter, especially around the QR scanner journey. Understanding the Testing Layers Read more
After weeks of wrestling with the QR scanner, I’ve managed to get it to a point where I can finally start focusing on testing, which feels like reaching a checkpoint in a marathon I didn’t know I signed up for. It wasn’t easy (many “why isn’t this working” moments), but Read more
If Week 4 was about understanding why clean code matters, Week 5 was about practicing the how. I noticed a pattern: the more I leaned on best practices, the less time I spent fighting my own code. This week wasn’t about big refactors, but about sharpening the small details that Read more
This week was less about adding shiny new features and more about writing clean, maintainable code. I realized that writing code isn’t just about making it work, it’s about making it safe, secure, and sustainable. A single misplaced file, a missing assert, or scattered logic might not break the app Read more
Week 3 was where development met real-time pressure. I dove into implementing the QR code scanning workflow, translating an abstract idea into a working feature that users could interact with. At the same time, I stayed on call for live system operations, tackling issues as they surfaced. That constant switch Read more