So, I’ve been meaning to share this little thing I cooked up called code mint. Honestly, it all started when I was messing around on my laptop one lazy Sunday. I just had this annoying habit of duplicating my notes all over the place. You know, like when you jot down ideas in different apps and forget where you put what. It drove me nuts!
Getting Going with the Idea
First off, I grabbed my trusty old text editor and cracked it open. I thought, “Why not make a tiny script that gathers all those scattered notes into one spot?” So, I started by listing out what I needed on a piece of paper. I scribbled down stuff like “find files,” “copy text,” and “put it together in a new file.” Then, I fired up the editor and typed out some lines. Didn’t care about fancy terms – just wrote whatever popped into my head.
Hitting Roadblocks
But then, things got messy real quick. I tried running the script, and boom – nothing happened. I scratched my head and realized I forgot to set it up to look in the right folders. So, I went back in, tweaked the path settings. Still no luck. Error messages popped up like crazy. Talk about frustrating! At one point, I almost gave up and grabbed a snack instead. But after a deep breath, I slowly worked through each line, testing it bit by bit.
Here’s what I fixed one by one:
- Checked folder names – I kept writing them wrong.
- Added a way to skip duplicate words – cause my notes kept repeating stuff.
- Made it run faster – by cutting out extra steps I didn’t need.
Wrapping It Up
Finally, after a couple of hours, I hit that sweet spot. I ran the script again, and this time, it pulled together all my messy notes into a single clean file. Felt like magic! But here’s the kicker – it made me realize how much time I waste on small stuff. Now, I use this thing daily, and it saves me a headache. Lesson learned? Start small, mess up a lot, and keep tweaking. Don’t overthink it – just dive in and see what sticks.
