How 100 Days of Coding Changed My Life

Dona Sussan Chacko
5 min readJun 13, 2024

During July 2023, I sent out my first #100DaysOfCode tweet on Twitter.

Back then, I was just a “theory-rich, zero-code” programmer. Fast forward to today, and I’m a backend developer in Golang.

Quite the glow-up, right?

The 100 Days of Code Challenge

The 100 Days of Code challenge is straightforward: commit to programming for 100 days, dedicating at least one hour each day to personal projects and self-development. The journey is all about consistent progress and sharing your daily experiences with your community. (It could be Instagram, Twitter, or even your personal journal)

My Cheat Sheet :

  1. Started by gathering all necessary resources (video lectures, books) beforehand (I’ve linked all the resources I used at the end).
  2. Being part of a community. For instance, Twitter has over 200K amazing people participating in the #100DaysOfCode challenge, making me feel like we’re growing together.
  3. I set benchmarks for myself by challenging myself to solve a problem or complete a topic within a set time frame. If…

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Dona Sussan Chacko

💻 Engineer | 📚 Storyteller | 💡 Always curious | 😁 Witty on a good day