Restarting weekend tinkering

10k Hours Progress (10.41%)

$10k/mo Progress (26.38%)

// Restarting weekend tinkering

16 August 2025

Did a bit of work on QG after neglecting it for months. Mainly

getting Typesense to work
improve search results display
add back missing icons in admin dashboard (how does something like that even happen...??)

Felt good to get this little bit done; to restart the weekend tinkering momentum.

Earned: $24.12 // Time: 3.0 hours

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About

What does 10,000 hours of pure curiosity look like — and can it pay $10,000 a month?

That's the experiment.

I sold a 13-year restaurant business in 2019, taught myself to code, and have been chasing every "what if" since. Real hours, real dollars, updated daily.

I've been self-employed for 20 years. My goal is to keep it that way for the next 20.

Banner art L-R © Me, Citadel 9, me, me, me.

Inspirations:
Daily blogging - Alex West
Design - JWZ, p0libius
10k Hours - Ryan Kulp

Stats

Journey start: 28 March 2022

Progress logs: 200

∑ Time spent: 1041.0 hours (10.41% to 10k)

Avg time/mo: 21.2 hours

∑ Dollars earned: $129,372.70

$/mo: $2,637.71 (26.38% to $10k/m)

$/hour: $124.27