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I'm currently on day 252 of a streak: https://github.com/waywardmonkeys/

Most days are pretty easy. Being that I maintain a large project (Open Dylan), there is almost always a simple bug to fix, documentation to improve, typos to correct, bugs to file, pull requests to merge from others.

It has been great for keeping things moving and making sure that every day, I make at least a little bit of progress. Every day, at least a tiny step forward.

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It makes sense that this sort of thing is easier if you own a larger project. That sounds like a great way to EDBC = Every day be coding.

I find your streak particularly impressive, since it is all public contributions. The authors streak (as well as any, much shorter, streak that I have made) has always relied much more heavily on private repos for personal projects.

I appreciate your contributions much more!

Right behind you with 230 days: https://github.com/zsiciarz

The contribution graph is in my opinion really a great motivational tool. Seems to work better for me than projects like Julython, however I'm guilty of a few single-commit days fixing a typo or updating some dependency packages. Looking forward to 365!

Are you aiming for the "at least one commit per day", or did this happen naturally as you worked on Open Dylan?

I aim for it. Clearly before the streak started, I was much more intermittent with some days passing without visible progress. :)

Wow that's amazing! Good for you, keep it up!

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