Mountain

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Inspiration

I have been passionate about mental health stigma and the quest for constant improvement. My experiences with friends, martial arts and journey as a developer has helped open my eyes and see that almost everyone in the world is climibing a mountain. Some live for it, some find peace and settle somewhere, and some are just afraid to go. Even I would stay in comfort zones because instead of climbing and changing for the better I would improve in simply more of the same. Like I was playing checkers because I was afraid of chess. My mentor had similar experiences a long time ago and so here I am now.

How I built it

I am a solid mobile developer and need to use my last 7 hours efficiently. I am using Swift

Challenges I ran into

I'm dealing with the standard bugs in Xcode, aside from that, curating content in a hackathaon is tricky because of large downloads on the network

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

My first time coming to Bitcamp I was completely helpless. I relied on a senior who was a much better programmer and also relied on mentors the whole time. Here I am now solo and haven't asked for any help (nothing wrong with asking for help of course). Between that and how the theme this year fits exactly with Mountain I feel like everything is coming full circle.

What I learned

It's been something I've been relearning and appreciating more and more: everyone has a craft, and mastery is the goal for any craftsman. I used to see things as a zero sum game, but now I see it it's all about the process and the constant improvement (my first dojo was called Kaizen MMA) and the Kaizen principle ( continuous change for the better) that the dojo takes it's name from is constantly on my mind again now that I'm back to my roots. I believe it can benefit anyone struggling mentally, physically, and spiritually.

What's next for Mountain

After Bitcamp I'm going to keep coding it and put it up on Testflight to get some insight from peers.

Built With

• firebase
• swift