2022-01-17
- used a lot of time figuring out how to start and what task to do
2022-02-21
- used a lot of time catching up to the folder structure of the project. Likely because I have not tried to work in this format before.
- Discord is helpful to see when other people are online and communicate with them directly. It likely also filters some of the communication going to GitHub. Could be a disadvantage as some dicisions could be made on Discord, when everyone is not there, and not put down on text somewhere.
2023-01-06
- In general hard to find time for this project, particularly because there is no one for whom it is their primary project to push the work forward.
- Getting the roadmap up an running has been really important because we only work on this once per month. This may be too infrequent to really progress. It is really useful with the roadmap because otherwise one would forget where the project is and which tasks are to be done.
- There is a risk of feeling what one is doing is really fragmented due to the infrequent meetings
- We could benefit from having some more deadlines to aim for to keep the work progressing
2023-09-01
- Started getting oriented in all the updated code and on GitHub - this is one of the advantages by having documented so much.
- Once you start getting the sense of how everything is setup and connected it has become much easier to go in, find tasks to complete, and do them.
- Today I mostly oriented myself in all the issues on GitHub to get an overview of where we are and plan my time ahead. This is my general struggle with this project - time. Finding time to dive in has really been hard amid all the other projects.
2024-04-10
- Feels like we got over the hump of getting started and by solving the search using openalex instead of many individual packages for each database.
- We have curated lists of all the papers and now much easier to go through. Now the project feels like it is moving.
2024-10-27
- Was great to have set aside dedicated time to work on the project. Read all the papers, make a charting form and chart the papers I had been assigned. Next step will be making a nice overview table of all the papers and start writing.
- The “sprint” of working at the same time was a really great idea but we should have coordinated much more beforehand and make the goal clear. I also have some things, still, that got into my way so I was more present in the first days than the last days.
- We should schedule such a sprint again to continue with the project. We have come very far.
- The biggest limitation at the moment is finding the time to work on this as this is no ones primary project. Prioritizing taking out much time for this is just not easy. But we are moving forward.