2026-06-30 Retrospective

Today I was very tired. It was the World Cup season, so I couldn't sleep properly, and because I kept going continuously, my concentration had dropped quite a bit.

Still, today felt like a day dedicated to creating a verification test debugging tool. As a result, the tool worked exactly as I wanted, which makes me very happy. Even though I was tired, the fact that I completed it this far feels meaningful.

The Day I Made the Tool

The tool I made today lets you generate Godot code and JSONL with Qwen, and see on a single screen whether that JSONL matches the actual code chunk with a “yes”/“no” verification flow.

Previously, I had to copy what I asked ChatGPT or Qwen, paste the code and JSONL back in, and compare the expected response in my head. Now you can see within the tool which prompt was used, what the JSONL generation prompt was, how the verification prompt is composed, and whether the response matches the expected value.

Especially nice was fixing the expected response based on labeling and slot criteria. Since docs_chunks, api_mapping, and label_prototypes are not all the same “yes”/“no” meaning, separating them in the UI makes it much less confusing. And even if a case fails because of the prompt, the prompt and response remain on the screen, making it much easier to adjust the prompting later.

Wondering If There Is an End

As I keep working, I start to worry whether there is an end.

Collecting Godot official documentation, Markdown → JSONL conversion, DB design, Retriever strategy, AST chunk, verification prompts, test tools—everything keeps going. When you finish one thing, another problem appears, and solving that requires yet another tool or document.

Still, it feels refreshing because it’s something I want to do. If I were doing this because someone told me to, I’m not sure I’d have gotten this far. I probably would have disliked it. Even though it’s hard now, I’m curious, so I keep digging in and holding on.

Slowing the Tempo

I plan to slow the tempo a bit moving forward.

So far, my daily benchmark has been too high. I wrote documentation every day, built tools, opened PRs, incorporated reviews, ran collections, and tried to test—all in one day. Maintaining that pace makes it hard to last long. It seems time to level down.

Just while RunPod was running, and while asking ChatGPT, I jotted down design notes in a notepad, and that got me this far. I didn’t start grandly; I wrote down ideas as they came, turned sticking points into tools, and then checked them again.

Since the tool turned out roughly as I wanted today, I think I can slow down a bit and refine the standards more calmly from now on. Rather than forcing a big chunk every day, it seems better to use the built tool in real tests and slowly see where things wobble.

Today’s Conclusion

Today I was tired, but I still completed the tool I wanted.

Even though my physical condition wasn’t great, I finished it to the end. Thanks to this tool, future Qwen verification tests should be much less confusing.

Now I can go a little slower. After all, this is a record I’m keeping because I want to do it, and a tool I’m building out of curiosity. Continuing steadily seems more important than pushing fast.