Showing up each day and building the heatmap

Lately, I’ve been spending time playing around with oneweek.dev, and I realized how much I simply enjoy showing up each day to work on something, anything that feels interesting or necessary in the little time I have left after my full-time job.

It makes me feel progress, even in small steps. It keeps me accountable to myself.

The idea

At some point, I thought: what if there was a way to visualize this consistency?
Something like a GitHub-style heatmap, but instead of commits, it would track daily logs, small updates, reflections, or learnings.

Right now, I’m still setting up the base here and handling most updates myself. But I imagine that one day anyone in the team might be interested taking over the day to share an update.

So the heatmap is more than a visual feature. It’s a symbol of showing up, whether that means working on a new idea, fixing something small, or even taking a mindful rest day.

Why it matters

When we don’t reflect, it can feel like we’re not doing enough.
But in reality, we do a lot of small things and all those things deserve a small acknowledgment, a small celebration.

That’s why I decided to bring the heatmap right into the landing page, highlighted in the first section. Because showing up matters.

Big or small, progress only happens when you show up.