🧠 What I Built
I revived a C-based CLI project called Daily Routine Analyser, originally built during a hackathon under extreme time pressure.
At its core, the tool helps users break down their 24-hour day into:
- Study 📚
- Sleep 😴
- Exercise 🏃
- Leisure 🎮
It then calculates a simple productivity score out of 10 and provides insights about daily balance.
What started as a rushed prototype has now been transformed into a clean, modular, and readable CLI application with improved structure and logic.
👉 GitHub Repo: https://github.com/tanush326k/daily-routine-analyser
🎬 Demo
💻 How it works:
- User enters daily activity hours
- Program validates total ≤ 24
- System evaluates habit balance
- Outputs:
- Time breakdown
- Habit insights
- Final productivity score (/10)
🔁 The Comeback Story
The original version of this project was written during a hackathon in a highly rushed environment.
🔴 Before (Hackathon Version)
- Everything inside a single
main()function - No modular structure
- Hardcoded logic and repetitive flow
- Built just to “make it work”
It functioned — but it wasn’t maintainable or scalable.
🟢 After (Revived Version)
When I revisited it, I focused on turning it into something cleaner and more structured:
- Refactored code into modular functions
- Improved scoring logic clarity
- Added structured thinking using
struct - Enhanced readability and maintainability
- Cleaned up nested loops and logic flow
The goal wasn’t just to fix it — it was to make it feel like a real project, not a hackathon leftover.
🤖 My Experience with GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot played a key role in this revival process.
It helped me:
- Break down a large
main()function into smaller reusable functions - Suggest cleaner implementations for scoring logic
- Improve structure using
structfor better data organization - Reduce unnecessary nesting and improve readability
- Speed up refactoring decisions
Instead of writing everything from scratch again, Copilot acted like a pair programmer helping restructure legacy code into something clean and modern.
💡 Key Takeaway
This project taught me that:
“A hackathon project is not the end — it’s the starting point.”
Even simple ideas can become meaningful software when revisited with better structure and tools.
🚀 Future Improvements
- Save daily logs to CSV
- Weekly progress tracking system
- Graph-based visualization
- Habit streak tracking system
- Possible GUI/web version
👨💻 Closing Note
This project represents my journey from:
“just getting it working” → “making it well-designed and maintainable.”
And GitHub Copilot helped accelerate that transformation significantly.