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May 6, 2026
Gaining elo is no longer about discipline
I'm 1100 in 10-min and like everyone here I "should" be doing daily tactics.
I never actually do them.
A few weeks ago I tried something different; I built an app to force me to do puzzle.
Every time I unlock my mac, a puzzle appears fullscreen, can't get to my desktop until I solve it. Just checked the stats: 34 puzzles in the last 5 days. 26 solved, 8 failed.
I genuinely did not realize I was doing this much. It's just folded into the day: open laptop, solve, get to work.
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I was stuck at 1100 on chess.com and could never force myself to do puzzle so I built an app to force me to them. Consistency is no longer a choice, and my elo grows, passively.

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