--- title: The Quest Journal #2 — Revealing my super secret plan description: A developer shares their second journal entry about building a gamification/RPG-inspired productivity app called Levely for a hackathon called Shipaton. They... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-quest-journal-2-revealing-my-super-secret-plan-f5tjh1xl5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Quest Journal #2 — Revealing my super secret plan | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares their second journal entry about building a gamification/RPG-inspired productivity app called Levely for a hackathon called Shipaton. 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