That five minute timer is killer.
Part of the purpose of this post is to also encourage discussion. Be it about the topics in the video or anything else.
For anyone wondering why I am making the Todo app in next.js. Simply because it's another project to complete using the tools I want to learn. I can not stress enough how useful, and quickly, I am learning new things and reinforcing old ones just be repeating the project or looking for other ones.
If you're waiting for to approve (or hol up) your PR. Open up a new project and recreate the weather app, the todo app, or find a new one to do. Add new features. If you're truly set on wanting to be a react developer keep up with the learning. Rome wasn't built in a day. Doing the weather app and putting typescript into it was a huge jump. But now it is becoming easier and easier to manage.