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swami108

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About swami108

Engineer, designer, photographer (swamiphoto.com), and CEO at Qtr (visual planning app for high performers).

Recent public activity

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    Show HN: I built a weekly sprint planner for individuals

    Hello all I know there are plenty of productivity apps. Still, I found myself using many different apps for my productivity needs: Todoist for tasks, calendar for time-blocking, a …

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    Talent Code by Daniel Coyle. It’s an amazing book about how the best teams and most skilled people in the world learn and get good at their craft. I started learning piano as an ad…

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    Comment #35720643

    Haha, no worries :) My latest failure was Wize, a mobile app that let anyone share their skills. It was a great idea, a bit early for its times (live streaming app before Instagram…

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    Comment #35714894

    Tells you how many years I’ve been failing

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    Comment #35714862

    - chronological and categories. - pin the best ones on top for each category. - have an “all” category, which could be your default.

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    Comment #35714803

    I’ve pivoted from full stack to frontend to product. The switch from engineering to product can be challenging. Two tips. - start contributing to product on the side while on your …

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    Comment #35714659

    I’ve failed more times than most people. But I’m not a failure.

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    Comment #35714606

    Related question: I wonder how many humans (regular people, not copywriters, marketers, and businesses) are actually happy that chatgpt is here.

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    Comment #35714561

    MuseScore and Tempo (metronome).

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    Comment #35714468

    Quality ideas don’t come up on demand. They come sporadically over time, so it’s best to have a system to capture these ideas. I capture my ideas using Drafts on Apple Watch or pho…

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    Comment #35714240

    TDD is the second best method. The first is developing good habits—list out all edge cases and just manually test it out. If you work in a team, the PM, developers, and QA can brai…