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Thanks everyone for the awesome feedback :-) By the way you can find out more about what we're building at https://winnie.com .
Can confirm, Winnie is really cool.
After having a baby I struggled to switch from marathon coding sessions to trying to punch out code in hour, half hour or even 10 minute increments. The best advice is what she said - plan and divide tasks ruthlessly. There's always bits of time to work on your task list on your phone or flesh out a bit of meta-code in your to-do list, and now I'm able to do the brunt of the "thinking" work in the shower or wherever,…
What if I actively don't want to think about my code in the shower? Work/life balance and all that jazz.
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Can confirm, Winnie is really cool.
I don't know if this is the classical definition of grassrooting because your HN tag mentiones you are the Co-founder & CPO of Winnie but there's also other new accounts just commenting on this story (tvnut999)
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Just checked out your listings for Dallas. May need to actually talk to some locals some of these places are not what I would call kid friendly. Fair Park is in a sketchy part of town and basically no mans land outside of September-October. The 6th floor museum is about the Kennedy Assassination. Doubt many kids would find that interesting. I was really surprised to see Twin Peaks and Bone Daddys on there. You know t…
I looked at it for Austin and the first results are mostly parks (my kids never liked parks), then it gets weird. A Brazilian steak house? Then Twin Peaks? Twin Peaks is basically Hooters. But I guess because they have a changing table in the restroom, they are a good place to take kids.
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That looks fantastic. I'm assuming there aren't any plans for a Windows release though?
Thanks. We are frantically working on getting a new version out right now with many more features like a scripts creator and a notes browser. Windows is on the way but it's taking some time.
Really want try it out as soon as it's ready.
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Yea, kind of bizarre, especially as point #1. How would a VC even know you're working on a start-up? I also don't get random E-mails from VCs asking me whether I am working on a start-up and if so would I like to drink a beverage. Is this really a common problem for people?
She's a lot more popular than your average person, and more tied into SV than most. Her resume includes Google, Youtube, Twitter, and Postmates before founding her own company, plus she's got 35K followers on Twitter and had a TechCrunch article written about the startup. I think a lot of what she wrote is applicable but she also moves in spheres the average person doesn't.
I have a related question for the author or anyone: How do you keep your energy up to code in the evenings on your own project, after a full day of coding at the office?
Surprisingly enough limiting the time you spend on writing code after work (to 1-2h a day) also helps. This way there's less pressure to have something finished each day (because it's impossible in such a narrow timeframe) and more time in-between coding sessions to think about the design.
Most of the time my after-hours code is much more thought through than what I create at work.
I have a related question for the author or anyone: How do you keep your energy up to code in the evenings on your own project, after a full day of coding at the office?
Surprisingly enough limiting the time you spend on writing code after work (to 1-2h a day) also helps. This way there's less pressure to have something finished each day (because it's impossible in such a narrow timeframe) and more time in-between coding sessions to think about the design.
Most of the time my after-hours code is much more thought through than what I create at work.
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I have two kids, and my coding time is suffering. How the heck did you code while up with your kid at 3am? What was the kid doing??
I didn't code while taking care of my kid. My kid has childcare during the day! People love to assume that women are all just staying home watching their kids all day...