Remember when slack first hit the scene and it was so novel for using emojis throughout the UI and we all were like "wow! software can be so fun!"
That was a very millennial time to be alive
what to do... what to do.....
It's so rare to just put out a great app and see it take off.
I think this is why people give up on ideas and end up with a junk drawer of apps and projects no one uses.
If you have good intuition and strong conviction on an idea here's the secret:
keep going
During 2025 everyone became a 10x engineer.
Now 100x is legitimately possible.
Coding is extremely addictive now.
There are no stopping points.
As soon as you wrap up a large project the next thing is just a sentence or two away...
Gave nocal.app a major facelift tonight. Added a new product page about the interactivity of nocal notes.
When I discuss AI job disruption I still hear people make the claim that AI is helpful, but you will always need humans in the loop because AI can never be perfect enough.
These people have not been using AI in 2026.
One of my biggest pet peeves:
Slow walkers who are unaware of people trying to get around them
RIP part time actress, full time crossword puzzle answer Catherine O'Hara
Caleb Williams has performed the requisite amount of miracles to be anointed a saint by the Chicago pope
I know this is sacrilege to say as a lifelong Patriots fan, but I really wanted Buffalo to win.
Patriots/Buffalo AFC Championship would have been so awesome.
Loving how the new nocal widget looks on my home screen
nocal has over 2,000 users now 😳
New page on the nocal website highlights all the new multi calendar functionality:
nocal.app/one-calendar
The main benefit of having four kids is looking down on anyone with less than four kids
Oh wow three kids must be so hard!
Me whenever anyone asks a yes/no question
If anyone is open to letting me pick their brain about mobile app monetization and paywall strategies, please DM me
Tis the season to launch spotify wrapped knock-offs
Lol who is still watching Avatar movies?
Progress!
My new years resolution is to move Robin off of datadog entirely. What a prime example of a company that has a fantastic product but couldn't care less about its customers.
I enjoy nothing more than telling AI to make a UI pop more
Glass effect... left or right?
I'm collecting IDEs like Pokemon cards these days
I don't think anyone actually knows what comes between "jealousy" and "lullabies" in Mr. Brightside
And that's ok
yo the ballmer peak is alive and well
It's been almost a full week and no one at work has mentioned my new glasses/look and my wife says they look terrible 🙂
Third time on a call with all the same people: "Let's do a quick round of intros"
When people ask me what my superpower is I tell them its sneezing 30 times in a row without stopping
