Getting Featured on Apps Gone Free
TracKit recently got featured on AppAdvice’s Apps Gone Free. While I knew that this means a nice bump in downloads, I had no idea what numbers to expect. After the initial launch a year and a half ago, TracKit downloads settled down to a consistent 5 to 10 downloads per day....
Focus List
I’m heavy user of to-do apps, specially Wunderlist, but recently my to-do list started to be a place I dread looking at it. I have too many lists, overdue tasks, things that I need to work on today, things that I need to take care of a week from now, groceries...
Migrating SVN Repositories to Git
I’ve recently had to migrate a few SVN repositories to Git (can you believe there are people out there still using SVN in 2014?). This is a quick guide that walks you through all the steps you’ll need to migrate your repositories including all the history, branches and tags. The...
Staying Productive at Home
I hate going to the office everyday. It’s noisy, full of distractions and my home workspace is far more cozy and comfortable to me than the office. I also hate the time and energy wasted on commuting everyday, and there’s no real value of being at the office when most...
Software Estimates Suck
People suck at estimating how long a task will take. We are often off by a factor of two or more when estimating seemingly simple everyday tasks, like running errands, so imagine how bad we are at estimating complicated tasks like building a new software feature. Now imagine estimating a...