This morning I'm researching how I can improve my calorie tracking app by adding gamification to the weight loss process. Has anyone else added gamification to their apps and if so, how did it go?

We do 6 week product cycles (5 build+1 cooldown) but twice a year we do a "double cooldown", including pretty much all of December So far we are on to track to do: - Major DB upgrade, vacuum, index cleanup during scheduled downtime - Move all background jobs to SLA queues w/

I'm working on QoL improvements for https://t.co/rxZcGSt2JU starting by updating the simple calorie counter into a more detailed summary panel which contains the tot of eaten calories, burned, and remaining calories from the daily recommended amount. I've also added macros to

i have no desire to be rich so i can buy a lambo or birkins. I want to be rich so I can control my time and go to the gym at 2 pm on a wednesday. sit at a cafe and relax for an hour on a rainy afternoon. so I can cook meals at home with fresh ingredients. spend on my

How does a regional recipe site scale into a global platform serving 100M+ cooks around the world? Cookpad migrated to Ruby on Rails in 2007, and never looked back. In this new case study, read how Rails helped @cookpad_dev: • scale rapidly as their global community exploded •

I've announced https://t.co/wXWDhlEYnQ launch here on Twitter and posted in a couple of subreddits, that got us to 50 trial users (5 days free) and 3 subscribed trial users (14 days free until first charge) - I wasn't expecting more, so we're in a good place IMHO, but it's still

The pyramids were once covered in smooth white limestone with a reflective capstone. I wanted to see what that looked like, so I used my Earth Cinema Chrome Extension 🌍

Wish more services would steal our couldn't-be-more-obvious "You're using this" and "Switch to" pattern. This is the screen in Basecamp where you can change your login details, set up 2FA, etc. Most other services I've seen list a variety of options but make your current choice

Do not forget that the obstacle is the way so you need to embrace discomfort, control your effort, and just DO MORE. Volume beats perfection every time. Outwork the doubts

This one from Elon stuck with me.

Super productive evening - almost 2AM here but I've added a "limited" / pre-trial functionality where the user gets set on a 5 day no CC trial on sign-up and they can get an extra 14 days if they subscribe through Polar. The 5 days limited trial has limited functionality though,

Late Saturday night UX work - adding the ability to be a member of multiple households and change between them as you need.

Late Saturday night UX work - adding the ability to be a member of multiple households and change between them as you need.

My boss organized a 3 day trip to the mountains for me for reaching $1k MRR, he is the best 😍 . . . . I am the boss

Romans used to flood the Colosseum for naval battles. I wanted to see what that looked like. So I made this Chrome extension to capture anywhere on Google Earth, transform it into any time period or style, and turn it into a drone shot 🌍

Rails Pulse is so useful. I set it up for a small client up and it's been running so smoothly. Props to @scottharveyco for this, definitely worth checking out!

This Week in Rails is out and were are a lot of improvements to the Rails codebase this week, including: • Active Storage can now process image variants immediately, making image details available right away. • SVG rendering is built in. Render SVG responses straight from your

Free Hotwire Native starter kit, anyone? 📂 Simplified, modern project organization 🏷️ Three tabs configured in a single place 🛜 Dynamic endpoint resolution (dev vs. prod) 🔀 Forms presented modally (via path configuration) 🌁 Bridge Components installed (& examples) 💎 More!

Approaching launch day and I'm focusing on a couple QoL chores. Added merchant autocomplete on the transaction form. Type a few characters and see matching merchants from your history, it's case-insensitive so it finds the right merchant regardless of how it's typed

Approaching launch day and I'm focusing on a couple QoL chores. Added merchant autocomplete on the transaction form. Type a few characters and see matching merchants from your history, it's case-insensitive so it finds the right merchant regardless of how it's typed