Surprises from @FlightyApp feedback 1. Users' ideas are 99% crap. Not that they are bad ideas, but they want faster horses, not the Model T we have planned already. 2. Users are *extremely* forgiving on small UI things. And *extremely* unforgiving on main functions.

@TomKaminskiWCBS @wcbs880 @wcbs880traffic And this is how we are boarding at Metropark#NJTransit

Never ask permission to refactor. Never ask permission to write tests. You do these things because you KNOW they are the best way to go fast. When you ask permission, you are asking someone else to take responsibility for your actions.

Sometimes when I need to solve a hairy problem, I'll open up CodePen/CodeSandbox just so I can work on it in isolation, then retrofit it back into the application once it's done.

You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. It's logic-based creativity.” - John Romero

The most popular word in each state

"Theory is when you know something, but it doesn’t work. Practice is when something works, but you don’t know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don’t know why." - Unknown

"Write shy code - modules that don't reveal anything unnecessary to other modules and that don't rely on other modules' implementations." - Dave Thomas

Oh I want this Enter button!

"The secret to building large apps is never build large apps. Break your applications into small pieces. Then, assemble those testable, bite-sized pieces into your big application." - Justin Meyer

"The sooner you start to code, the longer the program will take." - Roy Carlson

1/ A friend asked why every Silicon Valley startup has to be a billion dollars or it’s considered a fail. Why isn’t profitability enough? (The @shl article sparked their interest.) It was a good question, and so I did my best to answer, as someone working at a startup….👇

My @webflow journey: 💡 2004– idea 1️⃣ 2005– 1st try, failed 💑 2006– married 2️⃣ 2007– 2nd try, failed 3️⃣ 2008– 3rd try, failed 👶 2009– kid #1 👨🏼‍💻 2010– day job 👶 2011– kid #2 4️⃣ 2012– 4th try, YC says no 🎉 2013– YC says yes, funded 📈 2014– hard work begins tldr: keep trying!

“Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. I think a lot of what people call intelligence boils down to curiosity.” - Aaron Swartz

“If you can get today’s work done today, but you do it in such a way that you can’t possibly get tomorrow’s work done tomorrow, then you lose.” - Martin Fowler

This 10-year-old won a science fair by ‘proving’ Tom Brady is a cheater https://t.co/lIiPNI7boD via @mashable #SuperBowlLIII

"What one programmer can do in one month, two programmers can do in two months." - Fred Brooks

You grew up a Met, and you’ll always be a part of our family. Thanks for the memories, Wilmer! 4⃣