Jake Gutstein

Wowowowwwww. This is too easy to use. I've been spamming my friends with the link to this and we've already booked plans for next week. Thanks @ben_cooper4

Let's go!! Excited to see all to come

I view wellness as a construct made up of 5 components (positive achievement, meaning, engagement, positive emotion, and relationships). My hobbies are focused around maximizing these things. In turn, I feel and perform better in all aspects of my life. I highly recommend reading the works of Martin Seligman, former president of the American Psychological Association, for more context. His...

All good things!! - Launched on the app store (Zest cooking) - Brought on an amazing new team member - Finished UI on a new homescreen and moved from design to dev

Woh. I just prepped for my whole week's upcoming meetings in the amount of time it'd normally take me to prep for 1-2. This is so intuitive and a great idea!

Hey Jaskiran This depends heavily on stage and product but a few rules of thumb, assuming you're starting out. You need to prove that a specified number of monthly active users (whatever your primary KPI is) understand, want, and will continue to use your app. A few KPIs on each: - Understand (unique value proposition or UVP): Met if >50% of individuals state the same UVP in a sentence...

Related, I've been following this product for a long time (https://www.thelightphone.com/). They just released the second version of their product and a goal of mine is to pull the trigger and buy but I haven't been able to. If anyone has, I would LOVE to hear what they think.

I love the four points listed by @anil_meena21 and @adityabhatnagar12 The only thing I would add is to put your phone in a separate room on airplane mode while you work. If you do not absolutely need it for a task, no reason to have it on you. On Aditya's point, I'd push to examine the touchpoints that push you to go on the phone and then go off the phone. Treat it as a marketing problem...

Recovered from a series of six surgeries and five years! I wasn't sure if I would be able to run again but I'm back to running four times a week and feeling great :)

Zest is attempting to fundamentally change the way that Gen-Z sources, prepares, and consumes food. For people our age, cooking for yourself is really freaking hard and learning to cook is even harder. Zest provides two recipes at a time, informed by the top culinary curricula in the world, curated by master chefs, and then distilled through a personable home chef, resulting in delicious...

Extremely exciting to see where you guys have taken this. It's extremely intuitive and quick to use. I check daily to learn from the community. Congrats on launch!

(responded to an earlier comment on crypto) The metaverse is an interesting concept to me and will continue to evolve and play a massive role in our day-to-day lives. It is still so young that it'll come to look different than what any of us are imagining. I think an aspect of this transition that goes untalked about is the steady transition to a mirrorverse (seamlessly integrated tech into...

Pushkin Industries has put out some fascinating eBooks. Their audio companions are built like podcasts. See the Bomber Mafia or Talking to Strangers as two examples!

I'm absolutely with you on this. The entire movement is centered around creating more accessible, intuitive, higher-level languages. It is the same logic that led to the creation of all languages before it (necessity and ease).

I think it deeply depends on the position. I prefer hybrid (for the same reasons you've listed). My friends that are devs view WFH as a nonstarter and want complete autonomy over how they work. I think it's important to have empathy with it and set people up for success where possible.

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I've never been a member of paid communities (also have not given deep thought to joining one unless subscribing to a substack counts). @tanyasharma do you have meaningful experience as a member of any? Are you particularly in favor of them or against them?

I would love to learn more and make my own decisions. Particularly scaffolding learning through experience and integrating learning into daily life and activities could be interesting. What are you working on?

The best approach is to test it in front of people. Can totally be lean by using clickthrough prototypes or screenshots and watching how people react but spending more time getting real user feedback will always do you better than looking at screens internally.