So project Pineapple has been making some progress, I’ve got what I think is an acceptable MVP, with the basic functionality working as expected. One thing I’ve found with doing this project is how much I hate doing frontend work, and how much it drains my excitement to develop my side projects. I had a plan in mind to combat this, one of which is obvious the other not so much....
So I’ve had a bit more time to myself recently, and have had a bit more drive to get stuff done, so I decided to try and progress project pineapple a bit more. I’ve actually made a load of progress on it to a point at which I think in the next week or so I’d be ready to launch an early version. I can very much be chaotic in my approach to things sometimes and I found (not so shockingly) that breaking the working into small actionable chunks makes it much easier to make progress 📈....
So completely random (as always I guess) but I started noticing a problem with my windows PC when booting it up in the evening. I’d be working away or more likely playing games when I’d notice that the time on my PC was an hour behind the time on my phone? So after a bit of research and learning about hardware clocks (RTC, real time clock), it turns out that the issue was due to my dual boot linux setup....
So Mexico happened… I was severley unprepared for what to expect in terms of the culture and how things work. TLDR: Double petrol(gas) charges, toll roads without card payments and lost luggage 🧳 Anyway I’m home and the house is a bit of a bombshell. I’ll be starting to work on project pineapple again this week, trying to get a very basic MVP in place. I’ve been reading “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries and he emphasises a lot that you should attempt lots of quick experiments to test your assumptions....
This week has been quite blurry in terms of getting stuff done. It’s been interesting to see how losing access to Sunsama has affected my productivity. It actually makes quite a difference, but I can’t fathom paying $20 a month! 😅 Anyway, bank holiday is approaching and I’m packing my bags to go to Mexico for 2 weeks, in search of some long awaited rest and relaxation. It’s been a while since my partner and I have been on a vacation without family....