🗓️ Jul 31, 2023 | Fighting the Frontend Demons 👹

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....

July 31, 2023 · Matt Ellis

🗓️ Jul 20, 2023 | Project Pineapple Updates 🍍 (Part 2)

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 📈....

July 20, 2023 · Matt Ellis

🗓️ May 16, 2023 | Project Pineapple Updates 🍍

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....

May 16, 2023 · Matt Ellis

🗓️ Apr 28, 2023 | Preparing for Mexico 🇲🇽

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....

April 28, 2023 · Matt Ellis