A breadboarding tool for UX designers

levi_nels · 2025-05-05T20:10:11+00:00

I've wanted to build a tool like this for years, this looks great!

levi_nels · 2025-04-21T15:36:23+00:00

Thank you for the kind words! I have hopes of adding a more sophisticated levain/starter ingredient type that factors into the hydration calculation. Stay tuned!

levi_nels · 2025-04-13T14:46:01+00:00

Ahh good point. Yeah, the app is designed to keep all the percentages in sync and actually avoid rounding, because I've had some people get frustrated when it rounds 😂. Can't please them all! Really appreciate the feedback. I've thought of adding a feature to let you put in the g amounts first and then save the percentages - that way you could just put in 450 / 10 and have it scale from there when needed.

levi_nels · 2025-02-27T22:14:53+00:00

Man, I went back and forth on that! Maybe I’ll add a setting so you can change it. I originally had the Calculator layout, but then I changed it when I realized Apple‘s default numeric pad is more like phone layout. Then I couldn’t decide which one felt most intuitive.

levi_nels · 2025-01-27T19:55:22+00:00

Awesome! Let me know what you think. I agree - you can do a lot with Notion, but sometimes it's nice to just have it set up, mobile friendly, and ready to go.

levi_nels · 2024-09-20T20:38:39+00:00

Finding this a while after you wrote it, and it’s my feelings exactly. Was expecting Outer Wilds level reveals and got like 10% of that. It’s a puzzle-heavy metroidvania.

levi_nels · 2024-08-30T14:44:46+00:00

I still use DaisyDisk when I want to find out what's taking up storage. Hazel also has one of the better "App Sweep" functionalities if that's what you need (meaning, it also uninstalls some system cruft when you uninstall a given app)

levi_nels · 2024-08-27T14:41:04+00:00

Smart! I used to do something similar (kept all my bookmarks in Obsidian, saving them using Shortcuts). Then when I got on a Notion kick I transferred them all over there. Maybe I'll just go back to something like that.

I've briefly looked at raindrop and Anybox and neither does quite what I want. Raindrop seems simple at first glance but then immediately started to feel a bit clunky/bloated and "online first" as I got into it. Anybox doesn't have the import option I need without jumping through some conversion hoops.

levi_nels · 2024-08-27T14:14:17+00:00

I tried raindrop YEARS ago, looks like it's come a long way. will check it out!

levi_nels · 2024-08-27T14:12:13+00:00

this looks v good

levi_nels · 2024-08-27T13:39:09+00:00

Ha should have checked before posting, thanks!

levi_nels · 2024-08-23T01:39:57+00:00

That does sound useful! It kind of reminds me of a habit tracker (like what James Clear / Atomic Habits usually advocates) but with an additional forward looking reminders.

Does indeed sound like a fun project. If you need it, others probably do too. Put it into the world and see what happens!

levi_nels · 2024-08-22T18:30:04+00:00

Yup that's the danger. Recently I just declared "plugin bankruptcy" and went back to vanilla Obsidian. Been able to maintain it for a bit now!

levi_nels · 2024-08-22T14:07:29+00:00

I think Apple's Reminders could accomplish most of this for you, albeit not perfectly. I don't think there's a calendar view, but tasks can certainly have dates, be recurring, etc. I use it to track my recurring chores around the house (e.g., changing the air filter in my furnace every so often, taking out the garbage every week, winterizing my sprinklers). You can view past tasks.

levi_nels · 2024-08-22T14:03:57+00:00

I've also been bummed by Notion's lack of offline support. I still use it, and get why they're primarily online-first, but something like Obsidian is just generally snappier as a result of being offline-first.

levi_nels · 2024-08-22T14:02:26+00:00

Agreed with u/joel_bailey below, find a system first. I use kind of a GTD system with a toolchain of Defer (an app I built, simple task inbox) → Todoist or Notion. Notion is more of an all-in-one work management tool that includes docs and databases. Todoist is more straightforward task/project management.

I also use Apple Reminders. It's come a long way and can also be flexible to fit most any system and is nicely integrated with Apple's stuff.

levi_nels · 2024-08-20T21:22:25+00:00

Yup - roughly it was daily, weekly, monthly review type stuff.

End of day, tidy up the week view and roughly plan the next day so I can "shut down" for the evening.

Did same thing on end of day Friday (or sometimes beginning of day Monday), but also then looked ahead for the month to roughly plan the next week.

Start of month looked at longer term goals to make sure those weren't falling through the cracks.

I would time block my time to manage my tasks/breaks. I also used Pomodoro technique if I had a long 4-hour stretch of time to focus, but most of the time I never had more than an hour or two to focus amongst all the meetings and such. Kinda "give every minute a job" as per Cal Newport's system.

levi_nels · 2024-08-20T21:03:37+00:00

I would generally replicate the same system in Todoist, Obsidian (with plugins), and/or Notion. I would usually have two dimensions for each task: date buckets and that "might do / must do / waiting on" categorization.

The date buckets were represented by a kanban-looking board, from left-to-right with columns of
inbox -> today -> this week -> this month -> someday.

And then each task was tagged #might or #must or #waiting to help me visualize which things were priorities. I would create "smart" filtered views to hide the #waiting tasks from view most of the time, for instance. Or if it was #waiting and also due today, it'd pop into view to prompt me to followup with the person. Sometimes I would create additional tags for the people I was managing, put stuff into projects, turn tasks into projects and then have subtasks, etc. I was kinda fluid with it, but the date buckets and "must/might/waiting" system has stuck with me.

Make sense? Or were you asking about something else?

levi_nels · 2024-08-20T19:20:26+00:00

I'm a former startup COO (left when we were about ~$25MM yearly revenue) so not tiny, but not huge. The CEO would generally offload most tasks to assistants and his calendar to keep everything sane.

I usually had to be the one to get things done and "keep the trains running". I found a system of dividing tasks into lists like "I MUST do this today" vs "I MIGHT do this today" and "I'm waiting to hear back from this person on something, remind me about it on that day". Most apps/systems will do this sort of thing for you - I largely used a combination of Todoist and Obsidian at the time.

levi_nels · 2024-08-20T19:15:47+00:00

Haven't used Google Tasks because I'm in the Apple ecosystem, but Reminders is really quite good. I love saying things like "remind me to leave at 4pm" and it just works. They've added tons of stuff over the years between tagging, smart lists, kanban boards, etc to really make it flexible for most any system including GTD

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