I have a weird obsession with productivity apps—todo, calendar, note-taking apps—I’ve tried them all

I’ve been running with this setup for some time now and have no intention of changing it.

I’ve found the perfect combination of tools.

Here is what, how, and why I use each of them.

Building a SaaS can quickly become expensive yet in the beginning you want enterprise level services for low costs and what's cheaper than free? These services give you exactly that.

How do you know if an idea is worth pursuing? An idea needs to be validated, and depending on what material you read, there are many ways to validate an idea, but they all boil down to ‘will someone pay for it?’ In other words, do you have customers before you build?

I really enjoyed my time in this programme, but there are some things I wish I had the chance to do differently.

If I were starting my apprenticeship over, or even still in the program, I would do these two things…

I scored in the 90s for my project, and as part of my endpoint assessment interview, I was asked, 'What 3 tips would you give a Degree Apprentice starting their synoptic project?'

Here was my answer…

Before starting this series, I said I was going to be super honest, and that includes telling people about my competitors. But! Before you use of those apps which you will dump like an ex that doesn’t meet your needs, check out Ensembl.

The idea for Ensembl came to me after getting frustrated that I couldn’t find a social media post of a recipe my girlfriend sent me AGAIN! Did she send it on iMessege, Messenger, WhatsApp? Or was it on the platform she found it? If so, was it TikTok, Instagram, Facebook? I thought “I need a way to store these in a single place I can easily find them”, enter Enseml.

Hello, hello! I am building an app and, in the spirit of the indie hacker, I am building it in public. My app is called Ensembl and I am starting this blog series to document the journey. Here I introduce myself and the project.

How are some engineers so successful? They seem to be naturally gifted, their careers move at a quicker pace, and opportunities fall into their laps. I’ve been an engineer for almost a decade and have observed how. They do these three things.

Stuck in holiday mode struggling to get back to work? Here’s 3 tips to getting back to your productive self.

Failing to establish a habit and wanting to be more productive? Use habit stacking.

No-one likes eAssessor but it needs to be done, make it easy and thank yourself you did in your final year.

Make your studies easy.

Make the most of lectures.

All the tools you need to succeed.

Struggling to study? Heres an answer.

Pass your DevNet exam!

Life of a Degree Apprentice.