Jake

Hello, makers again 👋 I'm Jake, the maker of PROGR. We're back with an app version with even more features. One of the things that I realized is that if you have the strength to do something really pointless and trivial and do it consistently with no reward, you can do other things well. Just crossing off a calendar every night, one day at a time, it's just a promise to yourself, it's really...

one day one commit

Funny! Lol. I could use this for myself

Hello, makers 👋 I'm Jake, the maker of PROGR. I've tried tons of to-do and time management apps, but I found them to be complicated and distracting. I wanted to create a tracker that was as simple as possible, where you just check things off. I was inspired by Jerry Seinfeld's Productivity Secret. "He told me to get a big wall calendar that has a whole year on one page and hang it on a...

Sad that there is no alternative

That you should build what people like, not what you like. And that you shouldn't be afraid to change.

Because I want to live with my conscience. I wasn't having fun at work, even with a six-figure salary. I had to quit my job to enjoy the life I realized I wanted to live.