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Flashcards update – multiple collections

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I just pushed a new update to the Chrome web store for my flashcard app.

Now you can create multiple collections of cards to study different subjects. Create a separate deck for each subject you want to study. You can manage the collections from the options menu.

If you have already been using flashcards to study the update will put all of your previous cards into a collection called ‘default’, from there you can rename to anything you like.

The last 1%

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Lately, I have been trying to take some of my part-time projects and clean them up into nice, releasable apps. The part I struggle with the most is the finishing touches that is needed to bring it home, the icing on the cake.

It typically goes like this

I get an idea for an app that I want to build. I get excited, plan it out, code it up, go through a couple of revisions and then… it starts to plateau. I get the feeling like, “Yeah, it’s pretty much done” but it seems no matter how much I work at it, it just stays 99% complete.

Why?

  • The honey moon is over. The initial excitement of the project fades down a bit.
  • The cool things I wanted to do in the project are done first, leaving only the meh parts for the end.
  • Features keep piling up. I keep adding features rather than polish up and push out a finished version.
  • The code gets more complex later in the project.
  • The last remaining details add up. May seem like small changes but as I continue to work at it, I keep finding more to do. Maybe it was more than 1% after all.

Can you relate?