1. Co-founder of 2 kids. Married happily. Pizza lover
2. My side-project: Arete — a browser extension that turns selected text into instant AI actions (translate, summarize, grammar check, and more) → https://getarete.app/
3. I write here → https://olekwrites.com/
True, true. The farther the phone, the better. I should have a dedicated drawer where I can put it and not get disturbed. Especially in my comfort moments.
Coffee! That's definitely something that should have landed on my list. Especially when the whole ceremony is considered, like smelling and then grinding the beans, brewing, waiting, and sipping.
> The carbon footprint was invented by fossil fuel companies to shift blame to the consumer.
I highly agree. I'm sick of hearing how this all is my fault, and my little, tiny change changes everything, whereas the companies do nothing.
We started Difree (a distraction-free writer, working as a browser's extension) in mid-2021. It's been our side-project. All the time I have this impression, it's half-baked. I believe in it so much, that I haven't changed the version of my app to mature 1.0.0 :-) It's still in 0.9.x :-D
Initially, our goal was to create a fast, reliable, privacy-friendly and no-distraction writing app for us. We were the first users. It needed to satisfy us.
Meanwhile, we started collecting feedback from our users. We wanted to know what worked. People using Difree submitted many interesting ideas for our product. Here are some ideas:
1. monospaced fonts
2. dark theme
3. different font sizes
4. minimalistic view (WIP)
5. word counter (WIP)
We've been still working on Difree and it still gives us fun :-)
Tell me what you think! We want to hear and learn more :-)