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Ethan

Hey, I’m Ethan. I like building beautiful software that helps people be more productive and improve their lives.

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Sunsetting 1Feed

After over 5 years, 1Feed will be shutting down on 15th May, 2026. I unfortunately don’t have the time to continue maintaining it, and with dwindling usage, I’d prefer to shut it down properly rather than leave it in a state which disappoints users who sign up hoping for a great experience. This post will outline what you should know as a 1Feed user today, as well as what is next for the project…

Screen time: Treats vs Chores

Recently, I’ve been reflecting on how I use technology — more specifically, how I use my phone. I’ve realised that everything I do on my phone falls into two categories: Treats: Things I find interesting, fun, or give me dopamine Chores: Things that I am obligated to do This is a really good way to categorise my screen time, because it allows me to distinguish between using my phone when I want to…

I love 1Feed

Maybe I’m biased, but I just love using 1Feed. Today I’ve heard the first update on Twitter’s decentralisation project in over a year (which I have opinions on btw), seen that Signal has just finished working on version 5.3.0 which brings chat wallpaper support and profile “about” sections, and received a daily update from my state’s health department confirming that we’ve had zero new locally…

Reflections on 2020

Hey everyone! I’ve been a bit less active in the online maker community for the last few months, so I just wanted to share what I’ve been working on, what I’ve been thinking about, and some general reflection on 2020. You’ve probably noticed that I’m writing this as a blog post, rather than a Twitter thread as I’d normally do. This is because I feel like a blog post is a better format to express…

The start of together.fit

Hi everyone! This is the first post on my personal blog (I’ve done lots of blogging before at Code The Web , but not here). A few days ago, I started working on a new project — together.fit . In this post, I’ll tell you a little bit the idea for together.fit, and what to expect soon! This post will also help keep me accountable 😛 Introduction I came up with the idea of together.fit when I was…