... weeks leading up to paternity leave I've been building Sprout a one-stop-shop for new parents in the UK. The problem I was trying to solve: Every app for new parents does one thing. Peanut does friend-matching (women only). Happity does classes. Childcare.co.uk does nurseries. Nothing combines the stuff you actually need day-to-day into one place and nothing includes dads properly. What Sprout does: Find other parents nearby with babies the same age AI assistant ...

... According to @RevenueCat 's State of Subscription Apps 2026 report, " hard paywalls convert 5x better than freemium, but with significantly wider variance." Day 35 download-to-paid, freemium vs. hard paywall Does access method impact download-to-paid conversion within 35 days? Quoting the report: Median D35 conversion sits at 10.7% for hard paywalls. Freemium is 2.1%. That gap alone should make you pause. But the more revealing part is the distribution. Hard paywall top decile apps approach 40% conversion ... ... product, but this time it's a tangible fractional price, which is just a small portion of the time you're saving. Comment from Chris Messina(@chrismessina): @alexeyglukharev  which space are you in? Who are your competitors

... without actually leaving to break the association. * **Incremental Absences:** Starting with 5-second "departures" to keep the dog below their threshold of panic. ## Rewiring the Brain with Counter-Conditioning * **High-Value Associations:** Using "special-only" treats (like frozen peanut butter mats) that appear only when you leave and vanish when you return. * **The Dopamine Shift:** How rewarding a calm state transitions the brain from a fear response to an anticipation of a reward. * **Engagement Tools:** Why interactive puzzles are superior ... ... depart. * **Predictability:** How a rigid routine lowers baseline cortisol levels in high-strung breeds. ## When to Consult a Professional (The Medication Myth) * **Knowing the Signs:** Distinguishing between mild boredom and severe physiological distress (drooling, self-mutilation). * **Behavioral Modification vs

... originally from Milwaukee, WI whoop whoop! I started my creative journey as a comic book artist. Growing up, it was all about drawing, drawing, and more drawing! I wanted to be like my heroes Jim Davis (Garfield), Charles Schulz (Peanuts), and Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) and even submitted my own strips to newspapers (rejected a billion times ). But I never gave up. Eventually, I found a little success online, which I loved until the site hosting my work shut ...

... dude from Europe with a psychedelic tshirt on, saying he got story telling figured out. I was like, FINALLY im gonna be able to get potential users to engage with my stuff. I took a coffee sip, ate my peanut butter and started watching the video. I need to admit...the things that guy said, and the examples he gave got me HOOKED. Now STOP. If you still reading, the techniques from the guy really work ;) I just used ...

... maybe I had just missed something about most of the existing vscode themes, so... long story short am updating it this weekend!!! Do you think it will be worth the work, cause making a vscode theme is not eating peanuts if you ever tried ...