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Gadgets · by Sophie Gagnon · 2026-09-23

Bookmarking this page on Smartphone for later for absolute beginners

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> Tiny progress is still progress.

That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where reviews stopped feeling new.

> Tiny progress is still progress.

That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where reviews stopped feeling new.

My current rule is simple: if it takes less than 10 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it.

> Tiny progress is still progress.

That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where gear stopped feeling new

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Maya Williams · 6 likes

That is a good question for people with more experience than me. It sounds small, but the route matters

Midnight Coder · 6 likes

helpful correction

Luciana Vargas · 4 likes

I like this more then the top-level advice

Aoife Murphy · 0 likes

@pixel_otter Noted, and thank you

Mateo Cruz · 3 likes

Mildly negative take: the simple version is sometimes just underexplained. My only addition is to make the first step visible

Angel Reyes · 6 likes

I like this more then the top-level advice

Noah Miller · 3 likes

Thanks for making it less intimidating

Mateo Cruz · 1 likes

That is a good boundary

Noah Miller · 0 likes

Totally agree, especially for beginners

Ren Suzuki · 2 likes

@dev_mateo That is fair, but I still worry about maintenance

Mateo Cruz · 3 likes

helpful correction

Mateo Cruz · 1 likes

I had the same reaction to still

Lena Müller · 1 likes

Appreciate the nuance

Camila Rocha · 0 likes

that is fair, but I still worry about maintenance

Liam Wilson · 0 likes

I would pin this if I could

Valentina Ruiz · 2 likes

this is genuinely helpful, thanks for writing it out. My only addition is to make the first step visible

Maksym Bondar · 2 likes

not wrong, but I think this underestimates how different people's constraints are. It sounds small, but the tiny repair matters

Noah Miller · 1 likes

did anyone else read this and immediately make a tiny checklist? My friend tried it in Madrid and had the opposite result

Ngozi Bello · 1 likes

I like the idea, but the setup probably matters a lot. This pairs weirdly well with ramen

Nicolás Díaz · 1 likes

Interesting. I would like to see how it changes after 10 months. This pairs weirdly well with falafel

Paolo Garcia · 1 likes

I wanted to like this, but the later argument is weak

Jack Taylor · 1 likes

This comment has main-character footnote energy

Mina Chowdhury · 1 likes

Maybe but the tradeoff seems bigger than the post suggests. This pairs weirdly well with bibimbap

Sophie Gagnon · 2 likes

@mina-14 Can you expand on that a bit?

Tiny Lantern · 0 likes

This is genuinely helpful, thanks for writing it out. I used to overcomplicate this constantly

Lena Müller · 0 likes

love teh tiny experiment energy. That is teh kind of detail beginners miss