Fliptabify Design Principles

1. Should just work.
• You shouldn't need to repeat stuff you've already done on Shopify.
• Should have good defaults settings to give a configuration-less experience.
2. Shouldn't have an admin section to force minimal configuration and simple features.

SCP excluding .git & other dot files/folders

Quick command to scp your git repo to your server without copying .git & other dot files/folders:
scp -r [!.]* sandeep@server:/path/to/docroot

You can use this hack to store stuff in your repo (in dot files/folders) that you don't want to deploy to your production server. 

Workflow vs. Tools

Workflow is more important than tools.

- Getting Shit Done

Unitasking

I noticed something interesting the day I was confined to just 13" of screen space. Even though I couldn't see everything I needed to operate and reference at once, I became more focused. Only seeing one window at a time enabled me to mentally hunker down on the task at hand. My actions felt purposeful; my decisions, deliberate. Surprisingly, my productivity didn't suffer. I did slow down, but also experienced a calm efficiency--similar to that which is required when fastening the innumerable rows of snaps on a screaming baby's pajamas. If you rush, you're going to mess up; if you miss snaps, it's going to take longer. And rushing makes you sweat. Never let the baby see you sweat.

- Unitasking 

Pricing Parking

When to collect?

• On entry
• Increases entry time resulting in longer entry queues.
• Bad idea when customers are anxious to get in and might negatively affect repeat visit rates especially during peak hours/days.
• On the way out
• Decreases entry time resulting in smaller entry queues.
• Longer exit queues
• Might be better than long entry queues?

What to charge?

• Fixed Price
• Simplest model.
• Can be collected at either entry or exit.
• Based on time (e.g., by the hour)
• Can only be collected at exit as it is variable.
• Uncertainty of price
• Can be mitigated by limiting the maximum price and marginally increasing price over just a few time intervals (2 interval example: $x for 0-3 hours, $x+y for 3-10 hours where y is marginal).
• Might influence customer behaviour to a small degree
• Might incentivise customers to leave early
• A  free for first x minutes policy might reinforce this.
• Based on demand and supply (charge more when supply cannot keep up with demand)
• Can be fixed or metered.
• Can be collected at either entry or exit if it is fixed and at exit only if it is metered.
• Might significantly influence customer behaviour
• Disincentivises casual customers from coming during peek hours.

Related

• On why charging for parking makes sense and dynamic pricing

More love from Shopify

Turns out, apart from t-shirts, open source also pays stickers. The hand-written card is a nice personal touch. It's the little things like this, that go a long way in building a community. Good show Edward my man. Keep it up.

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