My brain needs a break

Weekly Update: Apr 11–17, 2026 The numbers look great this week, but it doesn't feel that way. I built my first app with Claude Code!

Weekly Update: Apr 11–17, 2026

The numbers look great last week, but it doesn't feel that way. I built my first app with Claude Code!

www.chiaracokieng.com/weekly-updat...

How to hire people who are better than you If you don’t hire people better than you, the organization gets bigger, not better. But how do you hire for something you don’t understand?

Just published a new article! 👇🏾

If you don't hire people better than you, the organization gets bigger, not better. But how do you hire for something you don't understand?

Many thanks for spreading the love with ❤️ and 🔁!

Today, created tests and added a code reviewer.

Pretending to know what I'm doing...

Memo to Myself: The Three Money Thresholds

www.chiaracokieng.com/money-memo/

Home Screen now

Tactics Research: github.com/chiaracokien...

Next Feature: Experiments

The app is going to be opinionated and actionable on what sleep tactics to try based on both evidence-based impact and real-life doability

In case of a time, prioritize doability

github.com/chiaracokien...

Great now everyone can see my sleep data and add random stuff to it hahaha

Live App!!! sleeplab.vercel.app

omg it worked!

1. Home Screen
2. Log Last Night Screen

This morning
1. Installed Claude Code in VS Code
2. 'scaffolded' Vite + React, so I can see the UI as I build it

www.chiaracokieng.com/evaluating-c...

Evaluating Copper and Google Calendar for CRM and Scheduling

Thank you 🙏

Because of creating this sleep app, i am sleeping later.

Need the app to check how it correlates with my sleep quality 😂

i didn't want to buy an Oura Ring, so i decided to learn vibe coding instead!

Sleep Lab - a progressive web app to make use of Garmin's sleep data and measure which tactics actually improve my sleep, starting with mouth tape 😂

github: github.com/chiaracokien...

all tips & advice welcome!

other things i liked:

a) can easily see and change all my booking forms right in my google calendar, both in my sidebar and actual schedule

b) looks great on mobile

2026-04-11 Evaluation: Google Calendar Scheduling & Copper

Just tried Google Calendar scheduler - works great!! chiaracokieng.craft.me/vOp4iw8ae7n9x6

1. can have qualifying questions

2. can embed scheduler & booking form in wordpress website (i just replaced my brevo form already)

New client, finally driving the north star metric for client success, picking a CRM, and a case study that reminded me the program works and changes lives.

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glad you like it!

was so happy to have this realization today!

My gf said to replace my ugly diagram hahaha

The Happiness Equation: How to Have Big Goals and Still Be Happy The easiest way to be happy is to keep your expectations low. But what if you still want big goals? Here's how to have both.

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The easiest way to be happy is to keep your expectations low. But what if you still want big goals? Here's how to have both.

One of the most challenging aspects of being a founder for me is this:

Needing to both 1) maintain discipline (e.g. activities that drive the most important goals), 2) my job changing constantly as the business grows

New quarter, new whiteboard

Managing Priorities: Prioritizing for Yourself Periodically

Such an effective checklist to prioritize quickly (< 15mins) without having to overhaul any time or task management system chiaracokieng.craft.me/4wlqt0E1oC8jUf

Related concept: 20-mile march

Naval: Play iterated games. All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest.

Me: What is iterated games?

Claude:

thanks @jdcm.al

from: johnnydecimal.com/10-19-concep...

Quarterly Review: 2026Q1 The most disciplined quarter of my business yet. 18 months of revenue data, a $24k investment in myself, and feeling like a €100k year is within reach.

Quarterly Review: 2026Q1

The most disciplined quarter of my business yet. 18 months of revenue data, a $24k investment in myself, and feeling like a €100k year is within reach.

www.chiaracokieng.com/2026q1/

@tylerking.app @travisstreet.com you two have such cool last names hahaha