@BetaDadLife

First-time dad in debug mode. Logging the ride with no patch notes.

 Vancouver, Canada
Joined August 2025
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Two weeks ago I posted that Offload's beta got zero sign-ups. Nothing bad happened. The feed didn't care, and I got to stop performing. If you're building quietly and dreading the post where you admit the real number, write it anyway. #buildinpublic
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The first year makes you a record keeper you never applied to be. A note typed at 2am you can't read by morning. A number from the appointment you're 90% sure about. A whole small human's history, kept in one parent's memory and backed up nowhere. #mentalload #buildinpublic
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You don't need more discipline. You need to stop being the only backup copy of your family's day. #mentalload #newparents #buildinpublic
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New Roots is for the parent who is recovering, the partner who wants to be useful without being asked, the co-parent across town, and the solo parent doing all of it at once. If that's your house, the beta waitlist is open. #NewRoots #postpartum #buildinpublic
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Waitlist: newrootsapp.com/#waitlist Invitations go out when the beta opens. No release date, and joining doesn't guarantee a spot.
You know the feed happened. You don't know when. You know someone changed her. You don't know who. The whole day is a list of things that definitely happened and nothing you can prove. #newparents #mentalload #buildinpublic
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The hardest part of the first year isn't the night feeds. It's being the one who remembers there were night feeds. Who fed her last. What time. Whether you're out of diapers. You're not tired from the work. You're tired from the tracking. #mentalload #newparents #buildinpublic
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Before I invite anyone in, I'd rather be slow than loud. If the first year is where you live, the New Roots beta waitlist is in my bio. No date, and joining doesn't guarantee a spot. Invitations go out when it's ready. #NewRoots #newparents #buildinpublic
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Uncomfortable truth: nothing is going to take the mental load off you. Not an app, not a partner who means well, not a better system. The honest goal is to make it weigh less and spread it wider. Anyone promising to lift it is selling something. #mentalload #buildinpublic
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Most parenting apps turn into a performance review. Not on purpose. It happens the moment the app starts keeping score. Here's why that's the wrong design for the first year, and what I've been building instead. #mentalload #buildinpublic
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So here's the test I keep coming back to: on the worst day, does this thing ask for more than it gives back? If a tool only works for parents who are organized and rested, it isn't a first-year tool. Those parents already have it handled.
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New Roots is the opposite bet: the baby's day and yours in one place, and no scoreboard when you miss. A little less to remember. A little more room for you. Beta waitlist is in my bio. No date - invitations go out when it's ready. #NewRoots #buildinpublic
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New Roots, plainly: the baby's day and your day, in one place. Feeds, sleep, diapers, growth, milestones. And a few things that are only yours - a meal idea, five minutes of moving, a moment of calm. You're growing, too. #NewRoots #postpartum #buildinpublic
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Fill in the blank: "I don't need help with the baby. I need help with ______." Genuinely curious what comes up most. #newparents #postpartum #momlife #dadlife #buildinpublic
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Spent this stretch deleting things, not adding them. Every screen got the same question: would a parent holding a baby in one arm get this in two seconds, with nobody there to explain it? A lot of it didn't survive. #buildinpublic #NewRoots
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The honest version of building in public: a day job as a Salesforce solution architect, two daughters at home, and New Roots in the margins. Over a year of margins. That's why this has taken so long, and why I'd rather be right than early. #buildinpublic #NewRoots
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Every visitor asks how the baby slept. Almost nobody asks how you slept. You answer for her, out loud, while doing the math on your own four hours and deciding not to mention it. #postpartum #newparents #mentalload #buildinpublic
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A parent can hand off a task in ten seconds and spend ten minutes explaining it. That gap is the reason "just ask for help" sounds like more work than doing it yourself. #mentalload #newparents #momlife #buildinpublic
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