Easiest method is using the subprocess module. If you're using Py3.5+ (you should be) see: https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.run

Do you stumble upon it in groups or in social media / or do you regularly check some sites or?

It's usually something where I see someone else work (IRL or screencast) and be like "hey that's an interesting technique!"

Would love to know any systems for preparing for the new year. And any 10X goals that you have :) My system: I break my year into quarters and try to do 2-3 goals per quarter. The goals are not set in stone but more guidelines. They can be habit or specific goals that I track weekly. I got this idea from the 5 days to the Best Week Ever Course. One 10X Goal: Move to my home country of Ecuador and start an online business school to stimulate the local economy. I have more details, let me know if you are interested!

I participate in a Mastermind Group. We call every two weeks and set goals for these 2 weeks. Small tasks to do. In the meanwhile we hold each other accountable via a Telegram chat. Works fine. I never set goals for the long term, maybe I should. But one can be also move to Ecuador when I am older and wiser. Great country, great climate and lovely people. I lived for a couple of months in Quito, and that was one of the best times of my live.

There never seems to be enough time in the day to get everything done. However distractions, procrastination, and overthinking usually put a damper on my day-to-day progress and I'm stuck with one or two things done -vs- the four or five I thought I'd get through. I see tons of people on here pushing out quality work, knocking out features, writing blog posts, or making videos day in and day out. While I don't need to be at that productivity level immediately, it's a nice goal I'd look forward to reaching toward. So, how do you all prioritize your time to be able to consecutively push out quality work through one (or many) projects?

I recently started using a Bullet Journal to overcome similar issues. I don't think I'm really using it the way it supposed to be used, but what I now do is: - Every day, make a list of thing that I want to get done that day (or do this the evening before) - During the day, keep this list close and mark when an item is finished - Once finished, take a quick break (actually get up from your chair, walk around, go to the toilet, make coffee etc) - Look at your list and pick the next task - When making your next daily list, make sure to check last day(s) list(s) for unfinished tasks and decide if they're still relevant / add them to your day. Besides that, I also have 1 page of stuff I need to get done that month. When making the daily list, the monthly list helps deciding on what to do. This is the vid that got me started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm15cmYU0IM

Hey everyone! Just finished up and launched a project yesterday, now that it's on the back burner for updates and beta testing, I'm looking forward to starting something new. I have a few ideas of sites or apps that I've collected over the last couple months and figured why not ask WIPer's for their opinion. So, here we go! Choices: 1. A price watcher/notification app for Steam games. Get notified if a game drops below $X or X% off. 2. SAAS app to help creative agencies keep track of their retainer projects and hours. 3. A product stock watcher/notification site for e-commerce stores. You'd put in the URL of a product and get notified when a product goes in/out of stock.

Why something new? Why not double down on what you've already built and spend some time marketing it?

I just bought parents another new Android. This time around, I'm wondering if there are any "elders-focused" products that can help them improve their general tech-savviness? They're about 50 and speak good enough English to otherwise navigate their phone, but they seem to "lose common sense" when it comes to using gadgets and appear a bit scared to try things. (Might seem OT for WIP: I'm also using this question as a way to understand the landscape for such products - maybe there's an opportunity to build something!)

That’s right @marc. They travel a bit now so I encourage them to book via booking.com / AirBnb etc. We’re visiting Paris soon so I got them to play with Duolingo to pick up some basic French words... However the problem I’m trying to solve is that they’re somehow “scared” of using their phones (and they’d love to be able to use it). Eg if they know the 4 clicks you need to book an Uber they’ll do it. But in between if the phone pops up a “battery low wanna switch to low power” thingie then they’re confused maybe their phone will explode if they click ok? Maybe it will switch off if cancel? That kinda thing ... When my parents were younger they did a course complete with textbooks that had step by step screenshots on how to use Microsoft Word, or step by step stuff on how to use Google search. Those times they only had to occasionally use 2 or 3 software so that approach worked. If there’s a significant update to a software (e.g the introduction of ribbon on MS Office years ago) their knowledge would then be obsolete. But now there’s a new app everyday and it introduces a new interface - for their style of learning, I think they’re not used to catching up. So I’m just curious if there’s a way to teach people to be more savvy - maybe even through articles etc 😀 YouTube is a good idea though - think I’ll point them to YT videos about how to use a particular app.

We build website optimization software and want to make our official twitter interesting to read. Looking for fresh ideas. Thanks in advance!

Mainly About SVGs. How if you use Inline SVGs instead of Images can drastically reduce Page Load Speed. Sarah Drasner gave 2 talks. Watch that they are awesome. Here's is [Link 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc8ovZZ78SY) & [Link 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADXX4fmWHbo). Check [Best Practices Guide Containing 50+ SEO, Speed and Security Rules](https://www.checkbot.io/guide/) & choose topics from that. I would recommend to check the [PracticalDevAccount on Twitter](https://twitter.com/thepracticaldev) as it shows effective tweets. Definitely not related to your topic but see the patterns.

I am thinking to build a little blogging platform focused on the entrepreneurs, to give us a tool where dump our thoughts/process while shipping our projects. I think it could be valuable for the entrepreneurs themselves, and for the readers that could find inspirations, learn about different approaches and follow the joy and struggles of the ride! Need some honest feedback of WIP about this though. Do you see value in it?

I would expect this to be a part of WIP instead of something standalone.

I often (not always) find that the more resistance there is, the more rewarding the goal. I'm not talking about situations where the "universe" is clearly sending you a sign to stahp and re-evaluate (Not: "omg I couldn't find any customers who want this thing I'm building but I'm pressing ahead anyhoo") More like: the more I try to ship my thing, the busier the day job gets, my kids were sick all night and I'm dead tired, the night before my BetaList or PH launch my server got hacked and so on. This kind of resistance where clearly, it's tough but there seems to be a point on the horizon where things will get better. How do you keep going when times get tough?

You need a small, quick win. Do something small but important that you've been putting off for a while. It doesn't even have to be related to work, like going out with your SO. That's a win. Or writing an article. Give yourself a win and keep going.

Let's learn from one another. 😄

Here's mine. I always read a book on my Kindle before going to bed. This accomplishes three things - 1. I get to sleep faster since my eyes are strained. 2. I keep learning something new, every day. 3. My day always ends on a positive note, no matter how it has been.