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Being swamped — overwhelmed by stuff to do — is the default state of being within a startup. There's always more to do than time to do it, and the list keeps growing. Everyone else working at every other startup feels this too. Even if it doesn't look that way
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On how software that survives first encounter with production tends to live longer than we think it should.
What happens when executives are allowed to secretly sell stock at a company that is doing poorly? And what can founders learn from this incident?
If no one has told you yet, as your career in tech progresses you will eventually become a custodian of culture. If you run a meetup or a team, if you lead an open source project, or if you organize an event people will be looking to you to know what is and isn’t okay in that space. You get this responsibility whether…
In the 1990’s, I had access to the early internet (before the web) and made use of a public forum ( Usenet ) where I could ask and respond to questions about programming the Macintosh computer. I’ve mentioned before how this caught the attention of engineering at Apple ( Tom Dowdy , in any event). Perhaps too, the…
I’ve enjoyed playing a game called Avalon recently. I won’t go too far into the rules, but it’s a hidden role game in the vein of Secret Hitler or Werewolf, where one team is “good”, trying to uncover who among them is “evil”, before the evil team wins.
I'm a full-time creator. With remote work becoming more common in tech, I get more messages from people asking: how can they do what I do?
Hot takes and cold truths on software, startups, and the lies we tell ourselves.
Managing sets of small, dependent PRs enables faster review and increased developer velocity
Tenures are at an all-time low in the software industry.
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Jun 02, 2024 - I dive into best practices, targeting, creatives, landing pages, channels, and examples from the best developer-focused companies.
Disclaimer: this post represents my own views and it is not endorsed by my employer.
What do we actually know about burnout? What does the research say? Is burnout preventable? All the research, in one free, updated place.
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I’m leaving my role as the Product Lead for the Go Language at Google. I’m super proud of everything the Go team has accomplished in the last six years, and …
Hot takes and cold truths on software, startups, and the lies we tell ourselves.
Around half of all software engineers are self-taught, One way to approximate this number is via the Stack Overflow developer survey . Another rough approximation comes from the fact that over the last decade, typically only 40-60K students graduated each year with a CS major from a US university, whereas the total…
My significant other works for Electronic Arts, and I'm what you might call a disgruntled spouse. EA's bright and shiny new corporate trademark is "Challenge Everything." Where this applies is not exactly clear. Churning out one licensed football game after another doesn't sound like challenging…
The problem isn't that people can't think strategically.
A mental model for service businesses.
We don’t really talk about layoffs. When you hear someone say they got laid off, it’s likely the next thing you hear from them is about the new job they’re starting. But we don’t talk about what it’s like in between those two events - which means we’re not acknowledging how traumatic it is to be laid off.
Recently [the Python Package Index](https://pypi.org/) announced that they will be implementing new account-security policies, and hoo boy are some people …
Gather round while I tell a tale of old.
What happens on the other side of the acquisition doesn't get much startup press
