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How Ryan Singer from 37signals builds products
Articles and Podcasts on Customer Service, AI and Automation, Product, and more.
Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 6,087 posts.
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Dear Programming Job Applicants (2010)
This article is written with considerable snark–put on your flameproof suit if needed. I’m not actually a jerk when interviewing people, but I do get frustrated when candidates fail to do basic preparation. If you’re unsure about how to prepare for a programming interview, read on… I know this might come as a shock to…
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AI has torched the market for junior programmers
Junior programmers are getting destroyed by AI — down 19%, while devs over 40 thrive. Meanwhile, millions of non-developers are shipping real software without the job title. The credential market collapsed; the activity exploded. The problem: nobody's building the next generation of senior engineers.
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Interviewing programmers: coding test example explained
In Part 2 article I'll describe how I personally would write the code specified in Part 1. I'm not claiming this is in any sense objectively the best, and I'm certainly not suggesting it's the only.
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Stop the “Hard Work” Obsession
One of the persistent myths in America is that success is primarily down to hard work. Yes, you cannot have success by lying on the Sofa…
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Using Apple Silicon (M1) as a cloud engineer, two months in
In this article, Vlad shares his experience using the Apple M1 as a cloud engineer. He discusses the compatibility of various software, including D...
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Lobsters Interview
I recently had an engaging conversation with Alex ( @veqq ) from the Lobsters community about computing, mathematics and a range of related topics. Our conversation was later published on the community website as Lobsters Interview with Susam .
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For Best Results, Forget the Bonus
NEW YORK TIMES October 17, 1993 For Best Results, Forget the Bonus By Alfie Kohn “Do this and you’ll get that.” These six words sum up the most popular way in which American business strives…
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Don't Lower Your Expectations
Richard Branson's blog - where he shares his thoughts on business, Virgin news, leadership, life, family and the global issues he cares about the most
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Several grumpy opinions about remote work at Tailscale
As a "fully remote work" company, we had to make some choices about the technologies we use to work together and stay in touch. We decided...
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How we failed our YC interview
We had our YC interview on Friday and were super confused after it. We sort of expected that. We talked to over a dozen YC founders and ...
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What “The Best” Looks Like
A startup CTO's guide to what "the best" really means—how to spot non-obvious high performers and the traits that make early-stage teams win.
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Career advice, or something like it
If I could offer you a single piece of career advice, it’s this: avoid negativity echo chambers.
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Pull request limits are cutting down the noise
Learn how pull request limits can help manage contribution volume in your repositories, and see what’s next on the roadmap.
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When Things Don't Work Out
I have said many times that early stage VC is a lot like baseball, if you get a hit one out of every three times, you are headed to the hall of fame. And if I look back over my career, and also over the track records of the firms and funds I have helped […]