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Man Built a $188M Fortune Investing in Stocks Then Donated It to Charity
Jack MacDonald was a frugal attorney who wanted to build a big net worth to give it to charity thanks to his hobby of investing in the stock market.
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Apple 2001
David Shayer worked at Apple for 14 years, and he has a wild experience to share. Apple has a unique culture, and David will give us an insider view of what it was like for him at Apple during the 2000s, roughly between 2001 to 2015 when Apple transformed into the powerhouse that it is today. David worked as a…
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AirPods as a Platform
01 Intro One of the favorite activities of tech analysts, VCs and similar Twitter armchair experts is to predict what the next big technology platform might be. The usual suspects that come up in these conversations are VR/AR, crypto, smart speakers and similar IoT devices. A new contestant th
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Hire for slope, not Y-Intercept
Forget about the y-intercept; slope is the only thing that matters in the long run.
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Competitive Analysis for Engineers
In my experience, most professional software engineers in industry have little to no experience doing competitive analysis. That’s a shame, because competitive analysis is one of the most useful skills that an engineer can have.
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Why start a new database conference?
Somehow I am organizing a conference called Have you tried rubbing a database on it?
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Journalists Start Demanding Substack Censor Its Writers
This new political battle does not break down along left v. right lines. This is an information war waged by corporate media to silence any competition or dissent.
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Fintech Giant Fiserv Used Unclaimed Domain
If you sell Web-based software for a living and ship code that references an unregistered domain name, you are asking for trouble. But when the same mistake is made by a Fortune 500 company, the results can range from costly to disastrous. Here’s the story of one such goof committed by Fiserv [ NASDAQ:FISV ], a $15…
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AWS doesn’t know who I am
AWS needs an identity that uniquely represents its users, not fractured across corporate identity providers.
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TinyPilot: Month 11
How do I increase TinyPilot’s profit margins?
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Quality and Effort (2018)
It seems as though the opposite of “careless” ought to be “careful.” That the best way to avoid avoidable errors is to try harder, to put more care into the work. This means…
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Google’s unfair performance advantage in Chrome
Google Chrome gives Google Search (when set as the default search engine) a network performance-boost over competing search engines.
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Where’s the Apple M2?
DPReview just published Apple still hasn't made a truly “Pro” M1 Mac – so what’s the holdup? Following on the good performance and awesome power efficiency of the Apple M1 , there’s a hungry background rumble in Mac-land along the lines of “Since the M1 is an entry-level chip, the next CPU is gonna blow everyone’s…
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5 Important Things to Do Before the Market Bubble Bursts
Yes, you are living through a bubble in the financial markets. No, this is not an article about how to time the market. No, you don’t know when the bubble will burst (and neither do I). Yes, there are still things that you can do that will set you up for investing success.
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The short tale of an online scam
How I used Python to get back at an online scammer - and what I discovered in the process
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Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Windows Flaw
Microsoft on Tuesday issued an emergency software update to quash a security bug that’s been dubbed “ PrintNightmare ,” a critical vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows that is actively being exploited. The fix comes a week ahead of Microsoft’s normal monthly Patch Tuesday release, and follows the…
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Reddit: One of social media's oldest companies is also its most undervalued
One of social media's oldest companies is also its most undervalued
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Why Did Congress Just Vote to Break Up Big Tech?
The Judiciary Committee voted 21-20 to split up Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook. What happened was unbelievable.
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Microsoft and the Metaverse
Defining the Metaverse, and explaining why Microsoft is well-placed for the virtual reality opportunity
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Office 2000 is good to go
The biggest competition for Office 2000 was…Office 97. –Realization at the end of the project
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Startup Studios
Welcome to the golden age of the product studio
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Community Banking and Fintech
How and why small, local banks power the fintech apps you use.
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Escaping the Roadmap Trap
Stop chasing your feature development plan and start crafting strategic product roadmaps
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Software Sweatshop – Inside Billionaire Joe Liemandt's Empire
The story of buying a software company out of bankruptcy and our plan to grow it.
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Chicago Faces 135% Incr in Carjackings So Legislator Seeks to Ban GTA
My home city of Chicago continues to reel from soaring crime rates. Among the categories of increasing crime is a 135% spike in carjackings. One would think that the legislators would be focused o…
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Moderation in Infrastructure
Infrastructure companies need a distinct approach to moderation that focuses on neutrality and due process.
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Unpacking Interview Questions
A series sharing some of the questions I use when I interview for technical roles. I’ll unpack the question, when to ask it, and how to evaluate answers.