Making Money (at a consumer-focused startup)
Last summer I had a conversation with someone who works at one of the big tech internet giants. I mentioned that we were worried at my startup about the profit margins for one of our new products. He...
View ArticleThe 4 Characteristics of Highly Effective Developers
This was a post I wrote in 2011 that hit #1 on Hacker News. I accidentally deleted all my old posts at some point, so I am bringing it back. Some of the references are a bit dated, but most of the core...
View ArticleThe Root of All Evil (in software)
This is another post I originally wrote in 2011 before I accidentally deleted my website. I had to deal with a log of legacy code at Wells Fargo at that time, but tbh all developers struggle with...
View ArticleTech Debt Ceiling
I originally wrote this post in 2011 before I accidentally deleted my entire website. I am re-posting it now because both the analogy I use (i.e. a debt ceiling) and the underlying issue (technical...
View ArticleThe 4 Characteristics of Highly Effective Managers
I originally posted this in 2011 while I was managing 25 developers at Wells Fargo. The pop culture references are a little dated, but the core messages are still relevant. “Oh, oh, and I almost...
View ArticleYou Can’t Read Minds
It is extremely common for all of us to assume we understand how other people think. We may consciously admit that we don’t know for sure, but in order to function as human beings we do have to make...
View ArticleAngular vs React
I have been thinking a lot about Angular recently as I prepare for my ng-conf 2018 talk, Super-Powered, Server-Rendered Progressive Native Apps. This blog post is a by product of that thinking. I...
View ArticleIntroducing…SketchPoints!
About 6 months ago, Nathan Walker and I got accepted to speak at the biggest Angular conference of the year, ng-conf. Our talk that got accepted was called Super-Powered, Server-Rendered Progressive...
View ArticleLean UX
I have learned a lot over the past 5 years working at GetHuman, but as far as product development goes, this past year has been like drinking from a fire hose. Besides launching two new products, Swish...
View Article2019: Grit and Intensity
I know most people like to lay out their goals at this time of the year, but I decided this year I am going to do things a bit differently. No doubt I have goals, but after several years of setting and...
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