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Focus Is the Feature
The best YouTube skits and the best software share one thing. No filler. Here is what that means for what you are building right now.
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Who Survives a Crisis (And Why It’s Not About Money)
LPG shortage. Demonetization. COVID. Different crises, same pattern. Some people sail through. Some struggle badly. And when I look closely, it’s rarely about luck. The ones with money survive almost by default. They stockpile, they wait, they absorb the shock. Their purchasing power is a buffer. The crisis becomes an inconvenience. That’s not a moral…
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The Developer’s Trap: Building What a Spreadsheet Already Does
Before building a custom internal tool, ask if a spreadsheet would do. Most of the time, it will. Here’s the decision ladder every developer needs.
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She Didn’t Mention Reputation Once
A bakeshop manager skipped the business talk and taught empathy instead. There’s a lesson here for every developer who’s ever ignored a follow-up.
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The Feature Nobody Built Is Your Business
Big SaaS platforms can’t build for everyone. The features they skip aren’t forgotten. They’re waiting for someone else to build. Here’s why that’s your opportunity.
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Malcolm Gladwell Said 10,000 Hours. I Put It in a Markdown File.
Expertise used to take years to develop. Now it lives in a markdown file. That changes everything about how we build with AI.
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The World Is Loud. Here’s What I’m Doing.
The world feels loud right now. Global uncertainty. Economic pressure. AI changing everything faster than we can process. People anxious about what comes next. And most of us are just watching. Not because we don’t care. But because… what exactly can we do? I’m a developer. I sit at a desk. I write code. I’m…
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Things That Make Me Happy (An Ongoing List)
An ongoing list. Updated whenever I remember something. Kids. Not just my son Vian, though obviously him most of all. Kids in general. The way they look at the world like it’s brand new every single day. I don’t have to know them. I just have to see them. Something in me just… loosens. Bad…
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Some Blog Posts Make You Want to Blog About Them
A reflection on excellence, private project graveyards, and why “better than before” is the only standard worth building toward.