JavaScript Everywhere

How entire companies are being built with mostly one language. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 2 years ago

What Makes a Good Goal?

John Allspaw has a great tweet on problem discovery: | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 2 years ago

Why your tech team isn’t delivering

“Our team used to go fast when it was small. Now we have ten times as many people and less work gets done. What happened?!” | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 2 years ago

I am sick and tired of hearing tech companies complain about developer shortages

When I scroll on Facebook or TikTok or any other social media there seems to be a growing trend in April 2021 for the tech community. Tech… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

I Quit My Perfect Desk Job

If you hate your job, you hate your life. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Housing for All: The Case for Progressive YIMBYism

Note: YIMBYism (short for Yes In My Backyard) has emerged as a movement to counter NIMBY anti-housing politics that have been the status… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Lessons I Learned at Google

By Dave Rensin (@drensin) | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

I hacked Wikipedia to make it more readable (2019) [CSS tweaks]

These are the things I believe need to change on desktop experience of Wikipedia. You can also try my redesign in your own browser. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

You Don’t Need All That Complex/Expensive/Distracting Infrastructure (2019)

How do you run your web products? | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

“Qanon” is Propaganda, and we know who’s responsible

The influence of perception is one of the defining features of modern life. Ever since Thomas Barratt used a nice painting to make Pears… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

I stole the data in millions of people's Google accounts

You don’t know me, but there’s a good chance I know you. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Using push notifications with Objective-C

Retain your users or just annoy them. Its up to you! | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

The Linux development process: Is it worth the hassle?

Linux is around for almost three decades by now. In its early days contributions were managed manually by Linus himself without any… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

First Steps with Git

You don’t have to use dropbox to manage your project. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

There's Already a Pod for That

Don’t reinvent the wheel | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Real-Life Angel Investing Returns 2012–2016

I have been doing angel investing since 2012 after the Facebook IPO. Since then I have invested in more than 150+ startups. 50+ of them… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Minecraft as a K8s Admin Tool

KubeCraftAdmin : The adventurer’s admin tool | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Abuse isn’t an “advising style”: Consequences of MIT sheltering abusive mentors

The notification of an email, the buzzing of a text, or the unexpected call sent me into a spell of anxiety. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Working together better with Operating Manuals

Operating manuals are a phenomenal tool in helping us understand each other better at work. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

How to know and show view count in your GitHub, Notion, Website –. and so on

How to know and show view count in your Github, Notion, Website .. and so on. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Impact of Go AI on the professional Go world

I originally prepared this note for the AI Roundtable, a program produced for the opening ceremony of the 2020 US e-Go Congress. (Opening… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Mental Space for What Matters – Introducing Journal 2.0

Today, I’m proud to announce that we’re launching Journal 2.0: the productivity tool that helps you make space to breathe, think and… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

The power of serverless: Visual regression tests from 20 minutes to 10 seconds

Visual regression tests are awesome, but unfortunately, they usually take a considerable amount of time. Until now. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Method Chaining with Fluent Interface Pattern(Write Customizable Chains)

Note: This is my first article in English(Turkish version). Therefore, excuse me for mistakes that I will. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

How to create a Telegram Bot in Python in under 10 minutes

In this short tutorial, I will walk you through the steps for creating your own Telegram bot in python right from scratch. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Permanently Flipped Workplace

Wait, we’re doing this forever? | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Why humans love pie charts (2018)

An historical and evolutionary perspective | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Extracting Secret Test Cases from Google Foobar Challenge

I’m not a computer science person, but I had briefly heard of the Google foobar challenge in passing. Recently a friend of mine triggered… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Sign in with apple in iOS – a design pattern approach

You have to add Sign in with Apple to your project? here’s how I did that using Strategy design pattern in a modular way. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Lockdown Nudity Detection Race – The Results

Security researchers suspect outage is the result of a ransomware infection. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Introduction to APIs for non-technical people

What is it? Why should we care ? And how to use them ? Step-by-step explanations using simple words and examples | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

What Microsoft got right about power users, but not quite

Recently Windows made a few stunning announcements, which seem to try to win over Linux and OSX developer bunch. Their main target is… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Did Functional Programming Get It Wrong? (Yes and Here's Why)

Is an outdated O/S the real problem? | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Hyper-Capitalism or a World Without Need

The Enormous Promise and Potential Harm of DLTs Like Blockchain | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 3 years ago

Things I learned as VP Growth at a hypergrowth Fintech in London

It was the old story: consultant meets CEO at an investors summit, they think alike, and like each other’s spirit (both talk and think… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 4 years ago

Solving Embarrassingly Obvious Problems in Erlang (2019)

This is revised version of my 2012 essay on using small, simple functions to drive clear-headedness in programming. After seven years and… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 4 years ago

Getting a Job in VC: Long Odds but a Rewarding Career

I wrote a blog post probably a decade or so ago about getting a job in VC. Someone who read it and liked it asked me about it recently, but… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 4 years ago

Uber Flawlessly Manipulates with Numbers in Its Earnings Report

Studying the latest Uber’s earning report, I found barefaced data manipulation, and now I will show it to you. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 4 years ago

Stray Dog Climbs 23,000' Mountain

A Nepali street dog joins a group of mountain climbers and shocks them all by climbing higher that any dog has ever been. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 4 years ago

The Bank of England’s shifting stance on house prices has big implications

What happens if the music stops? | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 4 years ago

Things I learned as VP Growth at a hypergrowth Fintech in London

It was the old story: consultant meets CEO at an investors summit, they think alike, and like each other’s spirit (both talk and think… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 4 years ago

How Not to Design APIs

7 mistakes explained on a single example… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 4 years ago

Read 8 Books in 1 Sentence Each. The Crazy Book Summary

Super-lite book summary for busy people | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 4 years ago

I Use Godot and Rust to Explore Space

Each evening after the kids are asleep, I load up some music and decide what I want to work on next. If I’m feeling visual, I load Blender… | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 4 years ago

Platform Capitalism Devalued the Music Industry

A look into labor and monopoly capitalism in the music industry from 2008–2020. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 4 years ago

Golden tea is full of anti-oxidants

Spice up your day with an amazing golden tea. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 4 years ago

Taking a team from ‘good’ to ‘great’ with storytelling

My storytelling experimentation in agile coaching. | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 4 years ago

Just Making It Smart Isn't Innovation

And How You Can Avoid Falling Into the Chasm | Continue reading


@blog.usejournal.com | 4 years ago