🚯 Hoarding Minimalist.

⭐Featured from my Digital Garden (101 essays)...⭐

• Dumpster Fires and Humble Pies: A Junior Engineer’s Tale

  From ego to empathy: What a messy codebase taught me about engineering, collaboration, and eating elephants one bite at a time.

• Good software isn't afraid of pumpkins

  Suprising & delighting users is a good outcome.

• The Man in the Arena has Glowing Fingers

  I saw 'The Man in the Arena' - and he wears LED-tipped gloves and a snazzy hooded boxer's robe.

• Learning Platform Risk the Hard Way - Lessons from Workflow Buddy's Demise

  Slack is shutting down the functionality that powers the open-source app I built for Workflow Builder , their Nocode automation tool. I (hopefully) learned some lessons about what makes a good problem, the joy of enthusiastic customers, time-sensitive opportunities, and platform risk.

• Confessions of Everyday Software Engineers

  A small collection of confessions from everyday devs at companies across the industry. When impostor syndrome strikes, they can act as a reminder that we're all human.

• A Real-World Solution to Escape Embedded Double Quotes in JSON

  Finding a solution to parse unescaped double quotes in my JSON strings, with minimal tears.

• Reflecting on my Failure to Build a One-Dollar Company

  A reflection on my failure to build a viable product, so others can learn from my mistakes.

• Avoiding work to retain the possibility of perfection

  Over 9 months ago, I set out with a simple task: paint a 3-D printed Halo Pelican I was gifted. Do I have any experience painting miniatures? Tons, and none.

• Life Has No Speed Limits

  A college degree takes 4 years, a year or more to write a book, 10 years at the DMV. Facts...or are they? Life has no speed limits, so why treat them as laws?

• How Many Customers Does a Successful Side Hustle Need? Just 99.

  Let's break it down and see how you only need 99 people's support for your side hustle to make a drastic change to your life.