Showing essays from Developers

JUN 21, 2025, 2 minute read

The trope of the 10x Developer has been written about ad nauseum, but there's another type you are more likely to meet in your career - the 0x Developer.

DEC 9, 2022, 11 minute read — SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

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

AUG 25, 2022, 2 minute read — SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Tired of hand calculating the total cost for your graduated pricing tier in Stripe? Me, too!

MAR 23, 2022, 10 minute read — BOOTSTRAPPING

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

MAR 21, 2022, 5 minute read — SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Lessons learned from a couple days spent debugging everything BUT the problem.

DEC 3, 2021, 6 minute read — SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Most devs don't need a complicated setup for Python, they just need to get running. Leverage a single Docker command to run any version in isolation.

APR 5, 2021, 3 minute read — SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Do you want to be more than a code monkey? Learn to avoid blunders and become a superhero to your team.

DEC 20, 2020, 8 minute read — DEVEX&UX

DEC 20, 2020, 10 minute read — DEVEX&UX

My experience learning the language by building a small package.

DEC 10, 2020, 7 minute read — SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

It's so easy as a developer to dismiss the idea of learning no-code tools. After all, you know how to code, why spend time learning tools designed for those who can't?

NOV 26, 2020, 8 minute read — BOOTSTRAPPING

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.

JUL 30, 2020, 3 minute read — SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Don't lose your tether to the original goal

JUN 26, 2020, 4 minute read — PRODUCT IDEAS