Applied Cartography

Lots of writing this month: RIP, BedkitCanned cocktailsZero draftWhere to hitch your wagonTypesafe routing in Vue And some media notes (it was again a rare...

Lots of writing this month: Why you should use Rails A reminder that things take time How shadcn/ui's previews work Why I hate that 1.01% meme A lovely term,...

Welcome to spring, bona fide and humid. Lots of writing this month: I wrote about spending the past two years as an independent technologist. On the media...

I did a good amount of writing and reading in March, as a much-needed change of pace. Buttondown work continues apace, too — less chaotic than January, not...

Hello! I am writing you from the theoretical auspices of a brand new personal website. (Yes, just like the one I launched last year. And in 2022.) No fancy...

I have published a new essay, my first of 2024. It is entitled, quite aptly and bluntly: Scattered Thoughts On Buying Software Businesses You can read it here.

Happy New Year's Eve! I have published an essay (the first one in a while, I know!) in the infamous genre of "year in review post". It contains notes on:...

When I wrote Befriending the Goon Squad — an essay on the importance of patience and discipline when building a product — I received dozens of variations of...

Hello, friends! I just published a new essay about building a software project for the long haul, and the merits in doing so. This essay is entitled...

(You can read this essay online here.) The start I would be lying to you if I told you I remember exactly what was going on when I came up with the idea for...