All entries of my technical and business blog

What Non-IT Startup Founders Need to Know

Sep 22, 2021 business

If you’re going to try to launch a startup that has a website or app as its main product, and you don’t have a technical co-founder, you should read this blog entry. It’ll save you a lot of time, headaches, and a ton of money.

Why Does UI/UX Even Matter?

Sep 3, 2021 business ux

As you walk down the alleyway, you feel the hairs on your neck stand up. You’re a bit scared, but you can’t exactly put your finger on why. Was that some footsteps? Did you see a shadow shift? Why is it that you know you’re in danger?

Poor Man's Javascript Error Reporter

Aug 13, 2021 javascript

If you want to track errors in your production Javascript (which you should), you should use a fully-baked service like BugSnag. If you can’t, there’s at least one other thing you could try: a poor man’s javascript error reporter.

Mass Slack Status Update App Idea

Jul 31, 2021 business

When I had active membership to more than 4 Slack workspaces, I thought: wouldn’t it be nice to have a way to update all of these statuses in one fell swoop?

A Better Alternative to .gitkeep

Jun 28, 2021 git

Since git does not store folders specifically (just path information), if you need an empty folder in your project that can be hard. Especially if that folder needs git to ignore any content inside of it. A community convention to solve this challenge has been the .gitkeep file. This is not part of the spec, combining that file with various .gitignore rules can solve this problem. But, there’s a better way.