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Essays on thinking clearly, working for yourself, and doing real work while AI rewrites the rules. Two decades of them.
How to Backup A Digital Ocean Managed Database
Digital Ocean backup with pg_dump.
2025.02.19Read →
Migrating from Sidekiq to Solid Queue
Goodbye Sidekiq, Hello Solid Queue.
2025.01.08Read →
Rails ImportMap Pin with Version
Pin specific versions in ImportMap.
2025.01.02Read →
Ruby Script for Telegram Notifications
Skip paid alerting services. A small Ruby script and Telegram bot let you send yourself server notifications for free using MarkdownV2 messages.
2024.10.15Read →
The Decline Of Mobile Development
Constant forced OS updates, mandate deadlines, and over-engineered patterns are driving mobile developers to abandon native apps for the web.
2024.07.25Read →
Obtaining More Freedom (and Money) with Freelancing
I once worked straight through a client's company holiday by accident. It's a reminder of why freelancing trades meetings for freedom and money.
2024.05.29Read →
I Removed JetPack Compose from My App
Why I ripped a Compose AppBar back out of Jumpstart Android in favor of a plain XML Toolbar to make Turbo Android and Strada integration simpler.
2024.04.15Read →
Why Grandparents Spoil Grandchildren
A theory on why grandparents spoil their grandchildren: it's a second chance to do right what regret and exhaustion got in the way of as parents.
2024.01.16Read →
Make Every Second Count: Strategies to Unleash Creativity and Success at Any Time
We all get the same 86,400 seconds a day. How I cut phone time from 6-9 hours to reclaim mine and used small 10-minute blocks to ship more.
2023.11.28Read →
Bootstrapping to 7k MRR with WordPress and No Code
How I built Caster.IO into a $7,500 MRR membership business on WordPress, RestrictContentPro, and Wistia without writing a single line of code.
2023.11.13Read →
Why Kotlin Multiplatform Won’t Succeed
Kotlin Multiplatform is impressive tech, but human nature, ego investment in tool choice, and a scarcity of polyglot devs will keep it niche.
2023.11.06Read →
Listomo – A New Cheaper and Easier Way To Build Your Email Lists
I was paying $400/month across multiple email list providers, so I built Listomo: one account, unlimited contacts, bring your own SMTP.
2023.11.01Read →