Lessons I Learned the Hard Way
Your brain rewires itself based on what you practice. If you stop practicing hard things, you slowly lose the ability to do them.
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Learn to Love the Rebuild
Refactoring isn't a necessary evil -- it is the job. Why the best product teams rebuild constantly, at every scale.
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Just Enough Is an Ongoing Practice
Stable products still need maintenance. Defaults and shiny features quietly tax systems over time, and efficiency is a sign of craftsmanship, not penny-pinching.
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Optimizing Your Next.js Site's Fast Origin Transfer and ISR Reads
Next.js Link prefetching quietly burned through 15 GB of bandwidth on my Vercel-hosted blog. Here's how I fixed it.
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My 2026 Developer Tech Stack
The tools I use as CTO and product engineer at a Y Combinator-backed startup in 2026.
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The Zeroth Loop: They Don't Quit, They Forget
Most habits don't fall apart because people quit. They fall apart because they aren't sticky.
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Science-Backed Secrets of Long, Happy Lives
A guide to the habits of high longevity people.
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The Science of Spotting Hidden Product Ideas
The best product ideas hide in plain sight, in your habits and everyone else's. Watch what people actually do, not what they say they want. Build for that.
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The Psychology Hack Hiding in Great Products
Every message is a moment of influence. Make the nudge helpful and you'll create power users and build loyalty.
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Patching NPM Dependencies with pnpm patch
Learn how to patch NPM dependencies with pnpm patch to fix issues with your project.
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Contributing to Open Source without being a Jerk
Open source doesn't work without good faith - and sometimes you need to patch a dependency to do your part.
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The next great engineering skill is not coding
You have likely ignored it your entire career. That stops now - it's time to hone your writing skills.
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