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5 articles from February 2022 · show all
A new VSCode extension makes state machines shine on a team
When you grok state machines, a new world of computational beauty and software design opens in front of your eyes. Things that used to be hard become easy. The impossible becomes possible. And you turn into that annoying team member.
Be their shit umbrella
because if you go to bat for the team, the team goes to bat for you
Immutability isn't free
Or how we took an API endpoint from 16s to 3s.
Why mentoring matters
Here's a funny video about Ivane, a construction worker with amazing productivity and work ethic. Imagine what Ivane could do if someone showed him how to use his tools 😱
How I used indie hacking to sponsor my own greencard
The longest project of my life