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December 2018

How I sidehustled $180k and why it almost killed my business

Never give up

Why you should write [code] every day

November 2018

To experience true flow, try baking 👩‍🍳

Some life advice I learned from computer science

October 2018

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Why you aren’t drowning in recruiters, too

It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work – a review

The joy of being a beginner

September 2018

A lesson in sales from the guy who sold me $1500 of gear when all I wanted was a $100 pair of gloves

How I sponsored my own genius visa

Two days in New York with mum & sis ❤️

Online workshops are MORE interactive than in-person workshops

August 2018

Lifestyle inflation after 3 years of San Francisco

I'm tired – a poem

Answering some common questions about React + D3 2018

July 2018

What a 3:36 marathon does to your body

How running a side business is a lot like running a marathon

The surprising benefit of hiring interns to write your code

What Richard Feynman taught me about joy

Hire these interns

The day I drove a Porsche 356 Speedster

June 2018

I tried weed for performance enhancement and here's what I found

What's an intermediate dev anyway?

You have permission to suck

May 2018

Some tricks I learned recording & publishing an educational video every day for 30 days

I tried VR on a plane and I'm a believer

How I prepare for a talk at an 8,000 people conference

What I learned at MicroConf Growth 2018

April 2018

Gratitude is hard – My first week with the Five Minute Journal