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As my engineering team grows, there are naturally differences in opinion as to how things should be done - e.g. "Should a single X.js file contain both the React component and its …

Vim has weapons-grade go to definition today using language server protocol, so multiple files is a non-issue for users running LSP.

I run an online marketplace selling digital study notes and taking a commission. It's provided most of my income for the past 10 years, often exceeding a developer's salary. I've g…

Best place to start is the Get Your First 1000 Users playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkoC9yJXDKlGz7SPwofn...

My personal strategies are - investing in group hobbies that remain doable later in life (e.g. My granny in her 80s can't play piano anymore due to arthritis, but still sings in 3 …

Like video content? I'm a programmer/marketer with a YouTube channel teaching the SEO, copywriting, and marketing techniques I used to earn a cumulative 7 figures with my Rails app…

I give each of these big ideas a folder on my computer and then fill that folder with markdown documents and think aloud via writing. The core idea is that I don't want to lose the…

You specifically mentioned marketing/growth hacks etc. I'm a programmer who bootstrapped a site 10 years ago and it's supported me since as an indie hacker. In order to learn about…

I was so disappointed when Gary stopped filming these videos that I started making my own screencasts in that style (non-beginner concepts, fast-paced, language agnostic, and termi…

There's a ton of useful ideas in Luke Prog's "How to Be Happy" post over on LessWrong: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZbgCx2ntD5eu8Cno9/how-to-be-...

For those reading this thread whose products or ambitions are more along the "indie hacker"/bootstrapper lines, I've got a bunch of screencasts talking about my experiences over a …

It might be worthwhile to figure out what brings you joy by randomly asking yourself how you are feeling from 1 to 10 throughout the day. You might be surprised, in that your joy r…

I just have a git repo and bunch of markdown files put into folders that correspond to tags. A few people have asked me about it so I already started recording a video about it for…

I know this question is probably intended as a technical one, but from a pragmatic/empirical perspective, the number one use-case of the blockchain is to raise money in a way that …

As someone who is now over a decade into their programming career, today I find more value in doing analytical breakdowns of my various success and mistakes. What were my oversight…

I went rather deep into ankification of computer science - 5500 cards deep. I've written up my experiences as a series of articles here for anyone interested https://www.jackkinsel…

For me (neck and upper back pain) the trick is not so much the model of the chair but the presence of neck and head support. One of the standard Ikea models (Markus I believe) offe…

The Google Keyword Planner gives you an estimate of traffic for a given keyword, which is a proxy for interest.

1. A book holder. I noticed I got back pain from studying in recent years. This was entirely attributable to my neck position and buying a book holder stopped this. This, in turn, …