The Rule of Small and Large
A personal framework for choosing projects: focus on either small projects for quick learning or large projects for meaningful impact, while avoiding the medium-sized trap.
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A personal framework for choosing projects: focus on either small projects for quick learning or large projects for meaningful impact, while avoiding the medium-sized trap.
Leo Dion and I discuss building Plinky from scratch, the technical decisions behind using SwiftUI and Vapor, creating delightful user experiences, and the journey from working at Twitter to becoming an indie developer.
Peter Witham and I discuss the incredible experience of having Plinky featured on the App Store, the journey of indie app development, and how doing good work creates opportunities.
I joined the Github DevRel team to discuss building Boutique, my "magical" library for data persistence. We also dive into my journey from Twitter to indie development, and the harsher realities of open source maintainership.
Exploring whether coding is art or science, and how programming serves as a creative medium for solving problems and expressing ideas through code.
Leo Dion and I discuss scaling app development to thousands of people and millions of users at Twitter, communication, documentation, and the complexity of holding moral frameworks at a global level.
Join me on The Learn Swift Podcast where Steven Sherry and I discuss contracting, computing history, philosophy, Smalltalk, and even a little bit about Swift.
An interview with Sam Jarman covering my career journey, the NYC tech scene, consulting vs full-time work, and advice for building a successful software career.