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Value extraction
On doom-peddlers and the Gold Rush of the New Age.
System tests
On the irreplaceability of system tests.
Keygen is now SOC 2 Type II compliant
Announcing SOC 2 Type II compliance for Keygen Cloud.
AI helped me through burnout (but not how you think)
On escaping burnout in The New Age.
Golden tickets
On golden tickets, shortcuts, and sustainable business growth.
SaaS is not dead
On the fundamentals of build vs buy.
Is success just luck?
On success, agency, and how we misattribute luck.
Catapults don't build castles
On the allure of luck and the myth of virality.
Keygen continues the Open Source Pledge
Keygen continues their commitment to the Open Source Pledge, committing to donate at least $2,000 per-developer annually to support Open Source.
Escapism
On escapism and the endless burnout-crash loop.
Reconsider
On the discipline of thinking, debating, and reconsidering before committing.
Why fair source matters
On the meaning of "open source" and a path forward.
Luck is a harsh mistress
On Games of Luck, Games of Skill, and the Game of Life.
Announcing support for memory and disk consumption
Introducing support for machine memory and disk consumption and enforcement.
Announcing ECDSA P-256 support
Introducing support for ECDSA P-256, a NIST-approved algorithm offering smaller signatures, faster verification, and FIPS 140-3 compliance.
Expressions
On changing tools, and why human expression will endure.
Price so it's interesting
On aligning price with value, and product with market.
Beautiful code
On the beauty and artistry of code
Self-sabotage
On the tension between self-preservation and self-sabotage
Burnout
On the dark and chaotic road to understanding burnout
The arrival fallacy
On the illusion that making it will be enough.
It's okay to be selfish
On selfishly building a business around you.
Give it time
On borrowed time vs earned time.
Steering the ship
On building for users, not obeying them.
In defense of linear
On nearly exiting the elevator and losing sight of everything.
Unicorn dreams
On daydreaming of unicorns and rocket ships.
Capitalism ≠ philanthropy
What open source can learn from the climate change movement.
Whither Open Source?
On commercial open source and the future.
The lost art of giving a sh*t
The internet is full of companies run by people who simply don't care.