• It will take much longer than you think to build a company

  One of the most overlooked parts of building a business is time. From the time it takes to close your first customer to…

• None of it matters until you try

  Building a business is very hard. It’s quite frankly one of the hardest paths to take when it comes to making money…

• The Power of patience in software

  I think the secret to becoming a great software engineer is actually really easy, but often overlooked. When your…

• What it means to want it badly enough

  I was recently asked what it means to “want it badly enough” in a sub-comment on Reddit and I thought I’d share my…

• Some thoughts about Practical AI Tooling

  I think I have a couple of ideas for what some of the tooling, infrastructure or products around AI might look like in…

• Working with an array of refs in React

  This is how you’d tap “next” to select the next TextInput when you have an arbitrary amount of inputs Say that you…

• Troubleshooting Type Error Load Failed in React Native

  I recently struggled with fixing an cryptic error message: in my React Native app. I’m running a service worker within…

• Simple Script for Expo's Eas Build Notifications in Slack

  Expo doesn't currently have a way to send updates when a build succeeds or fails. I created this simple script for Cloudflare Workers.

• Time is becoming more precious

  How do I make sure that I'm focusing on what's most important?

• My Thoughts on Messari's 2023 Thesis

  Some opening thoughts I’ve been a fan of Messari’s Theses since 2018. Ryan can be annoying on Twitter, but I think we’d…

• React Native SectionList Expand & Collapse Guide

  Getting a SectionList working with expand/collapse using the extraData prop and a Set data structure.

• Getting Cairo, Starkware's Language Up and Running on an M1 Mac

  Cairo is a powerful language. Their developer docs could use some work 😅 I was going to PR this until I realized their…

• Creating Fun Selfies with Stable Diffusion

  It’s been fascinating to watch all the big updates coming to Stable Diffusion v1 and v2. I’ve created a Notion doc where…

• Joining Backpack

  I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve joined Backpack to lead mobile engineering 🎉 I recently stepped down as Draftbit’s…

• Setting up Ikea Fyrtur Blinds in HomeAssistant without a Gateway

  Setting up IKEA’s Fyrtur blinds with Home Assistant is easy. No gateway required. My blinds were previously controlled…

• Quickly delete old git branches with fzf and zsh

  Do you fall victim to having a million branches when typing in ? It’s a pain. I wrote this quick helper that lets me…

• Installing Home Assistant on Ubuntu, The New Way

  Have you recently tried installing Home Assistant on a new Ubuntu box? The installation docs are different and the thing…

• Easily Deleting Deeply Nested Files with fd

  is a modern replacement to the unix util called . MacOS has all of these installed by default but they’re really out of…

• Using async / await with reduce in Javascript

  I got stumped trying to figure out how to use async / await. Here’s how you do it: Pretty sick huh

• Using Global Node Modules The Right Way

  Stop re-installing the same global node modules for every version of Node

• Git Checkout Tricks You've Never Heard Of

  Want to know one of my favorite git secrets? It has to do with . Sometimes you’ve made and committed files that shouldn…

• Filing for Blog Bankruptcy

  I am *so* fed up of trying to get my blog l00kin' right

• Installing & Securing dd-wrt

  I recently upgraded my TP-Link Archer c9 version 1 router to use dd-wrt. It’s powerful as it is but the additional…

• Protect your Home & Mobile Network with NextDNS

  NextDNS is the privacy-enabled tool you’ve been waiting for. It’s like Pi-hole but runs in the cloud. Right now it’s…

• FNM: The Fastest Node Version Manager Ever

  We’ve been using , and maybe even for years to manage our Node.js version. They have been good enough until now. fnm…

• Adding Spotify to Home Assistant

  Home Assistant recently changed the way Spotify’s configured so I wrote up a guide. This works with most versions of…

• GraphQL Getting Past Step 3

  GraphQL is becoming one of the most popular data query libraries in the world. This is a talk that I’ve converted into…

• Reason Apollo Cache Update Patterns

  are great when you need to refetch data that’s not easy to handle with cache updates. Updating the cache using an…

• Learning Higher-Order Components in React

  We're building a general purpose loading screen

• Your first ReasonML PR into an existing React Native Codebase

  Type-safe, fast with a similar syntax to javascript makes it an obvious choice.

• Taming React Native’s ScrollView with flex

  Is it flex? Is it the ScrollView?

• Shaving 2 Minutes Off Our Graphcool Deployment Times

  In as little as 1 minute

• Environment Variables in Expo using Release Channels

  Makes it easy to release to multiple environments

• Command Line Tip: Lowercase all file names in a given directory

  If I didn't write about it, I'd forget it.

• Thoughts on Structuring your Apollo Queries & Mutations

  After using Apollo for the last few months, I've picked up some great patterns

• Apollo Tote, Declarative Patterns and a Sneak Peek into Apollo 2.0

  A guest post on the Apollo GraphQL Blog

• Building High Performance Web Apps with Emotion and Next.js

  If you haven’t heard of Emotion yet, it’s one of the fastest CSS-in-JS libraries to date. Its API is similar to styled…

• 9 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Writing Code

  I’ve been paying it forward for the last two years by teaching newer programmers how to craft their code. On an informal basis, I’ll guide…

• 5 Vim Plugins I Can’t Live Without for Javascript Development

  I’m constantly looking for ways I can improve my workflows and development environment.

• Speeding up Git with SSH Config

  I’ve been snooping around Paul Irish’s dotfiles and discovered this gem. I instantly noticed the difference and…

• Save 20px by Going Frameless and Getting Rid of Atom’s Title Bar

  That's an extra line of code in your editor!

• React Router Authentication

  An easy way to route based on a logged in user

• Quickly Preview iTerm2 Themes Without Having to Import Them First

  Faster access to themes

• Thoughts on Becoming a Better Developer

  I’ve been thinking a lot about how I can improve my productivity as a technical startup founder. “Work smart, not hard…

• React Native Android & Custom Fonts Checklist

  A checklist to make fonts easier to manage

• Operator Mono & Fira Code — The Best of Both Worlds

  Making your terminal editor font beautiful

• Implicit imports in Webpack using ProvidePlugin

  Get rid of commonly used import statements

• Working Through cannot find module unicode/category/So in Keystone

  Fixing Keystone's unicode problem