The best frontline eng managers in the world are the ones that are never more than 2-3 years removed from hands-on work, full time down in the trenches. The best individual contributors are the ones who have done time in management.
And the best technical leaders in the world are often the ones who do both. Back and forth. Like a pendulum.
Charge me more, fine. But make me feel like a customer, not a nuisance
In the best case, both components of the vector contribute to your company's DNA: the unscalable things you have to do to get started are not merely a necessary evil, but change the company permanently for the better.
This is what to have in mind well before "what got us here, won't get us there". In a way: don't even worry about that fact yet. Proceed knowing you'll need to do things that won't scale.
Reading time: 5min / Summary: Shreyas Doshi became an important figure of product management over the years, thanks to his threads and insights about what he’s learnt during his career.
The features list is fantastic.
Karakeep (previously Hoarder) is an open source "Bookmark Everything" app that uses AI for automatically tagging the content you throw at it. The app is built with self-hosting as a first class citizen.
Support for ollama is included.
Startups require different skills (aptitude) and mindsets (attitude) than corporations. Simon Wardley identified three essential mindsets necessary for success: Explorers, Villagers, and Town Planners. Companies benefit from having all three mindsets.
It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of big-company HR practices.
Dave Kellogg on managers, directors and VPs.
- Managers are paid to drive results with some support.
- Directors are paid to drive results with little or no supervision (“set and forget”).
- VPs are paid to make the plan.
Below is a list of terminal tools in alphabetical order (A-Z) and updated regularly. Discover CLI, TUI, and more developer tools at Terminal Trove.
goblin.tools is a collection of small, simple, single-task tools, mostly designed to help neurodivergent people with tasks they find overwhelming or difficult.