Abstracting Complexity
Near the end of last year, I came across this on HN and was mesmerized. Side by side screenshots of the desktops of some titans of software development, taken 13 years apart. The thing that was so...
View ArticleTools Learned in 2017
In spite of doing an extremely poor job of keeping any writing up to date on this site, I am going to start doing annual recaps of what I have learned over the past year. I am not totally convinced...
View ArticleSkills Learned in 2017
Following up on my post about tools I learned to use in 2017, I wanted to also touch on some of the soft skills and lessons that I have been learning over the course of the year too. I believe that...
View ArticleA founder's guide to conversations with Midwestern VC firms
I remember the feeling of meeting with prospective investors and wanting to make a good impression. The first few conversations with an investor are high-stress and full of subtle signals. Most...
View ArticleTools I Learned in 2018
This is a belated and probably too-skinny version of a post I decided I’d do every year, starting with last year. Usually, when I say ‘learned,’ I really mean I engaged enough to understand a little...
View ArticleWhat are you optimizing for?
I have learned only a minuscule amount about machine learning; just enough to get under the hood and to build something very rudimentary. As I was learning some of the underlying concepts and methods,...
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Unbundling AWS
Over the past year, I have spent a lot of time digging into cloud infrastructure and technical tools as a space for investing. One of the emergent behaviors of technology trends is the accelerating...
View ArticleTools I Learned in 2019
For the third successive year, I’m doing a quick digest of what tools I used for the first time in the past year. I subscribe to the idea that your capacity to be productive (as an individual, team,...
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The Markdown Test
// NOTE: this post serves as an open request for feedback as I try to articulate the edges of a thesis I find compelling. I need to pressure test it, so please send me your thoughts! As an investor, I...
View ArticleWrappers
SaaS businesses (particularly ones for technical users) sometimes have to deal with a vocal outcry that their product “is just a wrapper around” something. The implication is that ‘a wrapper’ is...
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