AI is Oil
Thinking about AI through the lens of the oil boom.
Creating products, selling software, and product-market-fit.
All of my long-form thoughts on creating products, sales, marketing, and startups, collected in chronological order.
The economics of AI-powered dev efficiency
AI isn't all hype — there are real productivity gains. Why isn't it showing up in the numbers?
Idea to prod in 34 minutes with v0
Building a tool to detect client side rendering with v0 in minutes.
Cleverly Failing
That’s not flying, that’s just falling with style.
Promise.all in the Next.js App Router
Avoid the trap I fell in to.
Your Next Framework
Why Next.js is still a good pick in 2024
DevTool Sales
Everything I’ve learned about going to market with a developer focused SaaS.
The right sized bite
How much should I bite off for an ambitious side project?
AI blog post recommendations
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AI meets GTM
Go to market teams and software is about to massively change.
Whisper on device
Whisper is already better than most paid transcription services and it is free.
Learning sales as an engineer
Learning sales is hard, but it's critical for your business to succeed.
Reversion to the mean
Averages are hard to beat. Plan accordingly.
Diagrams
Make the abstract real
Selling to developers
It's not as hard as you think it is — you just need to help them implement your software.
Effective
Shipping with time constraints
Defaults
The default option.
Cron
On time boxing and boundaries.
Posterity
Doing things that last.
A black swan for ecomm
Correlation where you think there isn't any is a huge cause of blow-up risk.
PlanetScale on a plane ✈️
Airplane WiFi and SaaS database solutions don't get along well. Here's the fix.
Ecom Manifesto
Ecommerce is hard. Here's a path to making it easier, at least technically.
What happened to getInitialProps
Fetching data is a core piece of every web application. Let's talk about the OG data fetching function of Next.js — getInitialProps.
TailwindUI and Next.js styling issues
TailwindUI layouts and Next.js styling issues
Sales engineering problems
A runing list of all the sales engineering problems I have encountered and potential solutions.
Bootstrap 1000 Challenge
The stair-step approach for profitable side projects
Cron jobs in Next.js on Vercel
Cron jobs are the first tool I reach for when needing to automate a simple part of a project. Here's how I set them up in a Next.js app hosted on Vercel.
Giving away my side project - GumroadWidgets.com
Looking for a new side project and like Gumroad? I've got the perfect project for you — and you can get started for free.
▲Vercel
I've been a big fan of Vercel for years now, and I'm excited to announce I'm joining the team this month.
A Gravity Review
Longer review coming soon. TLDR; Gravity is great.
Highlights from All-In ep. 41
This was one of my favorite All-In podcast episodes. There was a short 30-second clip from Chamath that sticks in my head.
Highlights from IndieHackers ep. 220 with Michael Seibel
Seven highlights from YC's Michael Seibel advice for IndieHackers.
On good tech debt
There's good debt and bad debt. Here's a look at technical debt through a financial lens. Believe it or not, some technical debt is good.
I'm your new podcast co-host
Testing, testing, mic check two one two.
Supabase — A Backend for IndieHackers
Looking for a backend as a service? You probably haven't heard of Supabase, but you should. It's my default choice when building new businesses.
GAM re-renders in React with react-gpt
I struggled through integrating with Google Ad Manager for weeks at work. Here are my notes.
Should I use Google Analytics or one of these new privacy-friendly options?
Google Analytics is a great tool, but there are plenty of new privacy-friendly paid options. Should you use them? Maybe, maybe not.
SaaS Starters — how to jump start your software as a service
Don't waste your weekend writing boilerplate. Ship meaningful code on your side projects with help from these great tools.
SaaS due diligence - Instafeed API
Should you buy your first SaaS? Maybe. Quite a few others have. Instafeed API is a tool I debated buying.
The ripple of Web Vitals
A paradigm shift is here for performance monitoring. Learn about how Vitals will make collaboration, analytics, and the web better.
Multiple repos on the same domain in Vercel
How to do micro-frontends on Vercel with a single domain.
Why Notion Beats Markdown for Blogging
Making it easy to write my blog by making the backend powered by Notion as the CMS.
Your Next JS dream job
A Next.js job board.
Next.js Conf 2020 Highlights
Next.js Conf 2020 revealed Next 10 along with some other great work.
Monitoring performance in Next.js
Next.js makes monitoring Core Web Vitals simple.
Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was my SaaS app
Patience is a virtue, but so is actually building something. Lay a brick every day.
Intro to Core Web Vitals
Core Web Vitals are a game changer for web performance monitoring. Here's an intro to how to monitor them.
Why Next.js?
Next.js is my default choice when starting a new project, big or small. Here's why I think you should use it, pros and cons included.
HEY – let's talk about static sites
Next goes static, the death of custom servers (on Vercel), and serverless function recipes.
My first Next.js Newsletter
My first Next.js newsletter went out this week. Here's what was in it.
Divjoy Review — Is it worth it?
Divjoy can help you generate a Next.js starter and get your side project finished faster.
What not to work on
Avoiding what you shouldn't work on is easier than knowing what to work on, but it's a start.
My principles for blogging
Don't let tech decisions get in the way of blogging about tech.
I turned off my notifications
Maybe constant notifications aren't a good thing?
How to Send Email with Vercel Domain through GSuite
Setting up a new domain and configuring email is often the first step in starting a project.
How I pick my tech stack for side projects
Either pick new tech to learn or use tech you know to build fast.
A Developer's Guide - Building Great Software Incrementally with Analytics
How to use analytics to build what your users actually want.
Notes on Naval's Money
You probably know who Naval is. Here are my notes from his 3+ hour long podcast about his Tweet thread on "How to get rich without being lucky".
Why I didn't tell you
Childhood memories, health, and learning to include others.
Tech decisions and developer guilt
Deciding your tech stack is difficult, especially on side projects. Why? Guilt from knowing "the right way."