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Hello. I am a software developer in New York City working to reduce friction in healthcare delivery at Ro.
I am also working on reducing the friction in design hiring at Keming.io.
I write about Bootstrapping.
An Ad-Free Mobile New York Times
December 26, 2019tl;dr to enjoy the NYT’s mobile applications ad-free as a paying user, enable a VPN that blocks advertising on your mobile device.I hold a…
Saying "No"
December 23, 2019When I began my career as a software engineer, I suffered the misconception that software development was a straight-forward, unidirectional…
Airtable: Bootstrapping Made Easy
December 21, 2019For a new side project, Keming, my partner and I needed to quickly validate interest in our product. To do so, we designed and built a…
You Can Filter Like That?
December 20, 2019One of the joys of programming is stumbling across novel ways to solve common problems.For example, take the totally banal task of filtering…
What Seventh Graders Want to Know About Programming
December 11, 2019Today I had the opportunity to speak with a group of 7th grade students about programming and a career in software engineering.These…
The ASS Rule
November 03, 2019A friend lent me Elon Musk’s biography. The book details Musk’s childhood through his education and successes at Zip2, PayPal, SpaceX…
On Culture
November 02, 2019In a recent discussion between Ben Horowitz and Tim Ferris, Horowitz, promoting his new book, What You Do Is Who You Are, notes that:A…
Own Your Mistakes
June 22, 2019I rely on Pigeon to navigate the mess that is the New York City Subway.You can think of Pigeon as the New York City Subway’s Waze. Sprouting…
OMNY Release, Risks, and UX Considerations
June 05, 2019For those of us in the center of the universe, the New York City MTA has finally unveiled support for contactless payments.Long awaited…
20 Years of Product Management in 25 Minutes
June 02, 2019If you have 25 minutes to spare, I highly recommend watching Dave Wascha’s 20 Years of Product Management in 25 Minutes.Wascha is the…
Customer Problems vs. Business Problems
June 01, 2019A notable takeaway from Dave Wascha’s 20 Years of Product Management in 25 Minutes is that companies often loose sight of their own mission…
How To Be Empty
May 29, 2019In an effort to bring order to the chaos that is transferring medical records between doctors, I recently signed up for Galileo Health…
Curiosity and Why JSX Requires React in Scope
September 09, 2017This week I listened to Tyler McGinnis's podcast interview with Dan Abramov - creator of Redux, educator, and professional open-sourcer at Facebook.
JS Class Fields Proposal Stage 3 Update, BabelJS, and Airbnb's JS Style Guide
September 02, 2017In case you haven't heard the news, Daniel Ehrenberg and Jeff Morrison's ESnext class features for JavaScript proposal was moved from stage-2 to stage-3.
Roll Your Own Static Site
June 12, 2017Recently I decided to rebuild my long neglected and dilapidated blog - previously powered by Octopress - using JavaScript.
Twilio on Rails - SMS Basics
October 22, 2014This tutorial will show you how to set up an extremely simple Ruby on Rails application that uses Twilio to send SMS messages from your browser. It’s probably best that you have a basic understanding of RoR.
MailChimp, Gibbon, and Rails - Basic Mailing List Setup
January 23, 2014You’ve made it to the big time when you want to start a mailing list. There are many ESP’s (email service providers) out there, each with respective strengths and weaknesses.