What is a startup?
This is my summary of the Startup = Growth essay by Paul Graham. Much of the sentences are lifted ad verbatim so they can’t really be considered my own words...
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Update
Update time! Things happened while you were away: I got a new job, I went on a vacation, and I got vaccinated!
What I would do differently - lessons learned from shipping an app to the app store!
I am incredibly pleased to announce that Apple accepted my submission to their app store! In other words, I finally shipped my app to the app store 🎉 woohoo!...
How to persist data across sessions in react native with redux-persist
In this blog post I’ll show you how to persist your data across sessions in react native using redux-persist.
How to paste a screenshot from your clipboard in VScode (and how this improved my writing workflow)
In this blog post I want to tell you how I significantly sped up my writing workflow by hacking together a feature that allows me to seamlessly paste images ...
How to remove the excerpt from recent posts in a minimal mistakes blog
In this blog post I’ll show you how to remove the excerpt from your recent posts overview in your Jekyll blog running the Minimal Mistakes theme using Github...
How to take more useful paper notes
I love notebooks. I love those fancy expensive Moleskins and Leuchtturms with 80 grams per squared meter acid-free paper, although I have no idea whether tha...
This week in: Today I learned (TIL)
I’ve been keeping a running list of some of the interesting things that I learned these last couple of weeks. Hopefully you steal a trick or two from me here!
How to auto-scroll to a focused TextInput in a ScrollView
I couldn’t come up with a more catchy name so this is it! In this blog post I’ll show you how to auto-scroll to a focused TextInput in a ScrollView.
Three JavaScript tricks I learned today
Today I learned some cool “tricks” (uhmm… fundamentals…) in JavaScript.
What did I really do these last 2 weeks?
What did I really do these last two weeks?
Simple React Native Redux counter example
If you are learning React Native and Redux and still really don’t understand Redux try looking at this simple counter app that I made. This app aims to clear...
How to add a bottom modal in React Native
I made a small proof of concept on how to add a bottom modal to your react-native projects. I struggled quite a while on this because I didn’t really know wh...
Freedom is not free (2 lessons from 2 years of working)
February 1st 2021 marked my two year work anniversary and I wanted to take some time to reflect on the last two years.
There can only be two reasons why you are procrastinating
According to legendary management guru Andy Grove, there can only be two reasons why you’re procrastinating. In High Output Management, he writes: