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I was reading The Web’s Missing Interoperability from Stratechery (I’m an occasional reader) and, for some reason, it really resonated with me.

I took some notes (and made comments) for my own future reference.

(UPDATE @2021-03-12: There is a follow-up post) I’m supposed to be blogging instead of doing “app startup” things but I got sidetracked and built another side project (again). I’ve been getting into email newsletters. Over the last month, I’ve gone from zero newsletters to eleven of them. …

I was reading April Dunford’s book Obviously Awesome about product positioning and something struck me. I thought I was reading a marketing book. Somehow I ended up reading a business strategy book instead. (And a very good one too.) We engineers/developers/hackers/nerds tend to think of product positioning as …

I spent a few days examining the mechanics of Hacker News (HN) and I discovered some open secrets. “Open” because they’re not private. “Secret” because they’re not well known. One of them can triple the chances of a story reaching the front page. They are listed below with a …

Firstly, let’s step back briefly in history. Web SQL was a way for javascript (and web apps) to use a relational database (specifically, sqlite) that was stored in the web browser (ie. client side). It was popular amongst front-end developers for a while as it was a convenient and powerful method for storing and …

Here is something that occurred to me recently. It’s not a law or anything, but just a thought-provoking observation. I find it interesting, and maybe it’s useful as a tool in thinking about startups. Most startups are either an app startup or a content startup. What do I mean? Let’s back up a bit and …

This blog represents a new beginning and I’m both excited and trepidatious. You see, I’ve considered blogging at one time or another over the last 15-20 years, but I’ve always been too busy with more important or fun ‘stuff’. Everytime I think about it, it sounds like a great idea … …