Writing

On April 30, 2015, I gave a talk called "A Guide to Hiring for your Startup", where I discussed what to look for in a candidates, where to find them, how to inter...

Around 2007, I created my home page on a free PHP host and a blog on Blogger. The two websites have served me well for nearly 8 years, but they were long past du...

In literature, The Competent (Wo)man is a character who exhibits a very wide range of abilities and knowledge. The idea is similar to a Polymath or a Renaissanc...

My answer on Quora to What does it mean for a software company/startup to be able to iterate quickly?:

My answer on Quora to How can you validate an idea before jumping in and actually implementing it?:

My answer on Quora to What do you give a child as good reasons for why he/she should read?:

Update: The book is now published! Get yourself a copy at hello-startup.net!

Inspired by a reddit discussion, I decided to create short blog post to ask two questions:

Here’s the showdown you’ve been waiting for: Node.js vs Play Framework. Both are popular open source web frameworks that are built for developer productivity, asy...

There is a meme going around that too many programmers are wasting their careers working on meaningless software: they spend all their time trying to get people...