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Shifting UI paradigms: Feed. Story. Chat.

Nov 29, 2025

Practice

chat, feed, product, Reels, RSS, Snapchat, social media, software, Stories, user experience, user interfaces, WhatsApp

An evolution of user interfaces over the last two decades has fueled full-stack product development.
7 Layers of Expertise in a Software Economy

Jan 21, 2024

Practice

apps, code, compiler, instruction set, operating systems, programming language design, SDK, software, software-engineering

Chip Instruction Set, Compiler, Programming Language, Code, Operating Environment, Software Development Kit, Apps.
My bias for action with user feedback (and bugs)

Jan 1, 2024

Practice

product, software, software-engineering, user feedback

Why stress over things I cannot control or do something about.
Developing an app for everyone

Dec 31, 2023

Practice

a11y, accessibility, i18n, internationalization, localization, product, software, software-engineering

How I learned to embrace and appreciate Accessibility, Internationalization, timezone math and Friday weekends.
Dogfooding: See something, say something

Dec 28, 2023

Opinion, Practice

dogfood, product, software, team, testing

An acknowledgment that filing bugs on your team’s work takes courage.
About Software Field Notes

Jan 9, 2022

Housekeeping

engineering, programming, software, software-engineering, technology

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