There's a narrative in tech companies that often goes untold: "Open product feedback." It's a tale of transformation. Not the kind celebrated in startup blogs, but the kind that slowly eats into the company itself. A vibrant and innovative culture turned into an over-calculated shadow of its past. Imagine a young startup unburdened by ...

The "Most Respectful Interpretation" model has sneaked into the remote working culture. It explains that you are supposed to interpret every message in the best possible light, believing the sender had only the best intentions. While at its core, MRI aims to foster a positive environment by encouraging people to assume good intentions ...

Over the past few days, I watched “The Days”, a Netflix series about the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Far from flawless and clearly inferior to HBO’s Chernobyl, it is still well-produced and manages to seize your attention and keep you locked in the seat. Besides just recounting the events, portrayed from the view of the plant mana...

Many times, we become victims of our own choices. Not just the bad ones, but even worse, the choices that stick around well past their expiration date. We become hostages to the 'business as usual' mentality, a cognitive straightjacket that stifles change and breeds complacency, and all those stubborn bad choices that we can’t just see...

Not all learning has to be confined within classroom walls or follow a rigid checklist. Often, the most valuable lessons emerge as we venture off the beaten path. As someone who embraces “Experiential learning” – learning by doing and making mistakes – my approach differs from the traditional method of lectures, readings, and exercises...

One of the most exciting (yet obscure) changes with iOS 16.4 is the @backDeployed attribute in Swift. @backDeployed will allow you to mark certain functions or properties as backward-compatible. When using it, the Swift compiler generates code that checks at runtime whether the feature is available on the target device. If not, it will...

AI blowing us away with its superhuman abilities is cool, but that's the tip of the iceberg. The real magic of AI, especially in search, is its availability and affordability. With traditional search engines, you still have to dig and check a few sites before finding what you're looking for. This helps ensure the source is trustworthy ...

While it might be tempting to go for the cheapest option, when it comes to your work tools, it's not worth it in the long run. Tools are an investment. Putting your money into something that will last, and help you do your work faster, will save you time, money, and frustration in the long run. Buying cheap things means you'll likely e...

Let's assume you lead a development team and you're given the following list of priorities. Next year's priorities: • Improve app stability • Improve app performance • Improve app accessibility • Update the app's UI design • Remove low-usage features • Improve Quality Where would you start? — Does that mean you have to do all of that n...

As I was walking around downtown the other day, this graffiti caught my eye. Roughly translated, it says: Empathy saves… Empathy saves lives, situations, whales, oceans, relationships, wishes, thoughts, homes, families, friends, ideas, bees, cyclists, pedestrians, poems, kisses, conversations, hugs, breakfasts, bakeries, companies, son...

Here are a few links to the blog archive: 2022 • Moving out of WordPress • A plan is not a strategy • A/B testing your app icon • We’re not saving lives here • A/B test your design, not your product 2021 • Live preview for your UIKit views • Hello Spain! 🇪🇸 • Writing a Networking Library with Combine, Codable and Swift 5 2020 • Getting...