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Hating Apple Goes Mainstream
This isn't just about one awful ad. I mean, yes, the ad truly is awful. It...
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Why am I still doing this?
I’ve been doing this for 25 years, so I’ll often be asked why I’m still in...
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We're moving continuous integration back to developer machines
Between running Rubocop style rules, Brakeman security scans, and model-controller-system tests, it takes our remote BuildKite-based...
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The Gift of Ambition
The Babylon Bee ran this amazing bit last year: "Study Finds 100% Of Men Would Immediately...
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We Are a Place of Business
After the disastrous launch of their Gemini AI, which insisted that George Washington was actually Black...
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Imperfections Create Connections
The engine is in wrong place in a Porsche 911. It's hanging out the back, swinging...
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Developers Are on Edge
It's a double whammy of anxiety for developers at the moment. On the one hand, the...
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Be Less Precious
The essence of the book Radical Candor is the concept of ruinous empathy. That by trying...
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Could Apple Leave Europe?
Apple's responses to the Digital Market Act, its recent 1.8b euro fine in the Spotify case,...
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37Signals – DHH – Committing to Windows
I've gone around the computing world in the past eighty hours. I've been flowing freely from...
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Apple is in its Ballmer era
During Ballmer's reign as CEO of Microsoft, the company always made plenty of money. While the...
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You can own more than one type of computer
I probably wouldn't have done a deep dive on Apple alternatives without the announcement that they...
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Finding the Last Editor
Some programmers can code under any conditions. Open office? They'll bring headphones. Whatever editor is on...
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Switching to Android Was Easy
In addition to trying out Windows for a week, I also switched my main phone number...
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The Compounding Seeds of Creativity
Early on in my career, I learned a very important lesson about creativity: It can’t be...
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Campfire Is Once #1
With the successful launch of HEY Calendar a week in the rearview mirror, we’re ready for...
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Basecamp Turns 20
On February 5, 2004, we released the first version of Basecamp to the world. It was...
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Dare to Connect a Server to the Internet
The merchants of complexity thrive when they can scare you into believing that even the simplest...
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Campfire is now for sale (Slack alternative from 37signals)
After a couple of weeks of final Patek-level polishing with early-access customers, Campfire is finally for...
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DHH – The benefit of seniority ought to be bandwidth
Juniors are judged on effort, seniors are judged on outcomes. That’s a common and useful heuristic...
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We Need a Right to Compute
The App Store dispute can be boiled down to one big question: Is the iPhone a...