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A hodgepodge of thoughts and insights from someone building stuff on the internet.

Crypto

How to Start a Scholarship Program in Axie Infinity

Scholarship programs are a way for established players ("managers") to lend their axies to new players ("scholars") in return for a portion of earnings.

Aug 9, 2021
Launch

Underwriters, Throw Out Your Rubber Stamps!

COVID turned the underwriting world upside-down. All of a sudden, underwriters needed a way to digitally sign & stamp their 100+ page contracts. Enter, Stamper.

Jun 10, 2021
Article

Rethinking Pair Programming

Not a fan of pair programming? Maybe it's time to give it another try. In this post, I provide an actionable plan to help you implement and optimize a collaborative setup.

Feb 17, 2021
Launch

What People Don't Tell You About Launching on Product Hunt

I recently made it to the top 5 on Product Hunt. Here's how I prepared for a successful launch and the unexpected consequences!

Jan 11, 2021
Products

Selling on Gumroad - Tips for Creating an Epic Store

Earning passively by selling downloadable digital graphics on Gumroad.

Jan 6, 2021
Development

Ditching Excel for Python - Lessons Learned from a Legacy Industry

I spent 3 years as an analyst in the reinsurance industry. During this time, I witnessed firsthand how Python is driving rapid technological change. (Goodbye, Excel!)

Dec 30, 2020
Product

Customize Your Notion Workspace with these Unique Notion Covers (Free)

I am very excited to share two more packs of Notion covers! Both are free to download. 😊

Dec 14, 2020
Personal

I Quit My Job

These days, “I Quit My Job” blog posts are a dime a dozen. My story is a little different. It doesn’t have lots of zeros or a buzz-worthy company name. I didn't make 6 figures. I didn't work at a Big 4 tech company in the Bay. Here's my story.

Nov 20, 2020
Product

140 Notion Covers to Brighten Your Workspace

Customize your Notion workspace with 140 different cover images. Create memorable content that is a delight to read.

Oct 26, 2020
Launch

Instagram penalizes repetitive hashtags. I built a tool to help keep your posts #fresh.

Are your Instagram posts being penalized by the Instagram algorithm? If you're posting the same 20+ hashtags in every post, chances are the answer is yes.

Sep 26, 2020
Launch

Introducing, PeerWyse! Now available on iOS

Re-branding and re-launching! Very excited to announce the new iOS app that James and I have been working on called PeerWyse.

Aug 28, 2020
Personal

Observations from 4 Weeks of YC Startup School

A couple of things I've learned from 4 weeks of founder speed dating - including 16 early-stage startup pitches!

Jul 18, 2020
Development

The Impact of Lockdown on Public Sentiment in Bermuda

Using Twitter data to investigate changes in public sentiment as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown in Bermuda. Tools: Tweepy, TextBlob, NLTK, Deepnote, Plotly, Dash, Heroku.

May 9, 2020
Development

Game Of Life (Python-Based CLI)

Building a Python CLI to simulate Conway's Game of Life.

Mar 17, 2020
Development

Neural Network Hyperparameters

A deep dive into neural network hyperparameters: batch size, learning rate, activation functions, number of layers.

Feb 29, 2020
Development

Disaster Tweets: Exploratory Data Analysis

Initial analysis and visualization of the Kaggle Disaster Tweets dataset using NLTK and Seaborn.

Feb 15, 2020
Development

Titanic - A Simple Gender + Family Group Model

The power of using domain knowledge to boost machine learning performance.

Jan 13, 2020
Development

Titanic Exploratory Data Analysis

In depth visualization of the Kaggle Titanic dataset using Matplotlib and Seaborn.

Jan 5, 2020
Development

Obesity and City Composition: Exploring the Impact of Environmental Stimuli

Investigating the link between city and demographic characteristics using the Foursquare API, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data and other web scraping techniques.

Jul 21, 2019