How 3 words helped me overcome a decade-long addiction. — “We don’t drink”. These three words changed my life. This was the most powerful instance of identity shift in my life. I was maybe 3 months sober at the time. My girlfriend and I were on a date night, trying out Mi Taco, a new (and delicious) taco restaurant in…

Writing clear, concise commit messages enable you to work well with any team and get your best work out there. — Good commits can make the difference between a well-maintained product, and a terrible product. Well-written commits following a standardized format will enable viewers of your codebase to easily understand the type of change, what modules it affected, and why it occurred. …

Recording my finances in a personal cash flow statement and balance sheet enabled me to set better financial goals and a better budget. — Over the past year, I Went From Broke and Without Hope to Being a Financially Stable Person With a Working Budget. Since then, I’ve become ever more engaged in my finances and creating systems and habits to keep myself on track. …

In 2018 I was $47,000 in debt when I applied James Clear’s “Atomic Habits” and Jesse Mecham’s “You Need A Budget” to acknowledge my situation and make a dramatic change. — Like many, I have long struggled with maintaining finances. It began with taking on debt in the form of student loans to pay for school. By 2017, I found myself amassing a pretty significant amount of credit card debt. I owed as much as $7,500 to credit in addition to…

In today’s episode of “Work in Programming ‘’, we have Brian Faber who is the CTO and Co-Founder of Mayday. We talk about Brian’s journey of teaching himself programming, skipping university, and landing his first major development project to build Game Boy Advanced games. …

In today’s episode of “Work in Programming ‘’, we have Brian Faber who is the CTO and Co-Founder of Mayday. Brian is a self-taught programmer who landed his first major development project to build Game Boy Advanced at an early age. …

We all want to be heard. To be seen. To be understood. And yet, it seems impossible for us to truly express ourselves to anyone. Be it emotional hangups, trauma, anger, or just not having enough time to speak, we cannot fully convey what is in our minds. Be it…

In January, I joined Ship 30 for 30 — publishing daily for a month. This is how I use Roam to track, draft, and write my ideas. — Writing an article every day (or every week) is very hard, but the right process can help make it less stressful and more fun. Roam Research is my go-to note-taking app and the place where I do project management, time tracking, research, and now writing articles. Why? …