Amjad MasadThis Blogpost Deploys Servers in Go, NodeJS, Ruby, Python, Java, C#, PHPRunning the embeded Repl.it code in this post will live-deploy simple http servers for some of the languages that Repl.it supports. You can…1 min read·Sep 27, 2018----
Amjad MasadMental Frames to Get Over Entrepreneurial Anxiety and DepressionWould you accept a gamble that offers a 10% chance to win $95 and a 90% chance to lose $5?7 min read·Aug 31, 2017----
Amjad MasadThe Worst Thing In Product EngineeringAfter two years of developer infrastructure work I’m back doing product. That’s a bit of an overstatement because after you count out all…2 min read·Aug 10, 2016--1--1
Amjad MasadCrises Of The ElectionI recently picked up Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America” again and happened to have left it at a very topical place in the book…2 min read·Aug 8, 2016----
Amjad MasadA simple feedback technique that isn’t a shit sandwichGiving feedback is hard. An easy hack around the unpleasant awkwardness of it is to use the ‘shit sandwich’ technique, which goes something…2 min read·Aug 2, 2016--1--1
Amjad MasadPomodoro and Ebb and FlowI recently started using the Pomodoro Technique again and it’s getting a lot easier to get into a state of flow. The feeling of being in…2 min read·Jul 31, 2016----
Amjad MasadExtra-physical optimismI often catch myself being irrationally optimistic — that is, if I spent a minute honestly thinking I’d see that my optimism is unfounded…2 min read·Jul 31, 2016----
Amjad MasadEvalbot: a bot that speaks codeArguments over programming language semantics, standard library behavior, or syntax can now be simply and immediately settled within the…2 min read·Jul 6, 2016--1--1
Amjad MasadinChildhood HacksHow I Invented DatabasesLearning how to code as a child with no internet connection; you are forced to invent everything from scratch. I have many stories about…4 min read·Jun 19, 2016--7--7
Amjad MasadWhen I Can’t Be a UtilitarianGrowing up an idealist valuing — above everything else — fairness, loyalty, and a brutal commitment to the truth made me constantly angry…2 min read·May 29, 2016--2--2