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Published in cw Richard Kim

·May 22, 2017

We Spent a Year Building a Dating App That Only Lasted One Week

Behind the scenes of JumboSmash Code is now available on Github: link I’ve spent a month figuring out how to tell this story, and now I’m smack in the middle of Senior Week, a little hungover, and have no time to tell it cohesively. You might be a curious Tufts…

Tech

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We Spent a Year Building a Dating App That Only Lasted One Week
We Spent a Year Building a Dating App That Only Lasted One Week
Tech

8 min read


Published in cw Richard Kim

·Sep 26, 2016

Good Passwords

By the end of this article, I’m going to tell you my password Well… Sort of. I actually don’t have one password. I have a different password for every website I’ve logged into since high school. That leads to remembering dozens, maybe even hundreds of passwords, but I don’t actually…

Security

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Good Passwords
Good Passwords
Security

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Published in DAYONE — A new perspective.

·Apr 10, 2016

Vivaldi: A Visual Guide

Every major feature of the Vivaldi browser described with gifs and images Vivaldi is new a browser built for “power users”, which basically means it’s jam-packed with features. With so much hidden behind shortcuts, it’s hard to get a feel for the browser and know whether it’s right for you…

Vivaldi

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Vivaldi: A Visual Guide
Vivaldi: A Visual Guide
Vivaldi

9 min read


Mar 8, 2016

Top 10 “Smart Home” Devices That Don’t Suck

Smart Tech gets a bad rap for being unreliable but here are 10… Oh wait, haha I totally forgot.

Technology

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Top 10 “Smart Home” Devices That Don’t Suck
Top 10 “Smart Home” Devices That Don’t Suck
Technology

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Published in cw Richard Kim

·Feb 29, 2016

How Important is Your Idea to You?

How experience changes the way we act upon our entrepreneurial ideas. When the people around you are obsessed with building things you tend to see a pattern in how heavily they prioritize the idea. …

Entrepreneurship

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How Important is Your Idea to You?
How Important is Your Idea to You?
Entrepreneurship

6 min read


Published in cw Richard Kim

·Nov 16, 2015

The SAT of Technical Interviews is Here

When colleges faced an overwhelming number of applications, they turned to standardized testing to cheaply chop off the bottom 70% of applicants. As interest in computer science soars, technical companies will probably turn to a similar solution. Why? Well, let’s approach this problem algorithmically. Consider the following problem: you have…

Coding

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The SAT of Technical Interviews is Here
The SAT of Technical Interviews is Here
Coding

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Nov 9, 2015

Put your resume.pdf on a website that updates automatically

Requirements: basic git knowledge, Github account Goal: own a web page with a pdf of your resume like this. When you update your resume, the web page reflects those changes automatically. 1) Have a dedicated folder on your computer with your updated resume You just need a single folder where you know that <file_name>.pdf will be your most recent resume. …

Github

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Put your resume.pdf on a website that updates automatically
Put your resume.pdf on a website that updates automatically
Github

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Published in cw Richard Kim

·Jul 19, 2015

Keyboard Shortcuts on Steroids

(Extra awesome if you use vim and/or XCode) The hardest part about making useful shortcuts is coming up with them. The second hardest part is remembering them. I’ve made almost a hundred shortcuts over the last few years, and this post is based on a few things I’ve realized about…

Tech

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Keyboard Shortcuts on Steroids
Keyboard Shortcuts on Steroids
Tech

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Published in cw Richard Kim

·Feb 4, 2015

The Broken App Store

How a tiny little bird got a puff of success, and how we’re struggling to figure out what to do with it A friend and I built twindr as a (derpy) joke project, and it somehow blew up. The “Tinder for unfollowing Twitter profiles” hit number 1 on ProductHunt, was…

Tech

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The Broken App Store
The Broken App Store
Tech

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Published in cw Richard Kim

·Dec 31, 2014

How To Get Thousands of Stars on Your Github Project

I’ve made 5 ‘trending’ repositories and want to share my method If you’ve ever open-sourced code, you know how difficult it is to get anyone to care. It’s weird, isn’t it? You spend hundreds of hours on something and want to give it away for free but nobody wants it. …

Github

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How To Get Hundreds of Stars on Your Github Project
How To Get Hundreds of Stars on Your Github Project
Github

10 min read

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