Dan GoldinShopify for food deliveryThe existing food delivery apps charge high fees because food delivery is one of the highest costs. That’s the part that needs to be…May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Dan GoldinNetflix recommendation system failureMany people will launch Netflix with their families around and having something so graphically violent greet you is a surefire way to lose…Mar 23, 2019Mar 23, 2019
Dan GoldinBuying Kindle books on iOSTo be fair the entire experience felt like a race against time: can I buy the book before the train arrives? After realizing I couldn’t…Mar 18, 2019Mar 18, 2019
Dan GoldinA personal DSPThere’s no solution that’s capable of doing that right now but it’s interesting to think about a solution that could make that possible…Mar 11, 2019Mar 11, 2019
Dan GoldinDropbox should drop the freemium modelI don’t know the details but I suspect there are a ton of customers just like me. We find Dropbox incredibly convenient but the free tier…Mar 1, 2019Mar 1, 2019
Dan GoldinJava’s SimpleDateFormat: YYYY vs yyyyAn example illustrates this much better than words ever could.Feb 11, 2019Feb 11, 2019
Dan GoldinFinally, some price increasesModern digital products have moved beyond release versions and are constantly being released and deployed. This makes increasing prices…Feb 10, 2019Feb 10, 2019
Dan GoldinGitHub’s new planI think this is an intelligent move on GitHub’s part. While they probably have tons of engineers paying the $7 for the Pro plan they’re…Feb 3, 2019Feb 3, 2019
Dan GoldinModernizing Makers Alley and Better404The one saving grace was that for both repos I found an old commit containing a database dump so I didn’t have to start from scratch. It…Feb 3, 2019Feb 3, 2019
Dan GoldinMySQL foreign keysThe MySQL docs give a nice overview of how foreign keys work but they’re light on examples and since I tend to learn best from examples I…Jan 27, 2019Jan 27, 2019