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Recently fat tweeted about the tech industry’s failure to evaluate computer science students for internships. To summarize: it’s a shitshow. Jacob, better known as fat, is the co-founder of a podcasting app, co-created bootstrap the 2nd most popular open-source project on Github, lead teams at Medium and Twitter, and has…

A while back, someone told me the origin of the Google self-driving car. Employees at Google were tasked to brainstorm ways to serve more ads. They realized people spend a lot of time in cars, and aside from the shotgun approach of taxicab ads, the radio, and billboards, there’s no…

It’s early-evening Thursday. I sit down at the bar counter to the left of my pal. We’re both done with work for the day and meet for a beer. I order an IPA. We share a side of grilled brussels sprouts. Our conversation weaves through software engineering, his upcoming travel…

Eleven years ago, I joined a small design agency. I was 20, and it was my first full-time design job. I spent the first few years at the agency focused on visual design. Can I make this texture more realistic? Would this website look better if the light-source was from…

I re-watched the Art of Rap last week and was reminded again (not that I forgot) how beautiful of an art form rap is. It’s some of the most genuine music out there, a direct window into the artists’ lives (at least, old rap was, now-a-days it mostly comes from…

Growing up I was lucky to have a family who prioritized and was financially able to provide homemade, healthy meals. We wouldn’t eat prosciutto wrapped figs with goat cheese, but we would eat well-cooked meats, vegetables, and salads. All substance, no filler. Some Fridays, my family would order take-out as…

It’s been a few weeks since I launched Wallcat for Mac. Thank you to everyone who downloaded it, shared it with friends, posted it on the social medias, and took in the beautiful imagery ❤ I’m happy to announce that I launched Wallcat for Chrome. Go get it on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/tech/wallcat-for-chrome it’ll replace your new tab view with a gorgeous, daily image. As always, please send feedback and catnip to wallcat@dustinsenos.com

If you work on a computer for a living you probably spend thousands of hours a year staring at your computer’s screen. If you’re like me…