harpermaddoxHow to run a Customer InterviewYou’ve got an awesome idea and I’m sure you’re antsy to build it ASAP. But before you jump into product development, do your homework and…7 min read·Jun 7, 2017----
harpermaddoxinART + marketingLearning What Customers WantAs a startup founder I need to know if we are building the right product or focusing on the right feature. Our resources are limited and we…14 min read·Jun 6, 2017----
harpermaddoxinHackerNoon.comThe Building Blocks of AIA few weeks ago, I wrote about how and why I was learning Machine Learning, mainly through Andrew Ng’s Coursera course. Now I’m checking…12 min read·Apr 21, 2017--8--8
harpermaddoxinHackerNoon.comHow I’m learning “Machine Learning”In the past year, I’ve become convinced that machine learning is not hype. Strong AI/AGI is no longer a requirement for complex tasks. It…4 min read·Mar 3, 2017--6--6
harpermaddoxDesign Patterns: ObserverThe Observer Pattern is the first in my series of blogs on programming design patterns. I’m reading through Head First Design Patterns…2 min read·Feb 5, 2017----
harpermaddoxinTowards Data ScienceHow I test Ruby APIs in a non-Rails environmentI’ve been programming in Ruby for almost 5 years, but (gasp) don’t use Ruby on Rails. Even though Sinatra is a great framework, it can be…10 min read·Jan 31, 2017--3--3
harpermaddoxinHackerNoon.comFuck it, Ship it.In engineering, we live and die by shipping. If we aren’t shipping code, we are either doing somebody else’s job (marketing, product…5 min read·Jan 21, 2017--1--1
harpermaddoxIntercom taught our enterprise startup the right way to do SAASThree months ago we took our enterprise technology and created a new SAAS product, the Healthy Living Soundboard. We’ve tried SAAS twice…6 min read·Jan 7, 2017----
harpermaddoxFOMO on KnowledgeI live by the Pareto Principle (80/20 rule). It’s how I work (quick, high impact wins), how I code (Ruby), how I exercise (circuits of…3 min read·Dec 30, 2016----
harpermaddoxAMZNI needed to place the new money in my 2016 Roth IRA, so I bought some Amazon (AMZN) last week. The market is underrating the stock (hard to…4 min read·Dec 27, 2016----