A scrappy group overcoming insurmountable odds against bigger and stronger adversaries. Everybody loves the classic underdog story. However, people rarely expect these stories to happen in their own lives, probably because they seem too good to be true. What if I tell you, underdog stories have less to do with…

By Kent and Michael We grew up playing Gran Turismo and Need for Speed, watching NASCAR on TV, challenging ourselves to name the brand and model of every car we saw on the street, and making and remaking lists of our dream cars. …

In this article, development environments refer to sandboxes where you can test your code changes before deploying, and should not be confused with integrated development environments (IDEs) like Eclipse or Microsoft Visual Studio. Dev environments have always been a mystery to me. Despite learning about them on my first day…

Last year I built Top Medium Stories — a website that showcases the Medium’s top stories of all time. This is the tale of how a lone developer scraped thousands of stories and hitting seemingly fatal roadblocks. Spoiler alert: Life finds a way. You can check out the leaderboard —…

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“Execution is worth more than the idea.” This is a Silicon Valley adage that’s been repeated millions of times. And there’s a valid reason why people repeat it so often. New entrepreneurs often cling zealously to their ideas. In the most extreme cases, they’ll ask you to sign an NDA…

I love cars and I work in tech, which is kind of unfortunate because Silicon Valley is where unique automobiles go to die. Grey Priuses rule the roads of Silicon Valley. Uber wants to replace everything with self-driving clone armies. …

Medium is brimming with amazing content. I’ve read stories that taught me something new, changed my mind, made me laugh out loud, and brought tears to my eye. To celebrate Medium, I decided to make a list of the most recommended stories by year. The first reason is that I…

Seven semesters ago, I started college with no programming background. The only thing I had was lofty aspirations of working in tech. When recruiting season first rolled around, I applied to a bunch of companies. I got a few callbacks, but that’s it. No follow-ups. No onsite interviews. Nothing. I…