Here at Thinknum, we store an increasing amount of data in graph databases. Using graphs allows us to derive some unique insights, by following a path of relationships and collecting information along the way. The industry has two popular languages: Cypher, with its declarative SQL-like notation, and Gremlin with its…

After watching WWDC 2020 keynote, I’m really sad. I always had a passion for “Mac applications”. Perfect integration with the system, beautiful design, great ease of use… My favorite example has always been Things. It’s a joy to use. This idea is dead after today. Because us, macOS developers, we’ll have to compete with the shit that is iOS apps running on Mac. We’ve seen Catalyst. Not even Apple can ship a nice Catalyst app.

From Stop Trying to Make Hard Work Easy with Nir Eyal: It’s the same deal with flow. You’ve heard, I’m sure all of the research on flow, and it’s actually not very good advice for most people. Because again, it makes you think you can make anything effortless. You know…

Take a walk outside for 20 minutes. Leave the phone in the office. During these 20 minutes, only think about the problem you’re working on. Nothing else. Try to visualize how you’re gonna work on it when you’re back. Try to picture the solution. Try to envision the steps you’ll take. Then go back and get started. Stay as focused as you were during your walk. This works like magic.

When I ask my programmer friends for a book tip, The Martian by Andy Weir keeps coming up. No wonder. I think it appeals to engineers in general. Guy’s faced with a big technical problem, and needs to come up with a solution, quick. …

So a few days ago, I tried submitting a very simple app, and it got rejected. I thought it was pretty unfair, so I asked around on Twitter. Most people agreed with me. A lot of people suggested I should skip App Store altogether. A digression: Why I need App Store Here’s why I need App Store…

Edit: 2 days later, the appeal worked. More here. I’ve always wanted to build a desktop app that would let me access my most important data quickly. Like those old dashboard widgets used to. I finally got around to it, and started with Appfigures, my favorite service to track App…