How (and why) to use D3 with React

If you’re planning to build a React app with more than a few simple data visualizations, you’ll…

How To Mess With TypeRacer

Writing a bot to mess around with TypeRacer

Getting Started with Relay “Modern” for Building Isomorphic Web Apps

Relay codename “Modern” is a new version of the popular GraphQL client library used at Facebook. It was redesigned with extensibility in mind, making it super flexible for integrating into any kind of web app…

11 Essential Laws of Product Development

How to build and iterate your way toward a product people love to use.

Stop reading. Start coding. Share your knowledge.

Configuring Proguard and Xamarin Android

Scenario

Recently I decided to add Google Analytics to my app. Whilst this is a necessity in order to understand users paths through the app, adding the Android version of the SDK was not as easy as it could have been.

The Birth of a Venture Capital Investment Thesis

How you can dramatically speed up your Django site with Django’s cached template loader

I was profiling a Django 1.8 site when I noticed something peculiar.

The function django.template.engine.get_template was called 50 times and took a…

Starting a startup challenge: from zero to $4000/month in 5 months

What if you just finished university and want to start your own startup? And what if you only have a few months to get it off the ground? I’ve gone through so many articles and podcasts about “how to start your…

The Cargo Cult School of Software Development

This is an article about a common failure pattern at the leadership level. I’ve…

Using PixiJS to generate or animate a Chrome Extension icon.

Intro:

Penetration Testing Quote — UK Buyers Guide

This document provides 5 useful, short, to the point concise tips for anyone looking…

Developing People in a Distributed Environment

Founder Depression

This is a semi serious post about something I think is a serious issue.

Short version:

Being a founder is sometimes emotionally hard, ruts can form, it can f#*k you up for a while, but it gets better, talk about it =]

Can you sue a bot?

Close encounters of a bot kind

Data 3.0: The Convergence of CRM and Mobile

By: Steven Rahman