June AI Hackathon - Results
Real-world Claude.ai testimonial from the Wrapmate engineering team.
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Migrating from Google Sheets to AWS DynamoDB
So you used Google Sheets as a database. Whoops. Here's what Wrapmate did to migrate from a spreadsheet to DynamoDB.
Speaking Engagement: Startup CTO Tech Summit 2023
Info on my upcoming chat with Glorium Technologies at the 2023 Startup CTO Tech Summit!
Book Review: Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
Drasner's book is a fresh, valuable look at engineering management principals from the perspective of a developer-turned-manager.
The Hockey Stick
2022 was a blur, thanks to the hockey stick growth we experienced at Wrapmate. This post commits to sharing more about it in the near future.
Never Send an Automated Message Outside of Business Hours Again
In this tutorial, learn how a transactional email sequence throttle can be tweaked to only execute during business hours.
Giving a Stamp of Approval
Gain an interviewing superpower from an unlikely source: a 2013 indie game about the cold war.
Never Give Up (Part 2)
The conclusion of my 30-year quest to identify a song, with a surprise ending.
Never Give Up
Ever get frustrated when you can't remember the name of a song? Here's my story of a 30-year obsession to get an answer.
There's Something About Factorio
Scrap the business books. If you want a real-life lesson in scaling your business, look no further than Factorio.
Enhancing Wordle Scorekeeping with Zapier
Encourage some healthy competition with this Zapier tutorial that automates Wordle scorekeeping.
Powerful Roadmaps Look Like Outrun
Nearly all product roadmaps suffer from one major flaw. The solution is buried in a hit racing video game from 1986.
digital-design
Favorite Discourse Themes
Here's a collection of incredibly well-designed visual themes for the open source forum platform Discourse.
software-development
Embracing NoCode
Should you embrace NoCode? It depends on what you are using it for. Here's how to tell if your use case is appropriate or not.
time management
The Calendly Problem Isn't Calendly
When someone sends you a Calendly link, it's about them. Contrary to popular belief, not everything is about you.
management
The Most Important Meeting of the Week
In our never-ending quest to remove meetings from our calendars, one meeting must forever remain, and its absence should concern you.
wrapmate
What Might Have Been
Take a trip behind the scenes and explore a radical early concept of Wrapmate's Transformers-themed Civic Type R.
software-development
Welcoming AI Overlords for Fun & Profit
AI isn't coming for our jobs...it's coming to *help* our jobs. Here's why.
leadership
Leading With Empathy: Video
Maybe we ought to stop repeating the mistakes of the past and care a little more about the people we employ.
ux
GDD: Game Driven Development
Business software development has a lot to learn from the gaming industry -- they've solved problems we still struggle with.
wrapmate
Wrapmate in Forza Horizon (UPDATED)
Wrapmate has custom designs in Forza - read this post to grab the Forza codes to try them out!
I'm back
I can't quite remember the exact date of my last post, but it feels like it was a lifetime ago. If you're someone who followed my writing closely, I last left you with an evolutionary step: my transition from simple software developer to professional software development