Shun Kakinoki

Space

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Space X

, talks about things that might seem obvious the second time you found a startup but they aren't when you're a first-time founder.

First time founders focus on product, second time founders focus on distribution

Will Ceolin

“First time founders focus on product, second time founders focus on distribution” There are a lot of non-obvious, obvious things about starting a startup: Be a Delaware C-corp if you want to raise capital, talk to your customer all the time, launch fast and figure out how to grow… and most of them are tidbits of knowledge you can hear as a first time founder, but won’t understand until you are a second time founder. 99% of these non-obvious, obvious things are earned through experience and industry expertise while building a trusted network of co-workers and mentors.

Non-Obvious, But Obvious

Non-obvious, obvious things about starting a startup

 teaches how to build GitHub-style hovercards for your Rails application. It uses minimal JavaScript, relying on 

Turbolinks, Stimulus, and Server Rendered HTML is a compelling alternative to modern JavaScript single page apps. Let’s build a hovercard to see how you can kick it old school with a more boring approach.

Building GitHub-style Hovercards with Stimulus and HTML-over-the-wire

Building hovercards on Ruby on Rails

 is a guide for social entrepreneurs to learn how to start and scale a tech nonprofit organization. This guide was created by 

, an accelerator of nonprofits using technology to solve social problems.

The Tech Nonprofit Playbook distills best-in-class advice from the tech nonprofit leaders whose work has transformed the social impact space.

The Tech Nonprofit Playbook - How to Start and Scale a Tech Nonprofit

How to start a tech nonprofit

Jason Evanish compiled an interesting list 101 of questions to ask in one on ones. According to him, "this list will help you make the most of each meeting and have a quick reference when you feel your questions may be getting stale or you have a few minutes left in a one on one."

He covers the following categories of questions:

So you’re having one on ones with your team. Awesome. It’s an essential element to being a good manager. But are you making the most of them? Do you come in prepared and ready to make t…

101 Questions to Ask in One on Ones

Questions to ask in 1 on 1s

Jonas Downey explains how Basecamp built their new email service, 

. Basecamp design lead, Downey was one of the first people to experiment with what would eventually become Hey.

Basecamp design lead Jonas Downey was one of the first people to experiment with what would eventually become Hey, Basecamp’s newly launched email service. Jonas comes on Rework to talk about building software for humans, preserving a sense of fun weirdness as a new product evolves, and managing a big launch during a tumultuous time.



Designing Hey

How Basecamp designed Hey, their new email service

Tutorial teaching how to integrate a MongoDB database into a Next.js application.

Learn how to couple Next.js and MongoDB for your next-generation applications.

Building Modern Applications with Next.js and MongoDB

Building apps with Next.js and MongoDB

 provides interactive exercises and practical problems for learning (and practicing) Regex (Regular expressions).

RegexOne provides a set of interactive lessons and exercises to help you learn regular expressions

RegexOne - Learn Regular Expressions - Lesson 1: An Introduction, and the ABCs

Interactive exercises for learning Regex

This tutorial teaches you how to set up, configure, and use PostgreSQL on macOS. By the time we are finished, you will:

Know how to create and manage databases and users

Know how to use both command-line and UI tools to manage your database

How to set up, configure, and use PostgreSQL on MacOSX 10.7(Lion) and above. 

Getting Started with PostgreSQL on Mac OSX | Codementor

How to set up PostgreSQL on Mac OSX

 to explain how his company is benefiting from remote work. They also have a 

All communication is thoughtful. Because nothing is urgent (unless the site is down), comments are made after mindful processing and never in real-time. There's no drama.

Because everyone is always effectively "blocked," everyone plans ahead. It also means anyone can disappear for an hour, a day, or a week and not feel like they are holding the company back. Even me!

People build their work around their life, not the other way around. This is especially great for new parents, but everyone benefits from being able to structure their days to maximize their happiness and productivity.

This is possible because everything is documented. And because everyone talks through different text-based mediums, it's easy for people to peer into anything if they're curious (or take over if need be). There are also no meetings, and all numbers are public, so there's no FOMO.

The software we ship is well-tested and incredibly stable. It has to be because we're never online at the same time to "deploy" together. There are rarely fires to fight, and we lower the amount of technical debt we have at Gumroad every week too!

Overall, it's a very low-stress environment. Many of us don't even have Slack installed. Yet, we're shipping the best software we've ever shipped, and growing faster than ever. Funny how that works!

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Gumroad

A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team