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I wrote earlier about how I control stress at work. That applies to most of us, whether we’re employees, consultants or founders. But there are some po…
Kartick Vaddadi
3 hr ago
A Mars mission has a lot of unknowns, because we never did something like that. But that in turn makes progressing on such an endeavour hard. One way i…
Kartick Vaddadi
Jan 18
The world works in a certain way. We were all taught that as kids, and as adults, we take it for granted. People who question the conventional wisdom a…
Kartick Vaddadi
Jan 3
Audio Use MP3: it’s supported by all browsers: Chrome, Edge and Safari on desktop, and Chrome and Safari on mobile. In native apps on all OSs — Windows…
Kartick Vaddadi
Jan 3
Optimise for productivity over predictability, because if you’re not productive, it will be stressful for you. Try to identify, call out and communicat…
Kartick Vaddadi
Dec 31, 2020
Using bright screens after sunset hurts sleep. You should set your screen to as low a brightness as you can after dusk. But some screens can become dim…
Kartick Vaddadi
Dec 26, 2020
Skeuomorphism, or making UIs look like real-world objects, was a design esthetic that started in 2007 with the iPhone, and reached its peak with the iP…
Kartick Vaddadi
Dec 12, 2020
We take the technology we have today for granted: So, I wanted to stop and appreciate step changes in computing technology that I lived thorugh, things…
Kartick Vaddadi
Nov 20, 2020
The best backend is no backend at all.
Kartick Vaddadi
Nov 15, 2020
Say you’re starting a startup today. How should you build your backend? You should start by considering the highest level of abstraction, which is back…
Kartick Vaddadi
Nov 14, 2020
As the years go by, there are more and more products in every possible niche, so marketing the product is as important as building it. If you go back a…
Kartick Vaddadi
Oct 27, 2020
Startups, and tech companies in general, operate at 3 different levels: Top level: Business At this level, you deal with questions like: Who are the ta…
Kartick Vaddadi
Oct 27, 2020
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