Successful Companies Go Blind
ianreppel.org
The Mexican cavefish kept its eye genes for over a million years after the eyes themselves disappeared. Something similar happens to companies once they achieve success.
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Successful people set constraints rather than chasing goals
joanwestenberg.com
A few years ago, I sat across from a friend at a late dinner. He was telling me about his new promotion, the big title, the bonus, the corner office. I remember watching his face as he described it. He … Read more
Ask HN: Who has had a successful PWA product?
news.ycombinator.comThey say to find someone who’s done what you want to do. We’ll, I want to re-launch a successful progressive web app (PWA). I had some success ($500 MRR) with shareware, 20 years ago, but those methods probably don’t work … Read more
Oh Shit, My App Is Successful and I Didn’t Think About Accessibility
jacobbartlett.substack.com
Speedrunning a11y in SwiftUI When you have a genius app idea, a brand-new job, or a fresh injection of venture capital, the temptation to tunnel-vision on shipping new features can be overwhelming. If you play your cards right, this focus … Read more
A successful Git branching model (2010)
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Note of reflection (March 5, 2020) This model was conceived in 2010, now more than 10 years ago, and not very long after Git itself came into being. In those 10 years, git-flow (the branching model laid out in this … Read more
How to be successful as a research mathematician? Follow your gut
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Maths can help us in our everyday lives, says Eugenia Cheng.Credit: Josh Clark Is Maths Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths Eugenia Cheng Profile (2023) For many people, the word mathematics evokes bad memories from their … Read more
Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99
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arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. … Read more
How to Be Successful (2019)
blog.samaltman.comI’ve observed thousands of founders and thought a lot about what it takes to make a huge amount of money or to create something important. Usually, people start off wanting the former and end up wanting the latter. Here are … Read more
Ask HN: Any successful transitions from a tech/IT career to working in the arts?
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Ask HN: Any successful transitions from a tech/IT career to working in the arts? 31 points by 0x70run 2 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 20 comments Asking this to read about some personal stories and/or advice. I … Read more
The most successful global tech bets are efficient and practical startups
restofworld.org
In April 2019, I picked up the phone and called Roman Foeckl, the founder of CoSoSys, a data security company in Romania. I wanted to talk about investing in his bootstrapped startup, which I had recently learned was attracting business … Read more