Tag: advice

The Uncomfortable Truth About Why Your Side Project Isn't Taking Off

10 January 2026

You shipped it. It works. The code is clean. The architecture is solid. And nobody cares. You're refreshing your analytics. Posting on Hacker News. Wondering if you should add that one feature. Maybe the landing page needs work. Maybe you should try Product Hunt again. Here's what's actually happening: you've moved your biggest risk into […]

Chatting with a friendly new dad about tips

22 October 2024

I was chatting with a friendly new dad and he mentioned to me that his dad and his step dad were basically "how not to examples" of male role models for him. In his words, "very clearly the opposite of role models" and certainly not people he wanted in his child's life. I really felt […]

What to expect before your first caving trip

22 April 2020

Before you go caving for the first time, it's normal to feel a bit apprehensive. What will happen? What will it be like? When you go underground for the first time with The Caving Crew, we go to a spacious, fun, walking cave. How do we make it fun? ” Let's just say we're mad […]