Writing on software engineering, AI, and building products.

Announcing @taskade/temporal-parser

@taskade/temporal-parser brings a real lexer and parser to ISO 8601, RFC 3339, and IXDTF in TypeScript.

Prevent H12 and H15 errors when deploying Socket.IO on Heroku

Your metrics and logs start throwing rows of H12 - Request timeout and H15 - Idle connection… Why?

How to Stop iCloud Calendar Invite Spams

Apple’s iOS and macOS users have been receive a lot of iCloud Calendar invite spams, here’s how to stop it.

The Bitcoin Experiment

Reflections on Bitcoin as the greatest economic and social experiment of the 21st century, exploring trust in financial systems and the evolution of currency.

Highlight with Gesture Recognizer

You couldn’t highlight your view when user is touching down using tap gesture. This UX crime make your app feels inconsistent and less polish.

Why Successful Habits Are About Structure, Not Effort

Understanding habit formation through environmental design rather than willpower. How structure beats effort in building lasting habits.

The Many First Years

A reflection on Kickstarter's journey and the nine years of persistence it took to bring the platform to life.

Status Bar Style Remains Unchanged

If you are wondering why your status bar style remains unchange when you push or present modally your view controller, here’s a checklist that might help you debug the issue…

Completing my first MOOC: Computational Investing, Part I

My experience completing Georgia Tech's Computational Investing course on Coursera, earning a certificate with distinction and discovering the power of MOOCs.

Slides: A Primer to Unit Testing and Continuous Integration in iOS

Comprehensive guide to unit testing and continuous integration for iOS development. Covers testing techniques, command line tools, and setting up CI servers.

Shit Programmers Get Into

Reflections on challenging development situations inspired by Patrick Wyatt's Starcraft development stories. Exploring ridiculous deadlines, groggy programmers, and technical debt.

Quote from Doug McIlroy

Doug McIlroy's 1964 vision of coupling programs like garden hoses, which led to the invention of Unix pipes.

Walking the Talk

Apple's commitment to accessibility and Jonathan Ive's philosophy on care in product design. Featuring how blind users interact with Instagram on iPhone.

Reflect 2011

Some notable milestones I have achieved in the year 2011.

The Trap of viewDidUnload

Keeping Index Within Bounds

A simple, robust approach to managing list indices using clamping. Learn how to prevent out-of-bounds errors with minimal code.

Recommendation: Yale Financial Market Course

A review of Robert Shiller's Yale Financial Market lectures, freely available on iTunes. An excellent resource for anyone interested in finance, from novices to experts.