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by aytekin 8y ago
Such a beautiful school in such a beautiful location. I've been to Sirince a couple of times. It is famous for its wines.
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by aytekin 8y ago
Maybe we need different words for all these different meanings of happiness. In addition to these 3 definitions of happiness in the article, here another one: miserable happiness. Examples: startups, babies, gym. You feel exhausted, miserab
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by aytekin 8y ago
“A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy” by William Irvine has taught me appreciate what I have and take it easy on myself when things don’t go as planned. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0040JHNQG/
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by aytekin 8y ago
The best approach I found: Process emails in batches from oldest to newest until you have an empty inbox. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/290175
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Bulletjournaling(bulletjournal.com)
1 points by aytekin 8y ago|0 comments
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Stripe is so profitable that anything else they make will look like a joke for the first few years. It is easier to pivot from an unsuccessful product.
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by aytekin 8y ago
Google is the new Microsoft. Every time I click on a link on Gmail mobile app, it asks me, by default, to install Chrome instead using the default browser. Even though there is a “don’t ask again” checkbox, it always asks again next time.
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Calling all web developers: here’s why you should be using Firefox(stories.jotform.com)
1 points by aytekin 8y ago|0 comments
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by aytekin 9y ago
There is another reason for this: lack of self-confidence in most young people. When I graduated college I already had a side business. But instead of doing a startup I worked as a developer for 5 years. Mainly because I didn’t know if I ha
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by aytekin 9y ago
This is a big one. For EU customers, we are using a different payment gateway which can collect vat on our behalf.
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Here is the actual demo video: https://reactjs.org/blog/2018/03/01/sneak-peek-beyond-react-...
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by aytekin 9y ago
The Art of Thinking in Systems and The Goal are must read. https://www.amazon.com/Art-Thinking-Systems-Critically-Strat... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002LHRM2O/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...
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We have put a rule that made our system very strong over the years: We don’t care if you broke the site, just fix it quickly and more importantly write a test that will catch the same problem if it happens again. Every time someone breaks s
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by aytekin 9y ago
For non-programmers, usually the duct tape is a spreadsheet. I have seen people who invent a CRM on a spreadsheet while not knowing what CRM means. Looking for a SaaS idea? Ask random people in a target industry what kinds of things they do
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If you have patience and persistence, this is the secret: “Put up as many metal rods as possible” x Time I made a list of 30 things we need to do to reach 1 million users. I didn’t think we’d ever reach a million users since we were only ge
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Accessibility for Developers(invisionapp.com)
1 points by aytekin 9y ago|0 comments
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by aytekin 9y ago
This is very common mistake junior developers make. My approach is to ask them only ask questions after 10 minutes of research. If they have spent 10 minutes trying to find an answer, they are allowed to ask that question.
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The Singular Pursuit of Comrade Bezos(medium.com)
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The problem with that approach is that your product becomes cluttered and looks old as years go by with only small enchantments and fixes. Here is a middle ground: continuous improvement with yearly strategic planning. https://m
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Show HN: Forms on cards(jotform.com)
3 points by aytekin 9y ago|0 comments
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How to launch when everyone’s watching(medium.com)
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by aytekin 9y ago
I have done countless developer interviews. I did bad hires and made good hires. Two things I learned: 1. Get them to write code (using their language of choice and google searches allowed when stuck) 2. Did they do any projects on the side
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I followed a "work behind closed doors and make big releases" during the first 5 years. It didn't work well. Then, I followed the continuous improvement method for the next 5 years. That also did not work. Finally, I found my
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How we develop products for 3.2M users(medium.com)
2 points by aytekin 9y ago|2 comments
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Hire slowly, grow slowly: how we grew from 1 to 100 employees(medium.com)
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“prescription to success through how other people did it, which is a fallacy - there's only your path” I’d like to provide a counter example to this. Reading Eric Ries’ blog in 2009* made a big difference for my company. Changing the w
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Never did that. But here is what worked for me so far: - Pick the brains of other founders. Buy them beer/lunch. Example: I was planning to make a first sales hire. I talked to couple of friends who has done that in the past. - Hire ex
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> and why is the failure rate for starting a bootstrapped revenue generating business much lower? The best vote for your ideas is the one paid in dollars by a customers.
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I started building products as a hobby in college. While working full-time as a programmer, I patched together pockets of time to water and trim my fledgling products. It wasn’t until five years later that I quit my day job and went all-in.
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How to build a startup – without quitting your day job(medium.com)
16 points by aytekin 9y ago|2 comments

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