I’ve been working on the web since 2007 as an engineer, UI/UX consultant, team lead, project manager, and product builder. I currently work at Auth0. More about me here and what I'm doing right now here.
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Unless attributed, words, photographs, and graphics are my own.
How I converted 12 years of posts in WordPress to an Eleventy static site ... and loved every minute of it.
Should you specialize and go deep or generalize and go broad? I'd argue they they are two sides of the same coin.
I've gone through many transformations in my life. I have been lucky a number of times in a way that benefited me. I've also been unlucky a number of times that held me back.
Something happens to you as a developer when you start on and stick with a single platform for a long period of time. As you get better and better at that platform, you get further and further away from the rest of the ecosystem.
After reading several articles and a great book, Deep Work by Cal Newport, I’m sold: focus is tough, necessary, and at a premium. I’ve been on a month-long discovery process to find how to work more efficiently (in other words: less screen time with more output), produce better, and avoid negative thoughts.
