What a beautiful day for programming! https://t.co/GYTgNKyStD
We have managed to carve out a little bit more space for dedicated projects. Every Thursday we have what we call a “studio day” which is a day for everybody to work on some self-initiated project – if we have the time of course.
blog.wake.com • How Intercom Brings Play Into Their Design Process - Wake
Be at-home good
David Heinemeier Hansson • Rework
And yet, in so much modern software today, you’re placed in a drab gray cubicle — anonymized and aggregated until you’re just a daily active user. For minimalism. For simplicity. For scale! But if our hope is to create software with feeling, it means inviting people in to craft it for themselves — to mold it to the contours of their unique lives an
... See moreThe Browser Company • Optimizing for Feelings
Back at Mailbox, it was 8 a.m. on Thursday, February 7, 2013 when we popped the first bottle of champagne. There were 13 of us, and we were all wide-eyed, staring at our monitors, watching as nine months of work on the iPhone app was released into the world. As I looked around at the incredible people in that room, and watched the live ticker grow ... See more
The Crossroads of Should and Must | by Elle Luna | Medium
Some companies go all in on the ecstasy - ‘here’s our magical vision for the future’. Others commit to the laundry - look at our rich feature-set isn’t it amazing?”
sublimeinternet.substack.com • 2023 end of year letter
What does it feel like when things take shape?
There is sunlight in the office and a warm cup of coffee. There are meetings with inventors and artists. The code runs, no bugs. Wonderful music plays, I barely need to intervene, the playlist gets it right. I wrap some critical work just before our evening plans.
There is a shape to the sort of life I i... See more
There is sunlight in the office and a warm cup of coffee. There are meetings with inventors and artists. The code runs, no bugs. Wonderful music plays, I barely need to intervene, the playlist gets it right. I wrap some critical work just before our evening plans.
There is a shape to the sort of life I i... See more
polymathematics • When Things Take Shape
The best are everywhere
David Heinemeier Hansson • Rework
Be at-home good