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Head of Product @convex.dev
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Previously: Google Photos, Bump, Zintin
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Hah mostly
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Hang in there. This is a great reflection on the context they were part of, and what you can do moving forward.
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When I came back to work after paternity leave, I emailed all the leads on my team to reply with 2-3 bullets for the following categories:
1. What went well
2. What didn't go well
3. What else should I know
I was caught up real fast. Then basically archived my inbox.
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I used to redo my website completely every few months. Now I've had the same design for almost about 15.
Maybe this is the year...
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lol
I caved and bought a second one. The first was The Economist. The second is The Verge, I've been reading / listening to them since they started and I just wanted to support them.
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Example of product design decisions that stay as holdovers from another era in a lot of products we use everyday.
I can totally imagine this being helpful for newer computer users.
That said the simply a screenshots folder now would be fine.
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I was a mobile eng for many many years (since basically day one in 2008). I have written a few small apps in RN for fun. I think this is the way most mobile apps should be built.
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This was now long enough ago that I can't remember all the details, but hopefully, I got the highlights right.
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We ended up building a two-step sync, once from the cloud and once from the local disk. Then merged it all into a single database table that we then paged into memory for infinite scrolling.
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Photos Android app had it's own unique challenge because it was trying to be the default way to view photos on the phone, and a seamless cloud photo library at the same time.
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I joined a walking tour when I visited. It was great! A lot of history for a relatively young European city.
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Started messing around with homestead.com in high school because I wanted my own homepage. Then taught myself html with this: www.thriftbooks.com/w/html-for-t...
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👋🏾
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I know this is not scalable, there are always more docs to write, but it's something I hope to keep doing here and there for a long time.
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🌊
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Haha yep. I am actually sometimes surprised to see folks work on a plane. I always cherish the quiet time it forces.
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I remember the bit that stuck with me was how everything that’s constructed can feel complicated and unknowable to a lot of folks. But at the same time there is some agency that can be taken.
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I’ll have to give it another try. I likely started reading it when I was much too young.
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👋
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Yep saw the same thing