I pay hardly any attention to anything that can be considered the “tech du jour”. When it comes to tech I’m a late adopter (if not a laggard), and unapologetically so. Sometimes I miss out on really cool tech that works amazingly well, but most of the time new tech is a dead end. Either it doesn’t...
When you launch the first version of your product it’s likely to have serious flaws. If you want to discover what these flaws are you’ve got to figure out (a) what your users use your software for and (b) what changes you need to make to make them happier. This sounds trivial, but it’s not....
Imagine two startups. One startup makes a business chat app similar to Slack. The other startup has a business wiki product. In principle, these are very different apps that solve different problems. In practice, both apps face constant pressure from their customers to become more like the...
I’m back from my holiday! We went on a simple road trip from Eindhoven to Marseille, at the Mediterranean sea, with plenty of stops along the way. We enjoyed some good food, hiked in nature, did some sightseeing, read some books. Now I’m well rested and excited to get back to work. Whenever...
We’re going to take a quick break and will be back with our daily updates on April 11th. In the meanwhile, you can find a preview of what we’re building at Thymer.com, or check out the list of all our posts or the recaps of the work so far. From the start on Day -1, when we built this site, we...