2026
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The 0.25% Background: Building a Rarity System Into a Portfolio Site
Apr 13
I turned a portfolio rebuild into a craft exercise by hiding a gacha-style rarity system in the background animations. Fifteen variants, weighted probability, Cloudflare Workers, and a collector’s page nobody knows about. Sometimes you build things because they make the work yours.
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The Upfront Investment That Saves 10,000 Hours
Mar 11
There’s a pattern in tech where people mock the setup cost of automation without accounting for the return. I spent a day building a Grunt-based WordPress bootstrapper in 2013. Fortune 500 companies are still running code built on that foundation today.
2022
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Types of time
Feb 25
What activities do you perform that lead directly to dollars in the bank? If you doubled your focus there, would it double your income?
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Technology cost analysis
Feb 10
Cost analysis can be a tricky exercise in the technology space as not all costs are readily apparent during price shopping.
2014
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2014 Salary Survey Results
Dec 24
A total of 60 different people from across the world completed the survey. I saw a mix of corporate executives, entry-level engineers, and freelancers with anywhere from 3 to 20 years of experience in the field.
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Immediate Reaction to EU VAT Regulations
Dec 20
The thought that I have to pay a European tax because the end recipient of my digital work lives in Europe feels like something out of a dystopian sci-fi novel.
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Death by Documentation
Dec 19
Before I finally made it to a more modern company that fully embraced Agile methodologies, I worked for a firm that used the waterfall method exclusively for project planning. It was a nightmare.
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[Survey] Salary Expectations
Dec 11
Valuing your own skills isn’t easy – a fact evidenced by many freelancers starting their careers with laughably low billable rates. That said, it’s an important component of any job search or any long-term career strategy.
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Customer Loyalty
Dec 6
I like the idea of drumming up new customers with a discount, but there’s still value in rewarding existing customers for their loyalty.
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Toxic Valuation
Nov 25
I have had some toxic managers making laughably poor valuations of my talent in the past that, in turn, corrupt my perception of what I’m worth today. As a result, I likely settle for less than I should today.
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Credit Where It’s Due
Oct 27
When you work with consultants, be classy and give credit where it’s due after the project is complete.
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The Fallacy of the $1 Salary
Oct 6
Just because a handful of CEOs use their $1 salary as a gimmick doesn’t mean it’s a target to shoot for.