Investing

After the Storm: How to Trade the Implied Volatility Crush

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I still remember the pit in my stomach sitting in front of my monitor three years ago, watching a stock gap up exactly where I predicted it would. I was right on […]

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Powerless Flow: How to Build a Ram-pump Water System

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I was standing on my balcony last Tuesday, mid-argument with my slightly dramatic basil plant (who, for the record, thinks she’s a diva because I missed one watering), when I realized how […]

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Improvements

Fast Audits: Implementing Heuristic Evaluation 2.0 for Apps

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I was sitting in a windowless conference room three years ago, watching a “senior consultant” drone on about a hundred-page audit that essentially said nothing. They were using a checklist so bloated […]

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Reviews

The Exit Interview: Saas Churn-rate Correlations Explained

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I’ve spent way too many late nights staring at dashboards, watching “predictive analytics” tools promise the moon while my MRR continued to bleed out. Most gurus will try to sell you on […]

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DIY

A No-nonsense Guide to Building a Bookshelf That Actually Lasts

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I was mid-sentence, giving my Monstera, Barnaby, a much-needed pep talk about his drooping leaves, when I heard that dreaded, sickening creak from the corner of my studio. My old, flat-pack shelf […]

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