I don’t like this app.

I’m back in Uppsala after two back-to-back road trips - one to Jönköping, and another to Tiveden followed by some Dalarna exploration. I doodled on my reMarkable tablet through the trip, and figured I’d break this post up with my unfinished sketches.

We just finished the WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2025 in Berlin, and I am still recovering from the event. It was a fantastic experience, and I am grateful to everyone who attended and made it a success. As the main moderator of the main stage, I had the pleasure of introducing many amazing speakers and topics. […]

Highlights

• I look for ways to limit the number of half-complete tasks I’m juggling.
• I brainstorm ways to talk with more of my early readers.
• I have trouble accepting a design decision in the Gleam language.

Goal grades

At the start of each month, I declare what I’d like to accomplish. Here’s how I did against those goals:

Offer a lower-friction way for users to pre-order my book

• Result: Switched from Kickstarter pre-orders to Stripe payment links.
• Grade: A

I ran the initial pre-sale through Kickstarter, so I decided to just stick with it for subsequent pre-orders. After a couple of months, I realized Kickstarter requires customers to create an account to buy the book, which adds a lot of friction and discourages people from buying.

Hi there, I am currently slightly freaking out as this week is the WeAreDevelopers World Congress in Berlin and I am moderating the main stage with 23 talks in two days and still have to write the closing keynote. Officially the event starts on Thursday, but if you are already in Berlin tomorrow, I put […]