Archive - Ali's Substack

Convince the world you're an expert 👨🏻‍🔬

Read some books and say some words

Feb 10, 2023 •

10 years of freelancing 💰

Staying booked, typing code

Feb 9, 2023 •

Focus on skills ⚒️

Skills are better than goals and habits

Feb 7, 2023 •

November 2021

Memorisation makes you a better programmer

Learning things by heart is very good for you

Nov 18, 2021 •

Two core problems of programmer productivity

Getting started and keeping it going.

Nov 17, 2021 •

Development loop

The core of all software engineering activity

Nov 15, 2021 •

Do the hard thing

Every day is another chance to turn things around

Nov 12, 2021 •

August 2021

A Weekly Newsletter

Me trying to figure out how to write something weekly for real this time

Aug 15, 2021 •

June 2021

What does a developer actually do?

This article is for anyone that wants to know or be reminded of what it is developers actually do as an occupation. In particular: For civilians, this…

Jun 13, 2021 •

October 2020

Active listening is a superpower

Active listening is a broad set of skills with the goal of making someone feel heard and understanding the world from their point of view. It's useful…

Oct 19, 2020 •

October 2017

A Developers Guide to Human Networking

When you think of networking, you think of “hustlers” throwing business cards at each other at dimly-lit drinks receptions for startups. Everyone talks…

Oct 26, 2017 •

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