Preslav Rachev

I like to get back to the apps I've used in the past, to see where they are going.

One of the things with micro.blog is that it forces you to be succinct. To make your post stand out, you have to stick to 280 chars. Otherwise, it gets cut. For a person who writes a lot, I find this helpful. It nudges me to distill my thoughts

Andy Weir struck gold again with Project Hail Mary! The book is a fantastic work, referring to Weir's earlier attempts with The Martian and my favorite childhood TV show - MacGyver. What should I read/listen to next? 📚

Here's some simple advice I wish I'd known already: If 24 hours seem like they go by too fast, switch your perspective and think in terms of 168 hours (a week) instead. You will realize how much time goes unaccounted for. Time, you can use to turn into your better

Got my second vaccine shot yesterday. As suggested by the doctor, I am going to replace running with fast walking for the next few days. Turns out, walking fast can be fun too :)

There are two C’s I have found crucial when building products: • Context - the best products are only plain objects without the context of the people using them. • Consistency - the best products are those where there isn’t a single detail that seems out of place. I will

micro.blog is a gulp of fresh air in the sea of attention-seeking social media. Mainly because of its focus on reading and starting conversations. It's harder to write a post than dumping a Twitter thread, but that's precisely its charm. It sets up a minimum barrier to entry, which

While reading my book, I am finally taking an intervention, I should have done for quite some time already. I am bringing my Mac buddy back to life. How is your day going?

A super relevant post by Seth Godin: The emergency wins every time. [...] What would it take for us to spend even a fraction of our time and energy and attention on the chronic instead of the urgent? Drip by drip.

Finally, I found a way to write micro posts directly on my phone. While there is no official iOS app for Ghost, I heard about Ghost Publisher yesterday. Other than the keyboard not picking up auto-completions (a bit of an issue for a dyslexic like me), it has a very

An advice to all of you who quit their jobs to bootstrap side projects - put measurable and strict boundaries to your work days. Always shut down your computers at the end of the day. Remind yourselves that the reason you wanted to bootstrap was to get rid of the

I launched a new book in-development today. Over the past decade, I have collected lots of knowledge and insider tips on setting up Apple Macs for productive developer work. I have meant to share my thoughts for a while, but it wasn’t until a friend asked me to do

I don’t know why some programmers get freaked out by this GitHub Copilot thing: I’ve said it a few times already, but worth repeating myself: Programming is a tool; a means to achieving an end goal. Not the end goal in and of itself. If you think about