A few things, done easier
Have you recently read about a product and thought: “it does too much?” Yet it’s also easy to disqualify a product or service as too narrow and “not for me”. How do you split the gap and build for the…
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Bringing a programmer’s mindset to no-code
Join smart, curious folks to get the Data Ops 📊 newsletter each week (it’s free!) If you look at an image in a popular magazine article like the one above on the phenomenon we are all calling “no-code” software development,…
Applying Regular Expressions to Sort Items in Google Sheets
Lists are more useful when grouped. When you need to analyze a large list of items, you need to create areas of commonality to enable grouping and sorting that list. A simple example of grouping might be to think about…
Spreadsheets are not scary
What was the last document you created? I’m guessing it was either an email, a Word document, or a Google Doc. Perhaps it was a Slack message but since when you use Slack you create several hundred messages a month…
On blocks and facing the empty page
I wrote and deleted this post several times before continuing to write. It’s not easy to think of yourself as a writer and not have the words to say what’s in your head. It is easy to delete the draft,…
Make a Boolean Expression From A List of Rows in Google Sheets
We all use search forms every day. There’s usually an advanced search form of some sort that allows you to enter a boolean expression. You know Boolean expressions as “This OR That” – an inclusive search that increases results –…
What will you let drop today?
Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash When you work in a startup, you are guaranteed to make a decision that will disappoint someone today. Every day is a series of stack-ranked decisions. You decide (in near real time) whether Item A is more…
Thoughts on the Bus Problem
(photo by ) What’s the most important thing you do at work? Most of us, when asked “how do you create job security”, default to explaining a way of interacting with others that only we can do. If you have unique…
One of the most difficult product decisions is “not yet”
(Photo courtesy of ) I recently had a (great) idea for a product. In my head it made perfect sense – a way to make it easier for people building presentations to get instant help from a trusted freelancer. Surely…
Why prototyping needs to be ugly
Photo by Hal Gatewood on Unsplash Join smart, curious folks to get the Data Ops 📊 newsletter each week (it’s free!) Photo by Amélie Mourichon on Unsplash Zach Lloyd wrote this short piece on the biggest mistake he sees engineers…
