Max Chernyak

This is gonna sound bitter, but hey. I take my whisky neat. Why has it become a thing that people must use social media to give commencement speeches about every · fucking · thing in their life? To be clear, I have nothing against you soaring through your personal growth in a permanent state of child-like wonder like the absolute Peter Pan you are, learning profound wisdoms from every new shape of eye floater you’ve rubbed into your retina. Be you, king. But holy hell, why has it become the…

In 2021 I wrote an article encouraging people not to build general purpose APIs for their own front-ends. (You should probably read it before reading this one.) It got featured on Hacker News twice, albeit with a worse reception (and more heated discussion) the second time around. My guess is, more front-enders showed up. 😛 Having observed this approach for 6 years, I’ve only grown more confident in its success. Part of that confidence comes from seeing it play out. Our team vastly simplified…