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I'm out here vibe coding in a different stratosphere

So Craftwork just expanded to Raleigh - and I'm having a great time learning about the neighborhoods and history that shape the city. One of those is Mordecai.

YTMND was such an odd part of meme history

People attach to products in 3 steps: marketing -> first use -> proven value Rather helpfully, this maps well to the cue-response-reward pattern for building new habits. Definitely some useful psychology to understand. mikebifulco.com/newsletter/z...

Golden hour with the two wild beasts living in my home 📸 x100vi

Agents, subagents... dev work is changing so quickly, it's a very interesting wave to surf. Lots of our old skills are now commoditized. There will be an important shift from coding to communication for lots of engineers. That's a huge career change for many of us

I've been thinking a whole lot about longevity and happiness. mikebifulco.com/newsletter/h...

Everyone has impostor syndrome, pt. 3107828: I was tagged in a post on LinkedIn as part of the "Stripe Mafia" (lol) -- because of Craftwork's fundraise from last year. I do not feel like I belong on this list, for sure. As a bonus - this has made my inbox on LinkedIn even less useful...

Tagging other devs who write or folks who write for developers 👀 @mooreds.com @jonathanyeong.com @emgoto.com @cassidoo.co @previnder.com @whitep4nth3r.com @jamie.schembri.me @mikebifulco.com @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social @sia.codes @tomaszgil.me @gabortill.com @jeremias.codes @laurentkempe.com

Just set up a messijo keyword for my site - will it find posts about my most recent newsletter? 👀

I recently learned about `pnpm patch` - and have already used it a couple times to work through temporary bugs in libraries that may have blocked me otherwise. mikebifulco.com/posts/patchi...

You've spent your whole career skipping straight to code... it's time to stop. mikebifulco.com/newsletter/n...

Been thinking about Dieter Rams a whole lot lately. His 10 rules for design are no-brainers for anyone building... anything? mikebifulco.com/newsletter/d...

So: counting clicks isn't a good measure of a design. But what is? The answer, unsurprisingly, is "it depends". But you should be able to pick goals and measurements that _are_ good indicators of how well your feature is working. mikebifulco.com/newsletter/b...

"Too many clicks" isn’t your problem. It's a signal that your design isn't getting the job done. Clarity, confidence, and cognitive load are the real culprits.

I've had exactly 1 experience with Notion's new offline mode, and I'm ready to turn it off forever.

I've been going down some statistics rabbit holes lately - I never took stats in school, and have always found it a bit counterintuitive.

Slack changes its API rate limits, another sign that the web is becoming more closed off due to LLMs. Ktor is giving you even more reasons to use it, all that and more in this issue of the @apisyouwonthate.com newsletter. apisyouwonthate.com/newsletter/a...

My first product launch failed - and it would have been _so easy_ to avoid. In the end, smpl was acquired, but it could have had a dramatically different trajectory. Headed to 💌 Tiny Improvements readers' inboxes later this morning 👇

Hello, @clt-urbanists.bsky.social 😍

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Heavyweight: An Art Project About Lawyer Vibes I am so hopeful that @mattcameron.bsky.social will talk about this incredible work of art on @openargs.bsky.social This has 🪿BECOME UNGOVERNABLE 🪿 written all over it! kendraalbert.com/2025/07/21/l...

Tiny Improvements👇

Where are the expo experts at? I'm working on upgrading Craftwork's app to Expo 53, and am considering using expo-maps (alpha) for a fairly basic map feature. Anyone have experience with that? Curious to know how much this is used in production apps right now. docs.expo.dev/versions/lat...

I cannot believe we're debating the value of investing in education. I've been stewing over this one for the past few days. mikebifulco.com/newsletter/p...

Something about detailed, compute-based stats analysis of baseball really makes me sad about the way people watch sports

I feel confident in saying that Craftwork is the only paint company in the world that serves up our very own llms.txt craftwork.com/llms.txt

American EVs are so disappointing. Rather than quick, efficient, and nimble, we're selling gargantuan hulking nightmares.

Every month, when I am reconciling expenses, I am so grateful Adobe didn't buy Figma.

Teams that plan for data access and caching from the start build faster, more reliable APIs than those who bolt it on in a panic later. apisyouwonthate.com/newsletter/d...

If you're ever feeling like you understand how colorspace works, spend a few minutes playing with the sliders on oklch.com and get back to us 👁️👃👁️

We launched a major overhaul of craftwork.com today - a reflection of the care and quality we aim for in all of our work. Our designers and engineers put a whole lot of love into this site, and I'm so excited to see it finally come to life!

💌 What everyone gets wrong about vibe coding: Vibe coding tools will happily try something five different ways, and persevere energetically in times when even the most seasoned engineers might decide to move on to something else. However: don't mistake their speed and relentlessness for expertise.

It finally happened: Figma doesn't want me to scroll any further right on the page where I make cover images for Tiny Improvements. Row 2, here we come 😂

Oh god, what's he on about this time

Sometimes the loudest thing is the silence of people who should know better. Especially if speaking up might cost them something. This week’s Tiny Improvements is about the cost of conformity, and my thoughts on how/when to speak up - on your team, for your product, and for the community.

Charlotte showing up this morning

Use git on MacOS long enough, and you will have to do this. The ol' 2-step case-sensitive rename.

This has been one hell of a week for current events.

Planning is... everything, and yet, engineers are predisposed to jump into coding right away. In this disptach of 💌 Tiny Improvements, I borrow a little from Frank Lloyd Wright and a little from some of the folks I worked with at Microsoft. 👇 Check it out here! mikebifulco.com/newsletter/e...

I did some reflecting on the role open source has played in my career. I know it can be intimidating to try to contribute, but there's a place for everyone.

Midwestern friends - I have a really important favor to ask of you. 🧵 (1/13) 🔌 💡

If you're building something new, feedback always beats a big reveal. I recently had coffee with a new friend who is building their first product - and keeping the thing secret until launch day. That's a greay way to launch to an audience of 0 😬 mikebifulco.com/newsletter/n...

I just became a @kcrw.com member with a paid subscription. It's not much, but I try to pay for media that I believe in, and KCRW has some journalists doing incredible work. @brihreed.bsky.social's show Question Everything has quickly become one of my favorite podcasts - I can't recommend it enough!

I can't believe how quickly Jony Ive got to work on ChatGPT

The balance between vendor lock-in and cutting edge frameworks is a perpetual game of cat and mouse. Also in this newsletter: Documenting API versions, API governance, node API performance, and openapi [dot] tools! apisyouwonthate.com/newsletter/d...

A totally fine and normal housing market