The arguments for and against Non-Fungible Tokens that no one ever talks about. — NFTs are a scam! NFTs are used for money laundering! NFTs are… what? Listen up. The viability of NFTs doesn’t depend on how a few people use them: This story shows how there are use cases for NFTs and why art is NOT one of them. The simplified purpose of…

The reason that I rewrote all the software I work on in Rust. — The manager scheduled an unexpected meeting for the entire team: It would be 20 minutes long on a Friday, right before a huge company announcement was scheduled. It’s safe to say that no one was amused at this notification due to ongoing economic events. People speak of The Arctic and…

A poem about people with lots of followers on GitHub, but no stars. — I see you’re very popular with the developer community. But this doesn’t mean you can walk around with impunity. Corporate might pay you in currency your government generates at the click of a button. But these stars can only be created when someone is inspired or something. So fuck you…

Learn how to reduce the size of a webpage using Browser Developer Tools. — Studies show that every 100-millisecond delay in website loading times hurts conversion rates by 7%. In addition, page speed is one of the most critical factors in search engine ranking. One aspect of your page speed is the time it takes to download the page. So this guide teaches you…

The missing tools that prevent authors on Medium from writing high-quality stories. — Medium has a content quality issue. Don’t take my word for it, but rather the CEO himself: “we [use subscription revenue] to pay people to flood us with low quality click bait and content mill articles” (source). In an effort to combat this problem, Medium is giving more power to…

I read the CEO of Medium’s comments to determine where the platform is headed. — It’s easy to get frustrated when the platform you read and write on is frequently updated. All it takes is one change to reduce your livelihood to nothing more than a tip jar. However, change is inevitable, and fighting against it is unproductive. Instead, this story aims to show you…

Read about the views, reads, money, and knowledge I gained after publishing 72 stories in 190 days on Medium. — It took me 164 days to become eligible for the Medium Partnership Program. Beforehand, I only made money by writing for other companies (while using Medium as a reference). So now that I have been monetized for a month, how much money did I make? Disclaimer This story is a part…

How Member Reading Time and Story Word Count changed my writing strategy on Medium. — 55 stories. 70,283 words. 12,918 minutes of total member reading time. Those were my stats when I got approved for the Medium Partnership Program on February 3rd, 2023. However, getting approved to make money writing is just the beginning: Now it was time to make money. …

It was a warm summer day in Mountain View, California, USA. I was heading to the office to work, but this wasn’t just any office day: It was performance review day (perf day for short). Every year, Googlers are required to submit a packet to the Googler Reviews and Development…