Guides
Step-by-step explainers on how the work actually gets done.
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Your Power Button Is Secretly a 1 and a 0
Look down at almost any device you own and you will find the same little symbol stamped near the power button. A circle with a small line poking through the top. You have pressed it thousands of times without ever wondering what it means. Here is the fun part. That symbol is not random art.…
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Why Your Phone’s Battery Percentage Is a Guess
Your phone tells you the battery is at 64 percent, and you believe it. Why wouldn’t you? It is a precise little number, right there at the top of the screen. But here is the strange truth: your phone has no way to directly look inside the battery and count how much charge is left.…
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Remap Your Caps Lock Into a Hyper Key (And Never Touch the Arrow Keys Again)
Look at your keyboard for a second. There is a fat key sitting on the left edge, right under your pinky, that you almost never press on purpose. Caps Lock. When was the last time you actually needed to type a full line in capitals? For most people the honest answer is “basically never,” which…
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Your First App Version Should Be Boring
Most apps that never ship died of ambition. Why your first version should be boring, ship one path that works, and let real users tell you what to build next.