I recently bought an M1 MacBook Air, and it is fast. The key component is its M1 ARM processor, created by Apple. Over the past few years, Apple’s custom-built processors for its iPhones and iPads have… Read More »Why Are M1 Macs So Fast?
On the face of it, code reviews seem to work against product managers. They delay releases, take up everyone’s time, and don’t have tangible outputs. Plus, you can validate features yourself, and often have tests… Read More »Why PMs Should Care About Code Review
A Product Manager’s Perspective The “stereotypical” tech product is a mobile app. It’s the most tangible form of technology, one that almost everyone has experience with and opinions about. In this article, we’ll discuss the… Read More »Mobile Apps: A Product Manager’s Perspective
An Introduction to Security The mentality of computer security is somewhat non-standard, making it difficult to empathize with when the need arises. A working understanding of the fundamental principles, along with grasping some of the… Read More »Passwords: An Introduction to Security
via Slack’s Invite Spam Solution One of the best ways to gain technical understanding is to observe how established companies reason about and write about their technical challenges. As a product manager, being able to… Read More »Introduction to Machine Learning
This article is adapted from the Programming Languages section of the Algorithms Interview Prep Course. Find out more and get access to the course here, which includes an expanded version of this post that covers even more languages. There… Read More »Backend Programming Languages
This article is adapted from the Programming Languages section of the Algorithms Interview Prep Course. Find out more and get access to the course here, which includes an expanded version of this post that covers even more languages. In… Read More »Programming Languages for Web Development
Software Engineering Terminology Part 6 This is part of a multi-part series of software engineering terminology explainers for product managers. Concepts Explained: Pipeline CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment) Environments Build Deploy Writing code isn’t… Read More »DevOps
Software Engineering Terminology Part 5 This is part of a multi-part series of software engineering terminology explainers for product managers. Concepts Explained: Testing Regression Coverage Building a feature doesn’t just involve writing code. The next… Read More »Why is Testing Important?
Software Engineering Terminology Part 4 This is part of a multi-part series of software engineering terminology explainers for product managers. Concepts Explained: GUI Native apps Cross-platform Responsive Breakpoints Remember how we talked about early computers… Read More »Frontend Development
Software Engineering Terminology Part 3 This is part of a multi-part series of software engineering terminology explainers for product managers. Concepts Explained: Domain Cookie Server Cache An application on the web starts with a user… Read More »Web Development
Web apps are one of the “default” product types that product managers should have experience with. In this article, we’ll cover what a web app is, along with its fundamental components, each of which will… Read More »What are Web Apps?
Software Engineering Terminology Part 2 This is part of a multi-part series of software engineering terminology explainers for product managers. Concepts Explained: IDE Version Control Git At its core, code is just text. You could… Read More »Software Development Processes
Terminal CLI Scripting In the early days of programming, computers were expensive — a university could afford just a single computer. The computer was housed in a room somewhere and to access it, you used… Read More »Elements of Coding
APIs are the backbone of modern software development, to the point that they’re just assumed to be understood. However, a fundamental understanding of what makes a good API will bring nuance to the conversation and… Read More »What is an API?