I’m going to start “calling” my startup ideas in the same way Andy Dwyer calls band names. So, first up: it’s like REI for D&D players. We’d sell a “basic adventurer’s kit” that came with iron rations, wineskin, torches, 50 feet of rope, etc. Then you could get “class specialization” kits, for example: Rogue: containsContinue reading “Startup idea #6ec4e42a-28cc-4425-9ebc-61ac8e224580: Adventurer’s gear for geeky hikers”
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New dog blog
I’ve started writing a series of dog-related short stories at mr-domino.kchodorow.com, if you’re interested. This blog (kchodorow.com/blog) will still be a “proper blog,” where I blog about my life & tech stuff. The Domino-related blog is more for creative writing.
Star Trek invades our timeline
I was at Kennedy Space Center yesterday and they have an exhibit with all of the Apollo mission flags. Having mission flags is a great idea, more software launches should have flags, too. I noticed one in particular: (Please excuse the poor image quality, I have a technology-defying ability to take crappy photographs.) Those symbolsContinue reading “Star Trek invades our timeline”
Non-technical advice for startups and open source projects
A former coworker recently asked me about what had worked well (and not) at MongoDB. I realized that I actually know a bunch of things about running an open source project/startup, some of which may not be common knowledge, so I figured I’d share some here. Things changed dramatically as the company grew and theContinue reading “Non-technical advice for startups and open source projects”
Positive reinforcement learning through barbacoa
Yesterday I had some extra barbacoa that Domino was super excited about and Andrew suggested I use it to teach him (Domino, not Andrew) how to lie down on command. I waited until he lay down on his own, said “yes!” and gave him a piece of barbacoa. He leapt up and ate the barbacoaContinue reading “Positive reinforcement learning through barbacoa”
New radio in town
Just saw Google Play Music got a free, ad-supported version (blog post). I told Andrew about it: holyshit.
Have you ever looked at your build? I mean, really looked at your build?
Bazel has a feature that lets you see a graph of your build dependencies. It could help you debug things, but honestly it’s just really cool to see what your build is doing. To try it out, you’ll need a project that uses Bazel to build. If you don’t have one handy, here’s a tinyContinue reading “Have you ever looked at your build? I mean, really looked at your build?”
Hello, Bazel
Yesterday, my team open-sourced Bazel, the build system Google uses for most of its software. We have been working on open-sourcing Bazel for over a year, extricating dependencies, renaming and refactoring, and jumping through legal and political hoops. We were still missing a lot of stuff we wanted to add, but we thought it wouldContinue reading “Hello, Bazel”
Making wedding rings
This weekend, Andrew and I made our own wedding rings. We’ve been married for several years, but we never got around to getting rings. We found out about a guy in NYC who does ring-making workshops: you come to his studio and spend a day making personalized, custom rings. It was fun, and now weContinue reading “Making wedding rings”
Laptops are getting smaller all the time
As a “thank you” for hosting an intern this summer, Google gave me a little Android figurine. When I took it out of its box, a little backpack fell out, too. The backpack actually zipped and unzipped, but it didn’t have anything in it. So I decided to make a Macbook Air for it. First,Continue reading “Laptops are getting smaller all the time”
