PinnedMentoring VP Engineering folksI’m embarking on a new journey, in which I want to make my fellow VP Eng lives easier. If I can spare you of a mistake or two I’ve made, what’s there to lose? :) I’ve spent the past 5 weeks trying out this career path, and wanted to share…Engineering Management5 min readEngineering Management5 min read
Feb 9, 2022Lessons from posting on Hacker NewsI posted a link to my app on Hacker News, and spent the following 3 hours dealing with the outcome :) Sharing my lessons here for reference. A quick recap of previous events — I built a web app that monitors SSL certificates for expiration. This turned into a great…Hacker News6 min readHacker News6 min read
Jul 3, 2021My First Quarterly Business ReportAs an aspiring open business, I’m reporting on my metrics for the first quarter. A few weeks ago I shared an overview of what I expect the economics of my business to look like. I was aiming at ~13 clients at any given time, expecting to spend 5 hours of…Mentoring5 min readMentoring5 min read
Jun 7, 20212 Weeks After the Public LaunchI launched my side project publicly two weeks ago, and want to recap what happened since then. Let me say this from the start — there’s very little to celebrate in these 2 weeks. Launches are great, but they are infrequent. What happens between the ‘big bangs’ is not glamorous…Side Project7 min readSide Project7 min read
Jun 6, 2021The Economics of MentoringI’m sharing the inner workings of my mentoring business so far. A month ago I published a post about my new career choice, explaining what is it I want to do. Now is a great time to look back and share the how of my business. I want to be…Mentoring5 min readMentoring5 min read
May 24, 2021Say ‘no’ to expiring SSL certificatesI’m launching haveibeenexpired.com publicly! This is a short tour of the app itself, its inner workings, and some ideas for the future. A two-months long journey is coming to the point where what I’ve built needs to be kicked out of the door. I described my experiences working on this…SaaS8 min readSaaS8 min read
May 23, 2021Product-led growth from the startI’m turning my side project into a small application, applying product-led growth oriented tactics. In the previous post I spoke about tracking user behavior. I built a single page website which checks SSL certificates for expiration. Over the past few weeks I decided to take haveibeenexpired.com to the next stage…Growth Hacking6 min readGrowth Hacking6 min read
May 1, 2021Tracking user behavior via funnelsIn the previous post I explained a bit about my side project. I want to help people avoid surprising expirations of their SSL certificates. While at it, I hope to learn a bit about building a helpful website, and perhaps more. A quick recap — I created a website that…Funnel9 min readFunnel9 min read
Apr 25, 2021A side project that I actually want to work onRecently I got a lot of free time on my hands (more about this in a later post). I decided to dedicate some of my time to a side project that will keep me occupied, but more importantly — will help me learn things I wanted to learn for a…Growth9 min readGrowth9 min read
