Hey, I'm Rado π
Welcome to my Substack newsletter - Rado's Tips.
Since this is #1 post of the newsletter, if you are reading this:
a) you are a friend who I nagged to subscribe
b) you will be a friend because you subscribed on your own
c) you donβt know me and randomly arrived here.
In all cases, thank you π
A bit about me:
I'm the CTO and Co-Founder at Angry Building π₯, SaaS for facility management and neighbour communication platform (with the goal to rebrand as HappyBuilding π).
Previously, I was Head of Engineering at Product Hunt πΊ.
I have been working in tech since 2002. My first tech job started as a joke when I was 15, it is funny story π .
This newsletter is an experiment, and I still don't know what the format will be. I will figure it out as I go.
I'd be happy if you joined me on this journey.
I plan to write at least once a week. I want to keep this practical and focus on sharing showcases from my experience.
Some of the posts will have a video explainer, which I'll post on YouTube.
I have been inspired by other newsletters like Refactoring and The Pragmatic Engineer.
My writing style includes extensively
numbered and bullet-point lists
emojis, gifs π
code samples
diagrams
step by step think process walkthroughs
Why I'm starting this Substack? π€
I'm often asked for advice and have a handy note ready to share. A central place to keep and link to my tips will be handy.
This will force the function to group my notes and thoughts into more coherent ideas.
Why am I not just using my existing blog? π€
With a newsletter, you push content to interested people; with a blog, you need to pull people to your content.
I'm using Substack instead to implementing newsletter capabilities to my existing blog because
I want to deal with only some of the machinery of a newsletter system I manage. I have implemented the Product Hunt Newsletter delivery system and know how much work this involves. [spoiler] I plan todo a detailed post about the design of that system in the future π€«
Substack has a building reach tool that hopefully will help me grow this newsletter, motivating me to write more.
If you have any feedback for me you can leave a comment or ping me onΒ Threads,Β LinkedIn,Β MastodonΒ orΒ Twitter. π
Before, I had a good back catalog - here are things I have written before and you might like:
Collaborative Single Player Mode - remote, process and management
Remote Onboarding - remote, process and management
Product Hunt Architecture - showcase and software architecture
Manager Journal - management and productivity
Tips for End-to-End Testing - testing, javascript and ruby
Refactoring First vs Change First - software engineering
My Advice to Junior Developers - software engineering
Testing GraphQL Backend in Product Hunt - graphql, ruby and testing
Dealing with N+1 in GraphQL (part 1 and part 2) - graphql and ruby
Graphql Optimization Story - story, graphql and react
How I use React.Context - react
Extract React Hook Refactoring - react
Organizing External Services in Rails - ruby on rails
How Not Implement Html Editor - story and software engineering
Bug Duty Process - process