Archive - A blog by Falicon

I'm a bad programmer.

I subscribe to a lot of marketing and venture capital related blogs as well as a sprinkling of random friend blogs.

Aug 7, 2023 •

My basic understanding of OOP

What is object oriented programming (OOP) and how can a beginner understand and actually use it?

Aug 3, 2023 •

July 2023

Hacker Overflow pricing.

Attempting to hack the cold start problem of a new community.

Jul 17, 2023 •

I wrote a fantasy football management system (supermug) and a subscription based fantasy football help site and community (draftwizard) before most…

Jul 11, 2023 •

June 2023

Commitment builds passion (not the other way around).

Common advice says "Do something you love.

Jun 28, 2023 •

Useful comments

Last night as I was laying in bed waiting to fall asleep and for some reason my mind kept wondering over the idea of code comments.

Jun 26, 2023 •

Hacker Overflow - the idea

A community of builders and doers.

Jun 23, 2023 •

10 general dev tips for building things.

I’ve built a lot of things over my 30 or so years in “tech”.

Jun 21, 2023 •

What is the best way you know to validate an idea?

This depends a lot on what you mean by 'validate an idea'.

Jun 19, 2023 •

Your secret advantage to launching anything.

Jun 16, 2023 •

We are all frauds

If you don't feel like a fraud in what you are doing (or trying to do) at least a little every day, then you aren't pushing yourself enough.

Jun 14, 2023 •

Revenue is what ultimately matters.

Without revenue, you don't have a business.

Jun 12, 2023 •

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