Switching to Notion increased my productivity level by 2x. I often have trouble describing exactly what Notion does because there are seemingly a limitless number of reasonable use cases. When Notion first launched, the co-founder, Ivan Zhao, described it as a “a unified tool for docs, wikis, and tasks.” Today…

Why Spotify is better than Apple Music. With Spotify’s 248 million active monthly users (Oct. 2019), 124 million paid subscribers, and paid user base growing at over 30% year-over-year, we have to wonder how they’ve managed to differentiate themselves as the leading music streaming service in the world. Comparatively, Apple…

Paying people to download an app is easy. Building an amazing product that people want to pay for is a lot harder. Cheating growth metrics is a habitual mistake that many inexperienced founders make in the early stages of their startup. This can manifest itself in a variety of different…

The rising inequality that exists within America started with the policies implemented by our very own government. By definition, the term wealth gap, is the “the widening gap between America’s wealthiest and its middle and lower classes.” But when we speak about the wealth gap, it would be unfathomable to…

Systems design explained simply — thinking about technology at scale. Grandma’s Secret Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Imagine that your grandma gifts you her renowned recipe for chocolate chip cookies. This recipe has been passed down in your family for generations and are the most delectable cookies that you’ve ever tasted. Now that you have it, you…

A deep dive into the design methods of our favorite social media apps. Do you ever find yourself aimlessly scrolling through Instagram or Twitter for hours on end? Sure you may spend 3+ hours per day scrolling through social media, but you’d never say you were “addicted” right? Addiction is…