Hi, I'm Max.
Welcome to my corner of the internet. I write about software engineering and indie hacking.
A campaign featuring a man with an eyepatch sold out Hathaway’s stock of shirts in just one week. David Ogilvy was the mastermind behind many iconic campaigns. This article summarizes his advice on creating ads that sell.
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Reddit is a great platform to promote your product. But the community is very sensitive to promotion. In this post, I share my learnings of how to promote on Reddit effectively without getting banned.
The Search Engine Optimization (SEO) guide I've always wanted to write! It covers what matters most in a digestible format to help you get traffic from Google and other search engines.
Express.js is a backend framework built for Node.js that simplifies building server side applications. This post covers Middleware, the core concept of Express.js.
In this post, I'll share two projects that recently failed and the significance of focusing on solving one problem really well.
I recently asked myself: What makes content great? Here's a summary of my thoughts and some advice for my future self.
A webapp that allows you to chat with your database in natural language.
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A webapp that fetches the weekly post activity of any Bluesky profile and shows it in a GitHub inspired 3D chart.
Extended Markdown (MDX) blogs have two advantages: they're highly customizable and don't require a CMS. There aren't any great templates out there, so I'm making one.
Neuroevolution with Fixed Topologies (NEFT) implemented in the Flappy Bird without using any Machine Learning Libraries. This was hard.
Analysis of information acquisition and financial reporting in a setting where a manager attempts to meet analysts' expectations.