Daniel Crenna

Code Soloist #22: Skip ahead, and settle in

Sun, 13 May 2012 20:19:43 -0400

You’re going to die. Before you do, you probably want to achieve certain milestones, personal...

Code Soloist #21: What the fear of success really means

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:30:46 -0400

When I was safely wrapped in the warm blanket of inexperience, I used to hear people talk cleverly...

Code Soloist #20: Resolutions

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:06 -0500

In the aftermath of the season of resolutions we like to make bold commitments to ourselves, except...

Code Soloist #19: Interventions

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:23:00 -0500

I read the post of a young man, much like myself, who is lamenting his addiction to idea creation,...

Code Soloist #18: The distance is the same

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:15:00 -0500

Imagine you are standing on one side of a football field. You start running towards the other end,...

Code Soloist #17: Beware the Gentleman Coder

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:08:00 -0400

There are some in our world whose work is truly inspired. When they launch a new project...

Code Soloist #16: Stop spending money

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:19:00 -0400

This one is short. Stop spending so much money chasing your tail, or a dream. If you’re...

Code Soloist #15: Take your eyes off the prize

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:30:00 -0400

We’re often told to fixate on the end result, so that we produce the effort required right now...

Code Soloist #14: Stay interested

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:00:00 -0400

You really can, and do, get bored of your own ideas. Even your best ones. Many times the sheer act...

Code Soloist #13: Don't trade on happiness

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:54:00 -0500

Here are two concepts that have risen, seemingly in opposition, in the last two years in...

Code Soloist #12: These are the things you think you know until you do them

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:23:00 -0500

You think you can build an ambitious startup* by yourself. The truth is, you can build any number of...

Code Soloist #11: What it really means to simplify

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 12:24:00 -0500

When people say in order to be successful you should simplify your life, it doesn’t mean you...

Code Soloist #10: Fight process, not principles

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:55:00 -0500

Because we play in a digital world, developers tend to have an over-inflated sense of spoon...

Code Soloist #9: Go dark

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:41:00 -0400

There is a time to create and there is a time to share. You can’t do both at the same time,...

Code Soloist #8: Draw your line

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:24:00 -0400

You need to draw a line in the sand and stand behind it. There’s a sort of cap on the amount of...

Code Soloist #7: Take the shortcut

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:52:00 -0400

A few years ago a good friend of mine used a quote from a stupid movie to change how I thought about...

Code Soloist #6: Do the thing

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Ralph Waldo Emerson said “Do the thing, and you will have the power.” What I believe he...

Code Soloist #5: Play your game

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0400

As a single developer you need to avoid several problems that larger teams (that’s everyone...

Code Soloist #4: Don't extract

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:40:00 -0400

You’ll likely read lots of inspiring literature on business and technology to keep you...

Code Soloist #3: Stop guessing

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:18:00 -0400

You don’t know when you’re going to be done your next project. If I had to pick a single...