Jul 19No, You Can’t Master A Language Just With Duolingo — Nor Trust Their ResearchDuolingo is one of the most popular (education) apps in the world with over 500mln downloads. The company claims you’ll learn faster than in a university. Yet, those claims are very misleading. There are clearly better ways of learning languages in both cases. How Is Language Proficiency Measured? Proficiency in a language can be measured…Language Learning6 min readLanguage Learning6 min read
Jun 19Three Necessary Changes To Learn A New Language The Easy WayEvery language is different. Doesn’t matter if it’s Spanish, German, or JavaScript. But learning any language effortlessly and effectively has these three things in common. Make A Hard Commitment A hard commitment means you have a deadline and you absolutely need to get it done by that time. There are two kinds of commitments…Language Learning6 min readLanguage Learning6 min read
May 25Why Low-FODMAP Diet Doesn’t Treat IBSIt was really a coincidence that I got diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome. But let’s rewind a couple of years first. I had been having episodes of stomach pain and diarrhea for years. Way more than normal. To the point where it interfered with my daily life too much. Sometimes…Ibs Treatments11 min readIbs Treatments11 min read
May 8I Used Startup Frameworks To Analyse K-12 Schools — None Of Them Would Survive The Free MarketI can’t think of a system that’s more important but also more broken than the education system. Everything we achieve as humans literally depends on education, yet our view of the system, I suspect, is very skewed. Perhaps a good way to illustrate it is by looking at the schools…Education7 min readEducation7 min read
Mar 6The Three Most Useful Visual Studio Code Extensions For Beginners That Will 2x Your ProductivityI started learning JavaScript just over a year ago and just launched my second startup. I wanted to write this down before I forget how it was to start programming from zero and what helped the most. GitHub Copilot GitHub Copilot predicts what code (and comments) you are going to write and…Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
Dec 13, 2022The Process Tesla Uses to Speed Up InnovationSometimes one sentence gives away more than the entire talk combined. Here’s what I learned from the Tesla semi delivery event and how you can apply it to your own startup. One Of The Core Product Loops Tesla held its first-ever semi truck delivery event just a week ago. The media paid the most attention to…Startup6 min readStartup6 min read
Nov 24, 2022What Did Monday.com Get Wrong With Their Best-In-Class Onboarding? In 232 SlidesMonday.com has hands down one of the best onboarding flows I’ve ever seen for a complex product. So, I tore it down into 232 slides with explainers. How Monday.com Onboards Users - ProductLoops.com The best and worst user onboarding practices in 232 slides Jump straight into the user onboarding teardown slidedeck to see both the good and the bad. …Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Nov 18, 2022Avoid These Four Gross User Onboarding Mistakes That Microsoft Teams Is DoingMicrosoft Teams might be a popular product but it’s not thanks to it’s UX. I tore down their entire onboarding step by step. These are the top four mistakes you should avoid in your own product to increase conversions. Don’t Break The User’s Flow During the signup flow, Microsoft pulled my name automatically from Google…Product Management4 min readProduct Management4 min read
Nov 14, 2022Why The Products With The Worst UX Win The MarketIt’s a myth that companies choose software based on user experience. Yet PMs are primarily focusing on the UX. So, what’s going on? The Software Selection Process This is how the typical software selection works: People become aware of the problem and the software category that might solve it They google the software category…Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Oct 24, 20223 Big Lessons From Building a Startup In a Month As a Solo FounderIn September I pledged to build a new startup every month for the next six months. These are the first three lessons from the first startup I built and launched in a month. Find a Mentor It’s going to be extremely hard to keep yourself going as a solo founder. Some bugs will…Startup Lessons3 min readStartup Lessons3 min read