Natik's Journal

Natik's Journal

Notes on engineering leadership and software development.

2026

This Thing Finally Looks Nice, Clean, and Calm Apr 17, 2026
Slopware of The Month Apr 15, 2026
How I Got Hired Apr 9, 2026

2025

Time for A Rewrite! Dec 28, 2025
Slow and Has a Soul Jun 15, 2025
How to Get Promoted Faster May 7, 2025
The Natik User Guide Apr 20, 2025
Setup Zed Ai Assistant with Deepseek V3 on Lambda Apr 15, 2025
Pattern Recognition Apr 5, 2025
How to Embed Excalidraw in MDX Mar 30, 2025
Airbyte in 2024: Better Extensibility Primitives Jan 3, 2025
Mermaid Diagrams in A Static Site Using MDX and Contentlayer Jan 2, 2025

2024

Ghostty Is Awesome Dec 31, 2024
Capture Now, Improve Later Dec 25, 2024
How to Get `Iso639.2` Locale Code in Swift Dec 23, 2024
Why Recruiters Get a Bad Reputation Among Technologists Nov 26, 2024
Understand the Context, Make Yourself Visible Aug 20, 2024
Pain Is a Part of The Process Jun 17, 2024
I Think I Fixed the RSS Content Markup? Jan 14, 2024
How to Make an App Icon in SwiftUI Jan 6, 2024

2023

The Us vs Them Trap Dec 30, 2023
The Endless Pile of Notifications in Remote Work Dec 8, 2023
The Trade-Offs of Designing in Html and Rails Nov 30, 2023
Switching to Asynchronous Remote Work: Challenges and Best Practices Nov 5, 2023
You Should Really Say "No" More Often Aug 5, 2023
Using Contentlayer with Next.js Jul 10, 2023
Remote Team Health Check Jun 25, 2023
Automating Swift Docc with Github Actions Jun 16, 2023
Building Swift Docc as A Static Website Jun 9, 2023

2022

Setting Up a New Mac with Dotfiles, Brew Bundle, and Mackup Dec 14, 2022
Barebones Engineering Management Interview Questions Nov 29, 2022
Training, Coaching, and Mentoring as An Engineering Manager Aug 23, 2022
Structured Learning Aug 8, 2022
Levels of Engineering (Management) Focus Jul 3, 2022
New Site! Obsidian, Next.js, and Vercel Jun 16, 2022