Michael Lynch – Developer, Indie Founder and Technical Writer Michael Lynch shares honest and detailed stories from his journey as a software engineer and indie founder. His blog covers topics like building sustainable businesses, code reviews, software craftsmanship, and lessons learned from running and selling his own startup, TinyPilot. Each post reflects a mix of engineering precision and real-world experience, written with clarity and humor. Readers can find tutorials, retrospectives, and essays that go beyond code to explore motivation, productivity, and the human side of software development. This blog is a must-read for developers, indie hackers, and anyone who enjoys thoughtful writing about technology and entrepreneurship.
151 articles from this blog
Developer reflects on a monthly project update, shelving 'What Got Done' due to low interest while reporting on Zestful and Is It Keto progress.
A developer's monthly progress report on side projects, including user growth for What Got Done and renewed interest in Zestful.
How Google's 'Snippets' tool for asynchronous status updates improved meeting efficiency and team communication.
A developer reflects on launching a task journaling app, conducting user interviews, and earning passive income from side projects.
A developer's monthly update on learning Vue.js, project ideas, and passive income growth from a keto-focused web app.
A guide to painless end-to-end testing for web apps using Docker and Playwright, avoiding complex setups and paid services.
A speaker's reflections on PyTexas 2019, summarizing key talks on feature flag management and using mypy with ORMs.
A software engineer reflects on his first year running a solo software company, covering finances, outsourcing lessons, and project breakdowns.
Learn how to retrofit legacy apps for Google Cloud Storage using Docker and gcsfuse without modifying application source code.
Explores why skilled developers write poor unit tests by misapplying production code principles, arguing test code should prioritize clarity over abstraction.
A developer's cautionary tale about building an MVP too late, using a recipe ingredient parsing service as a case study.
Final part of a series on refactoring a legacy Python library, focusing on safe code rehabilitation techniques and tooling.
A developer's fifth-month retrospective on launching their product, Zestful, but still struggling to acquire initial customers.
Part two of a series on resurrecting a legacy library, focusing on adding CI and end-to-end tests to stabilize the codebase.
A developer recounts the process of reviving a deprecated open-source Python library for parsing recipe ingredients, detailing the challenges of legacy code.
A developer's retrospective on the mistake of shipping a product too late, with insights from their fourth month working on Zestful.
A former Google engineer shares his experiences and lessons learned after quitting to start his own single-person software company.
A follow-up on leaving Google and an introduction to Space Duck, a new blog focused on decentralized storage and cryptocurrency technology.
A software developer explains their reasons for leaving Google, detailing the company's promotion process and their career reflections.
A developer shares a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of outsourcing an MVP, using a personal project as an example of what can go wrong.
