Mikkel Paulson is an independent developer and former political leader who builds creative projects like initiative.sh and writes about programming, ADHD, and life in tech. A Recurse Center alum, he creates tools because he wants them to exist.
15 articles from this blog
A software developer shares personal strategies for managing ADHD's challenges in a tech career, focusing on energy management and task mitigation.
A developer reflects on their first year of self-employment, sharing insights on productivity, motivation, and the transition from hobby coding to full-time work.
A programmer shares personal strategies for leveraging ADHD traits like hyperfocus within Agile development workflows to improve productivity.
A guide to three command-line methods for bulk renaming files, covering the 'rename' utility, 'xargs', and 'bash' loops.
A technical guide on using Git version control to manage and preserve custom templates and configurations on a reMarkable 2 tablet after software updates.
A technical analysis of Quebec's JWT-based proof-of-vaccination QR code, examining its security and data encoding.
A developer reflects on the challenge of building simple, small-scale projects after years of focusing on large-scale, complex system architecture.
A guide to using Git effectively for solo development, focusing on workflow principles to structure work and maintain a clean commit history.
A developer builds a custom e-paper weather display using a Raspberry Pi and Rust, detailing hardware integration and software challenges.
A developer shares their experience learning Python through Advent of Code puzzles and compares Python's ecosystem to Rust's documentation.
A developer's experience at Recurse Center building a FreeCell game in Rust, focusing on learning ownership and GUI challenges with Druid.
A developer builds an iCalendar proxy in Node.js to inject custom reminders into calendar feeds during their time at Recurse Center.
A developer's first week at Recurse Center, focusing on pair programming, analyzing PHPUnit's codebase, and planning a web-based command prompt project.
A developer outlines their goals and project ideas for an upcoming self-directed learning retreat at the Recurse Center, focusing on web development and personal growth.
A developer announces a new personal blog built with the Zola static site generator, planning to document his journey at the Recurse Center and topics like programming and ADHD.
