Mike Bifulco

Crowdsourcing ideas is a great way to hear opinions from a wide variety of people.

_note: This post is inspired by a great video from YouTuber Aaron Francis: [Make self-healing URLs with Laravel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Learning is an infinite game.

In a recent dispatch of Tiny Improvements, we talked about [the Decoy Effect](https://mikebifulco.com/newsletter/decoy-effect-and-your-brain), and why it makes sense to offer 3 price tiers for your product.

Last week, Apple had a press event where they announced updates to their Macbook Pro laptops.

## Raise your hand if you've done this before: You're working on an exciting new feature, new article, or doing _anything_ creative.

If there's one thing I appreciate about the internet, it's people who find themselves fixated on a topic, and go _really_ deep to research and find the answer to a question.

## What is this thing?

# I want to hire you...!

# So you've got a waitlist for your idea.

Ever catch yourself navigating around a clunky feature or long-standing bug in an app you use?

It's not uncommon for programmers to forget that we're building products for people -- like, real, actual _breathing and thinking_ human people.

## I haven't always been a morning person, but I've grown to love it Every day, I get up around sunrise, and groggily wander down to my kitchen.

## The cat's out of the bag It's been a couple weeks come I've written an issue of Tiny Improvements, but for good reason: I have been dizzyingly busy.

## Threads is here Last week Meta launched Threads, their new Twitter clone.

_note: cover photo for this newsletter is from [No Revisions](https://unsplash.com/it/@norevisions?

Last week, I went to VidCon - the annual summit for video creators, which was in in Anaheim, California.

**The hardest thing about building a new company** is that you have to be wrong a lot.

**Cognitive load** is the amount of mental effort required to complete a task.

Reddit has been an incredible tool for me as a writer and a learner.

At some point in your life, you will look back on the work you did when you were just getting started with a new skill, and see everything you did wrong.

In the tech world, it's common to hear people refer to "moonshot" companies.

## Hey, that's the name of the show!

Tiny Improvements recently [passed the 400 reader milestone](https://mikebifulco.com/posts/building-in-public-growth-report-400-readers) - _thank you so much_ to each and every one of you for letting me into your inbox each week.

## Adding custom fonts to your website is a typical requirement for most web projects By default, Next.js sites will add small set of fonts that you can use for your sites (in addition to the default fonts for a given browser).

I've been working on a new startup.

## Growing feels great It feels a little wild to say this, but I'm a few days away from hitting 400 Subscribers to my weekly newsletter, [Tiny Improvements](https://mikebifulco.com/newsletter).

I started writing _Tiny Improvements_ because of a minor fixation on exploring how small, incremental changes can lead to significant progress and personal growth.

AI is _everywhere._ Chat GPT and interfaces like it have found themselves centerstage in tech culture.

Have you ever come across a brand whose name or visual design didn't seem to match the product?

A few years back, I started a new job at Google, managing a team of Developer Advocates for Google Assistant.

I really love espresso.

## I'm new to TypeScript.

Color can be used to convey a message, evoke an emotion, or even change the way a user interacts with a product.

## Extracting types from a JavaScript object I am brand new to TypeScript, and far from an expert.

I have really enjoyed learning about human cognition - the study of thinking and understanding.

You may have heard of the [Dunning-Kruger Effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect) - people with limited knowledge overestimate their abilities when compared to those with more know-how.

## These are the books that shaped my career I am a voracious learner.

I spent the last week spinning up tools for a new startup I'm working on.

It doesn't feel great to admit this, but for me the day _after_ Christmas is one of the most refreshing days of the year.

I have spent _quite_ a few hours over the last few years publishing tutorials, podcasts, newsletters, and videos in an effort to share my knowledge and expertise with the world.

## Your about page tells the world who you are, and what matters to you For many developers, the about page is one of the most important pages on your website.

## You have _got_ to try this!

## The bottom line: It's time to leave Twitter As Twitter changes, ask yourself: Are you willing to follow any authority, even at the expense of your values?

Hey friend, Earlier this week, I had a discussion on Polywork with Brian Green, who is the founder of a learning platform called Curricular.

Hi friend, Today I want to talk about publishing things online.

## This is how my day went last Thursday: **08:00am** - hop on a zoom call with a teammate to discuss Twitter's developer conference, Chirp, which had been canceled the night before.

It's no secret that I like playing with new tech, and lately there has been no shortage of AI tools making the news.

After I finished undergrad, I was hired by Microsoft to work in their consulting organization.

I never got on well with art when I was a kid.