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I am both surprised and not surprised - AWS announced (close to a month ago) the fact that they are retiring the AWS documentation on GitHub.

I am a big believer in good documentation being an essential part of the product. Good docs are hard to come by for several reasons, not the least being the fact that writing good docs is hard.

I’ve worked a fair bit of my PM career leading the efforts in improving the API documentation experiences for developers. Nothing opens your eyes more to the pain of developers than actually building the tooling that makes API docs happen.

For some time, I needed a way to use caffeinate on Windows. If you are coming from macOS, you know how useful this utility can be when you want to keep the computer awake for some definite or indefinite time. So, following the engineer mindset, I decided to build my own, starting with a PowerShell script.

As I was fiddling with some automation scenarios at home, I thought of putting the Synology Network Attached Storage (NAS) to good use. That is, in addition to all the photo backup stuff it’s already doing.

A twist on a project I worked on a couple of years ago, that makes it easier to get the Nest HD camera stream without hacky workarounds.

An approach to making sure that your private keys don’t end up checked in with your source code.

Some of the must-have applications for your daily macOS setup, collected from my own experience.

Whenever you think about process, training and tools are often more important than having hard governance standards.

Get to know some tools that can make you a more organized product manager.

How to use email composition APIs in Windows Phone for fun.