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Notes on building products
15+ years of software engineering, and the last three spent shipping my own SaaS, browser extensions, and games. These notes cover the engineering, the growth, and the honest trade-offs.
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How to Hide Notifications, Tabs and Sensitive Info When You Share Your Screen
Most screen-share leaks come from notifications, open tabs, autocomplete and the data in the tool you are demoing. This guide gives the exact settings that hide notifications on Mac, Windows, Zoom and Teams, how to hide your tabs, and how to blur what has to stay on screen.
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Emoji Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows, Mac, Chromebook and Linux
Win + . on Windows, Fn + E or Control + Command + Space on Mac, Search + Shift + Space on Chromebook. Every emoji shortcut, fixes, and :shortcodes: for any site.
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LinkedIn has no bold button. Every formatter swaps your letters for Unicode look-alikes. How the trick works, its real trade-offs, and how to use it well.
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Artyom Shimanski
Entrepreneur & Software Developer
I spent more than a decade in software engineering before going all in on my own products three years ago. That turned into 8 products so far, from SaaS platforms to browser extensions and games. Everything here comes from shipping them: no theory I haven't paid for myself.