Karim Hamidou

A few years back (4 years already!) I built Infinity Pools, an extension to block the constantly refreshing feeds from Facebook and Twitter. Unfortunately, after a few months, both websites changed how they refresh their feeds and the extension broke...

Writing a job post feels like pulling teeth, which is why most job posts end up reading like an ambitious mission statement (“We want to disrupt the pizza delivery market!”) followed by laundry list of requirements (Python! Javascript! Mongo! AWS!).
Luckily, there’s a better way to do this – and once you know the proper structure it will be a lot easier, too! It will help you attract candidates who are interested in your culture and technical challenges....

The other day I randomly came across one of Larry Wall’s keynotes, Perl, the first postmodern language. It’s a fascinating read and really articulates what makes scripting languages different from other languages.
I remember when I started using Python, after years of using C. It felt like I finally found a tool that fit my hand. Why that?...