Key Automation Tools for Streamlining Work Tasks When Notes Fly A strategic guide to workplace automation, arguing the hard part is not the technology but knowing what to automate versus leave manual, illustrated by JPMorgan's COIN platform replacing 360,000 annu… EBEmir Baycan
Differentiating Authentication from Authorization When Notes Fly An explanation of the difference between authentication (proving who you are) and authorization (controlling what an authenticated user can access), illustrated with the 2022 Uber breach where an att… MSMelik Can Sariyer
Attachment Theory and Its Impact on Relationships When Notes Fly An in-depth explainer of attachment theory and its impact on relationships, opening with Harlow's terrycloth-monkey experiments that overturned the food-based view of infant bonding. It traces the th… EBEmir Baycan
Understanding Attachment Styles and Relationships When Notes Fly An explainer of attachment styles, the characteristic patterns people develop for managing closeness, emotional need, and vulnerability in relationships, formed in early childhood and shown to stay r… EBEmir Baycan
Choosing Between Atomic Habits and Deep Work When Notes Fly A guide to choosing between James Clear's Atomic Habits and Cal Newport's Deep Work as a starting framework, explaining that Clear answers how to make behavior automatic while Newport answers how to… EBEmir Baycan
Async Communication Strategies for Distributed Teams When Notes Fly A working playbook for asynchronous communication in distributed teams, arguing the real dividing line for remote success is async-first versus sync-default, not remote versus in-office, since sync-f… EBEmir Baycan
App Monetization Models: How Mobile Apps Make Money When Notes Fly An explainer of how mobile apps make money, walking the six core monetization models: freemium, subscription, in-app advertising, in-app purchases, paid downloads (a declining model), and hybrid comb… MSMelik Can Sariyer
Good API Design Principles: Building Lasting Interfaces When Notes Fly A guide to good API design principles, the conventions that determine whether an API stays intuitive, stable, and evolvable as developers adopt it. It covers resource-oriented design and the noun-ver… MSMelik Can Sariyer
Anchoring Bias: The First Number Shapes Your Mind When Notes Fly An explainer of anchoring bias, the tendency for an initial number to bend subsequent judgments toward it, built around Kahneman and Tversky's 1974 rigged wheel-of-fortune study where an admittedly m… EBEmir Baycan
Anchoring and Adjustment: Influence of Initial Numbers When Notes Fly An in-depth explainer of the anchoring-and-adjustment heuristic, the process by which people estimate by starting from an initial value and adjusting insufficiently, opening with Tversky and Kahneman… EBEmir Baycan