Design
Designing an admin interface people do not dread
Internal tools get the least design attention and are used the most hours per user. That trade is exactly backwards.
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Stephen Arthur
Writing about technology, design and the systems that connect them. Ex-engineer, permanent generalist, occasional photographer.
14 posts
Technology
The economics of a five-dollar server in 2026
Managed platforms are excellent and expensive. For a personal site, a small VPS is still absurdly good value — with a few caveats worth knowing up front.
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Lifestyle
Cooking for one without the waste
Recipes assume four people. Shopping assumes a family. Here is a system built around the actual constraint: half a bunch of coriander going bad on Thursday.
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Business
Interviewing engineers without the whiteboard theatre
The industry has spent a decade agreeing that algorithm puzzles are a poor signal, and roughly no time replacing them with something better.
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Health
Notes on running your first half marathon
Twelve weeks, three runs a week, and a very strong argument for going slower than feels right.
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