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I'm Vincent Yao, an entrepreneur & software developer who does things sometimes and occasionally writes about them.
Blog Posts
Mapping the Passion Economy
What are the basis vectors of the passion economy? 👀
Jun 19, 2021
Passion Economy
Creator Economy
Research
A Guide to Finding Awesome Co-Founders
An in-depth guide to co-founder dating and how to find success by partnering with the right types of people.
Feb 26, 2021
Startups
Career
Creator Economy 101
The best resources for getting up to speed with the creator economy, passion economy, and the goal of building a more fulfilling future of work. No fluff; quality > quantity. 💪
Feb 12, 2021
Creator Economy
Passion Economy
Research
The Social Audio Revolution
Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces, Fireside.. what's the big deal about social audio?
Feb 11, 2021
Tech
Research
Passion Economy
Why I'm so Hyped about the Passion Economy
I'm embarking on a new journey, and this is my mission statement.
Feb 6, 2021
Passion Economy
Career
Research
Saasify Key Takeaways
Everything I wish I'd known before starting Saasify 2 years ago.
Jan 25, 2021
Saasify
Startups
Career
Saasify VC Feedback
Sharing real feedback from top VCs over the past 2 years of bootstrapping Saasify.
Jan 24, 2021
Saasify
Startups
Career
Next.js Notion Starter Kit
The perfect starter kit for building beautiful websites with Next.js and Notion.
Jan 20, 2021
Web Dev
OSS
Node.js
React.js
Projects
Developer + X = Entrepreneur
A single key insight that separates developers from successful entrepreneurs.
Apr 25, 2020
Startups
Career
Left Pad as a Service
With this SaaS product, our team was so focused on simplicity that we almost forgot to add functionality.
Apr 2, 2020
OSS
SaaS
Saasify
Saasify's Approach to OSS
Saasify is an open core company. What does that mean, and why is open source so important to us?
Mar 26, 2020
Saasify
OSS
Startups
Finding Your Passion as a Developer
When was the last time you worked on a project where you truly believed in and cared about the problem you were trying to solve?
Feb 21, 2020
Career
Startups
Software Development
Pivoting & Marketing
Announcing a pivot for Saasify and our new marketing site.
Feb 17, 2020
Saasify
SaaS
Subscription Billing for Saasify
We're proud to launch a much tighter integration between Saasify and Stripe to support all of the most common SaaS billing models.
Jan 30, 2020
Saasify
SaaS
Data Fingerprinting in JavaScript
Using content-based addressing (aka data fingerprinting) to make your apps faster and more secure with some practical JavaScript examples.
Jan 26, 2020
Node.js
Computer Science
Free Resources for Indie SaaS Devs
A breakdown of the best free resources I've found for developers bootstrapping their own indie SaaS businesses in 2020. 🔥
Jan 18, 2020
Saasify
SaaS
Modern web a11y
We're excited to help enable a more accessible & inclusive web via Ta11y, an open source suite of modern web accessibility testing tools.
Jan 14, 2020
Startups
Web Dev
Puppet Master
Puppet Master is a new serverless API for controlling headless chrome in the cloud.
Oct 24, 2019
Saasify
Saasify enables you to monetize your OSS projects.
Sep 1, 2019
OSS
Startups
Saasify
Scraping the web with Node.js
An in-depth guide to building a minimal, robust web scraper for extracting structured data on the internets.
May 28, 2019
Node.js
Building a WebGL Gallery in React
A tutorial on how to build a fluid media gallery in React powered by WebGL.
Dec 12, 2018
React.js
Building a Polyfill for React Suspense
The best way to understand a software concept is to build it yourself. Let's build a simplified version of React Suspense!
Aug 31, 2018
React.js
My Journey Through Open Source
Why I find working on open source so rewarding and a breakdown of some of my favorite projects.
Aug 6, 2018
OSS
Automagical Architecture
A breakdown of a modern startup’s tech stack with a focus on JavaScript and simplicity. Acquired in the Fall of 2018!
Jun 18, 2018
Startups
Node.js
Mastering the Art of NPM
Tips for becoming more productive as a JavaScript developer by making efficient use of the NPM library.
Mar 26, 2018
Node.js
🔥 JavaScript Modules Worth Using 🔥
A quick breakdown of the most useful JavaScript modules that I find myself using over and over again. From yarn to p-map to cheerio to d3-random, these modules are worth checking out!
Mar 9, 2018
OSS
Node.js
Making Your Code Beautiful
The best techniques for sharing code snippets and screencasts that will help propel your open source projects to success.
Mar 7, 2018
OSS
Node.js
Publishing Baller React Modules
A guide + boilerplate for publishing modern React modules with Rollup.
Nov 1, 2017
OSS
React.js
Gaming CS Interviews
Dream of developing software at a prestigious tech company like Google or Facebook, but don't have a CS background? We got your back!
Sep 28, 2017
Computer Science
Career
Deep-Dive into AI Video Creation
Introducing our new startup, Automagical.
Sep 6, 2017
Startups
Video
Ionic vs React Native
We present a direct comparison of analogous open source Ionic and React Native clients for Text Blast, discussing their differences in terms of development experience and resulting app quality.
Feb 15, 2016
Projects
App Dev