Archive - Rayhan Memon

#44 - Kill Your Darlings.

“The only kind of writing is rewriting”

Jul 7 •

June 2025

#43 - In Loving Memory of Aziz Memon

5:20am, the morning after my birthday, I woke to a call from my Mom in a group chat with me and my sister.

Jun 26 •

#42 - That's the Best I Can Do

It’s my 28th birthday, and I feel lost.

Jun 23 •

#41 - 6 Reasons Why Apps Are Harder Than Websites

I'm a web developer turned app developer.

Jun 23 •

#40 - The Break is the Work

I’m writing this on the last day of the Vancouver WebSummit, one of the biggest tech conferences in the world.

Jun 23 •

#39 - Why Nobel Prize Winners Moonlight (And Why I Will Too)

Now that my side project is my main project, I need a new side project.

Jun 23 •

#38 - Finding Fear.

I don’t like graduation ceremonies.

Jun 23 •

#37 - Burn the Boats.

You don’t get what you want.

Jun 23 •

#36 - Leading Like I Don’t Matter (And Why That Matters)

I’m CTO of a small startup called Wednesday Waffles. We’ve got a scrappy dev team, and things are going pretty well—but I’m still holding the reins too…

Jun 23 •

#35 - Graduating from “Programmer” to “Software Engineer”

“Programmers” obsess over writing optimal code.

Jun 23 •

#34 - No One's Coming to Bail Me Out.

I love my manager.

Jun 23 •

#33 - Do You Really Know Me?

Here’s how I can tell if someone really knows me:

Jun 23 •

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