I’ve made josephmclaughl.in my home on the internet for over ten years, hosting many iterations of my blog and personal website there.
This year, I received an email letting me know that, in order to comply with new regulations imposed by India, I’d need to provide documentation proving my (or my website’s) relationship to India if I wanted to keep the domain.
keep reading →I’ve been thinking lately that it might be one of the most exciting times to be a curious person.
I’ve been in the tech space for 20+ years now, and there was always this pattern: you’d have an idea, get excited, and then hit a wall. You’d need to learn to code, or buy software, or spend months picking up skills you didn’t have. So the ambitious ideas just… sat there. Back burner. Daydream territory. It felt like that was just how it worked.
But it feels like things are shifting. With all the AI tools now, it’s less about what you’re capable of building and more about what you can imagine and how much time you want to spend on it. The tooling isn’t the blocker it used to be.
I keep seeing people do wild stuff. Personal websites that replicate entire operating systems. Interactive simulations of their own phones/apps. Portfolios in the form of 3D games. Weekend projects that would’ve been month-long endeavors before. The distance between “I have an idea” and “I actually made it” is shorter than ever.
It feels like you can just… try things now. See what happens. Take the leap.
Hot/lukewarm take: if you’re making good money, you should be reinvesting a reasonable amount into your health and wellness.
When LeBron spends $1M+ a year on his body we all say “wouldn’t that be nice”, but we won’t spend a proportional amount on our bodies/minds.
Albums 2.0 is available on the App Store! I’m biased, but it’s the best way to enjoy your album collection on iOS! 💿 If you listen to albums on Apple Music (including iTunes purchases), please check it out.
It’s free to download, and if you love it, unlock the Deluxe Edition for life for just $10.
I also put the finishing touches on the new Albums marketing site. I’m overdue for an actual “company” website, but any extra time I have to work on side projects goes into the project itself 😂
People pit Meta Ray-Ban vs Vision Pro as if there can only be one winner when they’re different paradigms. It’s more iPhone vs Mac than iPhone vs Android.
Meaning: even if both product lines “converge” at roughly the same spot, many people will still want both.
As the tedious parts of building software get cheaper, iteration gets easier, and craft matters more. The cream still rises to the top; the details still define the work.
one time someone gave me a compliment that “[my iOS app’s] sheet physics were perfect” (if you know, you know)
i was flattered, but the truth was actually cooler than mimicking the physics perfectly.
keep reading →My biggest takeaway from living on iOS 26 since β1 is that interruptible animations are more important than ever. Most people are talking about the looks, but the morphing views and menus are a bigger deal.
Even if you don’t adopt liquid glass, make your animations fluid.
what a great reminder from Andy Allen of !Boring:
All of your work will be lost to time.
All that remains is impact.
Do it for the culture.
i’m fired up!
Three years ago, I joined a scrappy Series A startup named Commonstock. The journey was full of twists and turns I never could have anticipated: we navigated the sudden run on SVB (our bank at the time), the dramatic end of the ZIRP era, and waves of tech layoffs reshaping the industry.
Despite these headwinds, we found a path forward when Yahoo Finance acquired Commonstock nearly two years ago. Transitioning overnight1 from a tight-knit team of fewer than 20 people to becoming part of one of the internet’s oldest and most iconic companies was an experience I’ll never forget.
At Yahoo Finance, I’m incredibly proud of the work we accomplished — especially launching social features2 that encourage investors of all backgrounds to connect, learn, and grow together. Seeing a vibrant community begin to flourish on such an established platform reinforced my belief in the power of community-driven products.
But startup life has been calling me back. The opportunity to build from the ground up, rapidly iterate, and directly impact users (and the business) at scale is hard to resist.
So, today was my last day at Yahoo Finance. I’ll be taking a couple weeks off to reset, and then I’m excited to be joining the team at Whatnot! 🥳🎉
