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What 3 Years of Hacking for Humanity Has Taught Me About Building an MVP in a Weekend
Hackathons

What 3 Years of Hacking for Humanity Has Taught Me About Building an MVP in a Weekend

For the last three years I’ve helped run a public interest hackathon in Sydney called Random Hacks of Kindness. The core idea is pretty simple — charities, non-profits and social enterprises (who we call ‘changemakers’) apply every 6 months with problems that could be solved by technology, and people who

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Alex Gilleran Jan 13, 2019 • 8 min read
Find Your Next Startup Idea in the Trough of the Hype Cycle
Startup

Find Your Next Startup Idea in the Trough of the Hype Cycle

A while ago I was listening to Kevin Systrom talk about how Instagram started on How I Built This, and I was struck by his assessment of what caused them to succeed. They weren’t the first to build a social network around photos, to do it on phones, nor

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Alex Gilleran Aug 19, 2018 • 10 min read
The Asshole’s Guide to Product Validation
Marketing

The Asshole’s Guide to Product Validation

How to Test Your Idea With a Decoy Sales Page

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Alex Gilleran Sep 18, 2017 • 24 min read
Open Source is Missing Out on Microservices - Kubernetes is the Solution
Kubernetes

Open Source is Missing Out on Microservices - Kubernetes is the Solution

How we use Kubernetes and Docker to overcome installation difficulties and distribute our open source microservices project

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Alex Gilleran Sep 18, 2017 • 8 min read
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