Fascinating interview with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
In 2007, All Things Digital held a fascinating interview with both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. …
Hi 👋🏼, I'm Steve Francia
I build tools that make developers’ lives better.
I create open source projects including Hugo and Cobra that have earned over 185K+ GitHub stars.
I’ve shaped the modern developer stack: from architecting MongoDB’s user experience and scaling Go at Google, to pioneering container standards at Docker and driving AI at Two Sigma.
Here, I write about the human stack and the art of building products and teams that last.
The Importance of Focus
Imagine if Apple, Disney, Microsoft, etc had chased every oppotunity that they came across. One …
Getting Started With Drupal
Drupal is a very powerful content management solution. It powered an earlier version of this …
Vim Plugins: snipMate
Why use it It’s super easy to use It has tons of snippets It’s pretty well compatible with …
Checking Vendor References
One task that should be part of every IT managers is performing reference checks on potential …
A Better Follow Friday
Follow Friday is a common practice on Twitter where many people spend friday posting things …
Engaging Employees
There is one trait that if possessed can virtually ensure success, the ability to nurture a …
Installing Git on a Shared Host
Git is a fantastic tool and is very useful for deployment. If you can’t install git system wide …
Apple's iconic presentations
Recently a book came out The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to be Insanely Great in …
Vim Plugins: NERD Commenter
The NERD Commenter is an indispensable tool when programming in VIM. It understands like a …
Mastering the Command Line
If you use *nix, no doubt you’ve spent some time on the command line. Here are a few of the …
Conclusion of the Blog-a-thon
Today marks the last post of my blog-a-thon. It has been a learning and growing experience. I …
Take Time to Help Others
While it may not seem intuitive taking time out to selflessly help others will help you more …
Windows 7 launch notes
I was fortunate to be able to attend the Microsoft Launch Developer Preview meeting in NYC. …
54% US Companies Ban Social Media... and That's Fine
According to a study commissioned by Robert Half Technology, an IT staffing company, 54 percent …
Managing Your Social Media Presence
As social media continues to emerge, many professionals are curious on what is the best way to …
The Death of Search
Social media will be the next innovation in the most unlikely of places, search ( leveraging …
How I Blog
Not surprisingly, given my semi random content, I arrive at my posts a few different ways. 1. I …