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Last night around 11:42 PM, Marco sent me a GitHub link with the kind of message that usually leads to trouble: "this might kill your subscription habit." Rude....
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There is a moment in every freelancer's life when they realize their "system" of scattered Google Docs, three different Trello boards, and an inbox with 847 unr...
Let me tell you something embarrassing. Last year, three people on my team were using "Company123!" as their password for our project management tool. One guy h...
Last April, I made a mistake that cost me $4,200 in IRS penalties. My bookkeeper had been handling payroll manually — spreadsheets, calculator, the whole ...
Last March, I nearly had a breakdown during tax season. My "system" — a nightmare spreadsheet held together with duct tape and prayers — finally imploded wh...