Youssef Boubli

Personel blog
Rejected Bio from The Setup
Yesterday, the autobiographical post I wrote for The Setup went live. I wrote that post over a year ago and then entered into an epic battle with @waferbaby about the length of my “Who are you, and wh
03 MAY 2011 CONTINUE READING
Ten Lessons from GitHub's First Year
NOTE: This post was written in late December of 2008, more than two years ago. It has stayed in my drafts folder since then, waiting for the last 2% to be written. Why I never published it is beyond
29 MARCH 2011 CONTINUE READING
Designer, Architect, Developer
Over the last six years I’ve bootstrapped three successful enterprises (Cube6 Media, Gravatar, and GitHub) and failed to gain traction with a handful of others. After a lot of thought and reflection
11 DECEMBER 2010 CONTINUE READING
Optimize for Happiness
Two days ago I had the pleasure of speaking at Startup School, a yearly conference on entrepreneurism put on by the great folks at Y Combinator. Never before have I see such a high concentration of
18 OCTOBER 2010 CONTINUE READING
Readme Driven Development
I hear a lot of talk these days about TDD and BDD and Extreme Programming and SCRUM and stand up meetings and all kinds of methodologies and techniques for developing better software, but it’s all i
23 AUGUST 2010 CONTINUE READING
The Git Parable
Git is a simple, but extremely powerful system. Most people try to teach Git by demonstrating a few dozen commands and then yelling “tadaaaaa.” I believe this method is flawed. Such a treatment may
19 MAY 2009 CONTINUE READING
Blogging Like a Hacker
Back in 2000, when I thought I was going to be a professional writer, I spent hours a day on LiveJournal doing writing practice with other aspiring poets and authors. Since then I’ve blogged at three
17 NOVEMBER 2008 CONTINUE READING
How to Meet Your Next Cofounder
Over the last few months I’ve seen a number of people looking for cofounders on Hacker News or via their own personal blogs. I think this is, at best, a highly inefficient way to find a cofounder an
03 NOVEMBER 2008 CONTINUE READING