Omid Farhang

It happened to me this morning. After 15 years in the trenches—building frontend architectures, dipping into the backend, leading teams, and surviving countless framework wars—I hit a wall. Not a technical wall, but a conceptual one. I realized I didn’t know what Corepack was. I’ve never actually used Yarn. I’ve heard of test‑managers and code‑generation tools like Orval, but I’ve never managed to actually run one in a production pipeline. ...

We often assume that if a doctor prescribes a medication, the only thing we need to worry about is the primary condition it treats. For over two decades, I lived by this assumption. Diagnostic: High Blood Pressure. Prescription: Atenolol 100 and Triamterene-H. Later, Levothyroxine for my thyroid, and eventually Allopurinol and Atorvastatin. I was “managed.” But management isn’t always the same as health. About ten years into my journey with hypertension, I faced a new challenge: high blood glucose. It was a shock. The doctor prescribed Metformin and Gliclazide. For a while, things were under control, especially after I managed to lose a few kilograms and cut sugary foods from my diet. But then, despite my efforts, my numbers spiked again; my A1C hit a staggering 14.2. ...

You have a startup idea, and you have the skills to build it. As a senior developer, you’ve likely spent years mastering the art of turning requirements into robust, scalable systems. But when you decide to build your own company, you realize that the code is the easy part. The hard part is everything around the code: validation, prioritization, distribution, operations, and leadership. This post is a deep dive into the “Execution Gap.” It’s designed for the developer who can build anything but doesn’t know how to make it a reality in the market. We’re going to move past the clichés and look at the gritty details of startup execution, including the legal and management hurdles that often trip up technical founders. ...