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ali
@alivira.com
product manager & design enthusiast (plaid, microsoft)

sharing my thoughts and ideas every day

🏡 NYC, Seattle, Calgary
Added some color shuffle buttons to color.alivira.com. Check it out!
February 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
something else I've been meaning to write about - this was one of those a-ha unlocks one of my first managers helped me with many years back.

you're pretty good at (1) when you graduate - takes intention to get good at (2) and (3)
February 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I've mentioned types of stress a lot the last few days. Just finished a full write-up on it. Summary below!

full read tiny.cc/prodpathstress
February 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Earlier I mentioned two kinds of stress - as I continued to research the categorization, I learned that both stress types map perfectly to the Yerkes-Dodson law - an actual empirical relationship between the diminishing returns of stress on performance.
February 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I've been trying to create a widget for making charts - almost got it!

Other than fixing annotations (rip), I want to add some buttons to automatically add color themes & maybe even some annotations.

Would you use this? charts.alivira.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I'm a very big believer in learning by teaching. Lately I've been using LLMs to try this - ironically, to teach myself how to understand LLM architecture.

The way it encourages you is a nice touch! Has anyone else tried learning with this method? I want to try a voice conversation next.
February 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I always find myself looking up color palettes before making content. Yesterday I thought it might be fun to make a free color harmony picker to help. Check it out!

color.alivira.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I've wanted to learn how we grow. I realized learning to cook gave me a framework

1. Follow → Find a recipe. Learn the basics
2. Adjust → Encounter problems, experiment, build an experience library
3. Create → Use your experience library to improvise from your head

full read @tiny.cc/prodpathcook
February 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM