Jacob Voytko
bitlog.com
Jacob Voytko
@bitlog.com
Staff backend engineer at Hinge. Ex-Etsy, ex-Google.

https://www.clientserver.dev -- my newsletter on software engineering and the tech industry
I see a lot of people complaining that ChatGPT ruined em dashes for them, but I have taken a different approach.
September 4, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I just hit a milestone with my newsletter this week: 100 free subscribers to my newsletter. It's Client/Server, at www.clientserver.dev
March 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
When you visit an Instagram post on mobile web, the following modal dialog pops up. Both the CTA and the alternative action buttons are “Open Instagram”. The only way to dismiss it is to tap outside of the dialog.
January 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Bless the Discord product manager tasked with increasing engagement who decided to add reaction notifications.

It worked. I engaged with the settings menu like never before and turned this garbage off.
December 12, 2024 at 3:06 PM
From an old Google search. "A monad is..."
November 18, 2024 at 4:19 AM
I've been coding in Golang since it first launched, and I still pause every time.
November 15, 2024 at 5:34 PM
PSA: You can now vote early in New York. If you're in NYC, be sure to research the ballot initiatives outside of official city resources. 2-6 are attempts by Eric Adams and his allies to make it harder to investigate police and other misconduct.
October 28, 2024 at 2:02 PM