Pao Ramen
@paoramen.com
🍼 Stay at home dad.
🦄 Former founder and CTO at Factorial.
I craft products @ https://ramensoft.net:
☕️ https://fika.bar
🎩 https://handinger.com
🀄️ https://whatajong.com
🦄 Former founder and CTO at Factorial.
I craft products @ https://ramensoft.net:
☕️ https://fika.bar
🎩 https://handinger.com
🀄️ https://whatajong.com
I just wrote my most detailed article ever.
It breaks down the entire recruiting pipeline I used to hire 150+ engineers with a single recruiter.
From lead generation to closing: every step, tricks, questions, templates...
If you think hiring engineers is hard, read this!
It breaks down the entire recruiting pipeline I used to hire 150+ engineers with a single recruiter.
From lead generation to closing: every step, tricks, questions, templates...
If you think hiring engineers is hard, read this!
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I just wrote my most detailed article ever.
It breaks down the entire recruiting pipeline I used to hire 150+ engineers with a single recruiter.
From lead generation to closing: every step, tricks, questions, templates...
If you think hiring engineers is hard, read this!
It breaks down the entire recruiting pipeline I used to hire 150+ engineers with a single recruiter.
From lead generation to closing: every step, tricks, questions, templates...
If you think hiring engineers is hard, read this!
"Generative AI is so good, you can't tell anymore what images are real or not"
I present you, the 4x3 rubik cube.
I present you, the 4x3 rubik cube.
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"Generative AI is so good, you can't tell anymore what images are real or not"
I present you, the 4x3 rubik cube.
I present you, the 4x3 rubik cube.
I want more human-written content on the Internet.
So bad that I hand-drew this entire animation, frame by frame, just to make you click on the damn button.
So bad that I hand-drew this entire animation, frame by frame, just to make you click on the damn button.
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I want more human-written content on the Internet.
So bad that I hand-drew this entire animation, frame by frame, just to make you click on the damn button.
So bad that I hand-drew this entire animation, frame by frame, just to make you click on the damn button.
I can vividly hear the conversation between the growth PM and the product designer:
"I don't care about your stupid padding. It's bigger, it converts more."
"I don't care about your stupid padding. It's bigger, it converts more."
October 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I can vividly hear the conversation between the growth PM and the product designer:
"I don't care about your stupid padding. It's bigger, it converts more."
"I don't care about your stupid padding. It's bigger, it converts more."
Earlier this year I dipped my toes into game design. It taught me a brutal truth:
Tutorials are the hardest design problem.
The best ones don’t explain: they let you play.
I’ve rebuilt Fika’s onboarding with the same principle:
No walkthroughs. No walls of text.
You learn by doing.
Tutorials are the hardest design problem.
The best ones don’t explain: they let you play.
I’ve rebuilt Fika’s onboarding with the same principle:
No walkthroughs. No walls of text.
You learn by doing.
September 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Earlier this year I dipped my toes into game design. It taught me a brutal truth:
Tutorials are the hardest design problem.
The best ones don’t explain: they let you play.
I’ve rebuilt Fika’s onboarding with the same principle:
No walkthroughs. No walls of text.
You learn by doing.
Tutorials are the hardest design problem.
The best ones don’t explain: they let you play.
I’ve rebuilt Fika’s onboarding with the same principle:
No walkthroughs. No walls of text.
You learn by doing.
The tech industry once revengefully belonged to nerds: kids bullied for being bad at sports but good at math. That’s changed. Now broccoli-haired weight lifters flood YC with AI startups. What’s left for the next generation of nerds?
September 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The tech industry once revengefully belonged to nerds: kids bullied for being bad at sports but good at math. That’s changed. Now broccoli-haired weight lifters flood YC with AI startups. What’s left for the next generation of nerds?
Fika doesn’t even have a logo.
I went digging for inspiration in old zines, risograph prints, tolkien's watercolors, pryca and the moomins. No relation among those items other than vibes.
Here are some of the ideas that came out. Anything worth exploring further?
I went digging for inspiration in old zines, risograph prints, tolkien's watercolors, pryca and the moomins. No relation among those items other than vibes.
Here are some of the ideas that came out. Anything worth exploring further?
September 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Fika doesn’t even have a logo.
I went digging for inspiration in old zines, risograph prints, tolkien's watercolors, pryca and the moomins. No relation among those items other than vibes.
Here are some of the ideas that came out. Anything worth exploring further?
I went digging for inspiration in old zines, risograph prints, tolkien's watercolors, pryca and the moomins. No relation among those items other than vibes.
Here are some of the ideas that came out. Anything worth exploring further?
Interactive articles are awesome.
They turn abstract concepts into something you can see and play with.
That’s now possible on fika. Authors can drop in interactive Snippets directly in their posts. I used it to run a double pendulum… and Doom.
fika.bar/paoramen/can...
They turn abstract concepts into something you can see and play with.
That’s now possible on fika. Authors can drop in interactive Snippets directly in their posts. I used it to run a double pendulum… and Doom.
fika.bar/paoramen/can...
September 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Interactive articles are awesome.
They turn abstract concepts into something you can see and play with.
That’s now possible on fika. Authors can drop in interactive Snippets directly in their posts. I used it to run a double pendulum… and Doom.
fika.bar/paoramen/can...
They turn abstract concepts into something you can see and play with.
That’s now possible on fika. Authors can drop in interactive Snippets directly in their posts. I used it to run a double pendulum… and Doom.
fika.bar/paoramen/can...
The new iPhone lineup feels like Pro = masculine, Air = feminine.
Are we quietly sliding back into gendered marketing?
Are we quietly sliding back into gendered marketing?
September 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The new iPhone lineup feels like Pro = masculine, Air = feminine.
Are we quietly sliding back into gendered marketing?
Are we quietly sliding back into gendered marketing?
I'm sorry Apple but no, you are not Teenage Engineering.
September 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I'm sorry Apple but no, you are not Teenage Engineering.
The next version of Fika will have interactive snippets!
This means that you will be able to create interactive articles with some dynamic blocks.
Why am I building this? Honestly, for myself. I'm writing an article about hiring, and I want to show how an org-chart simulator.
This means that you will be able to create interactive articles with some dynamic blocks.
Why am I building this? Honestly, for myself. I'm writing an article about hiring, and I want to show how an org-chart simulator.
September 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The next version of Fika will have interactive snippets!
This means that you will be able to create interactive articles with some dynamic blocks.
Why am I building this? Honestly, for myself. I'm writing an article about hiring, and I want to show how an org-chart simulator.
This means that you will be able to create interactive articles with some dynamic blocks.
Why am I building this? Honestly, for myself. I'm writing an article about hiring, and I want to show how an org-chart simulator.
Atlassian acquiring The browser company.
September 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Atlassian acquiring The browser company.
AIconomics in a nutshell:
The last hour I sold $120 (I really did!)
A day has 24 h.
A year has 365 days.
$120 * 24h/d * 365d/year = $1.051.200/year
That's 1M ARR in one hour!!!
The last hour I sold $120 (I really did!)
A day has 24 h.
A year has 365 days.
$120 * 24h/d * 365d/year = $1.051.200/year
That's 1M ARR in one hour!!!
July 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
AIconomics in a nutshell:
The last hour I sold $120 (I really did!)
A day has 24 h.
A year has 365 days.
$120 * 24h/d * 365d/year = $1.051.200/year
That's 1M ARR in one hour!!!
The last hour I sold $120 (I really did!)
A day has 24 h.
A year has 365 days.
$120 * 24h/d * 365d/year = $1.051.200/year
That's 1M ARR in one hour!!!
Distribution is king.
No, most engineers don't use Cursor, but Copilot.
The same as most companies run on Teams, not Slack.
Never bet against MSFT.
No, most engineers don't use Cursor, but Copilot.
The same as most companies run on Teams, not Slack.
Never bet against MSFT.
July 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Distribution is king.
No, most engineers don't use Cursor, but Copilot.
The same as most companies run on Teams, not Slack.
Never bet against MSFT.
No, most engineers don't use Cursor, but Copilot.
The same as most companies run on Teams, not Slack.
Never bet against MSFT.
Today I've implemented import/export for bookmarks and feeds at Fika.
I was positively impressed that exporting all my ~6k bookmarks worked instantly, when most cloud-based applications take forever (if they implement export at all).
Another win for local-first!
I was positively impressed that exporting all my ~6k bookmarks worked instantly, when most cloud-based applications take forever (if they implement export at all).
Another win for local-first!
July 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Today I've implemented import/export for bookmarks and feeds at Fika.
I was positively impressed that exporting all my ~6k bookmarks worked instantly, when most cloud-based applications take forever (if they implement export at all).
Another win for local-first!
I was positively impressed that exporting all my ~6k bookmarks worked instantly, when most cloud-based applications take forever (if they implement export at all).
Another win for local-first!
Javascript tip: When a `map` returns null values, we often want to filter these values out.
Most people use `map` + `filter`, but it's good to remember that you can also use `flatMap` and return `[]` instead of null.
Most people use `map` + `filter`, but it's good to remember that you can also use `flatMap` and return `[]` instead of null.
July 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Javascript tip: When a `map` returns null values, we often want to filter these values out.
Most people use `map` + `filter`, but it's good to remember that you can also use `flatMap` and return `[]` instead of null.
Most people use `map` + `filter`, but it's good to remember that you can also use `flatMap` and return `[]` instead of null.
One thing I always miss from Rails is the nice SQL logging.
I've just built a similar logger for @drizzleORM
I've got quite close, except the duration which can't be done since drizzle logs the query before it executes it.
gist.github.com/masylum/d081...
I've just built a similar logger for @drizzleORM
I've got quite close, except the duration which can't be done since drizzle logs the query before it executes it.
gist.github.com/masylum/d081...
July 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
One thing I always miss from Rails is the nice SQL logging.
I've just built a similar logger for @drizzleORM
I've got quite close, except the duration which can't be done since drizzle logs the query before it executes it.
gist.github.com/masylum/d081...
I've just built a similar logger for @drizzleORM
I've got quite close, except the duration which can't be done since drizzle logs the query before it executes it.
gist.github.com/masylum/d081...
Looking for a job? Or maybe you’ve been inspired by Soham Parekh?
Automate job search using n8n and Handinger. The workflow pulls listings from multiple job portals, evaluates how well each offer matches your profile and expectations, and sends a curated daily email. handinger.com/blog/soham-b...
Automate job search using n8n and Handinger. The workflow pulls listings from multiple job portals, evaluates how well each offer matches your profile and expectations, and sends a curated daily email. handinger.com/blog/soham-b...
July 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Looking for a job? Or maybe you’ve been inspired by Soham Parekh?
Automate job search using n8n and Handinger. The workflow pulls listings from multiple job portals, evaluates how well each offer matches your profile and expectations, and sends a curated daily email. handinger.com/blog/soham-b...
Automate job search using n8n and Handinger. The workflow pulls listings from multiple job portals, evaluates how well each offer matches your profile and expectations, and sends a curated daily email. handinger.com/blog/soham-b...
I wrote a blog post about how to use Handinger to extract information from websites using Google Sheets. Probably the easiest way to do web scraping I've ever seen.
From a list of emails, get a screenshot and also a summary from their company website.
handinger.com/blog/web-scr...
From a list of emails, get a screenshot and also a summary from their company website.
handinger.com/blog/web-scr...
June 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wrote a blog post about how to use Handinger to extract information from websites using Google Sheets. Probably the easiest way to do web scraping I've ever seen.
From a list of emails, get a screenshot and also a summary from their company website.
handinger.com/blog/web-scr...
From a list of emails, get a screenshot and also a summary from their company website.
handinger.com/blog/web-scr...
I'm introducing more options to Handinger, and I can't offer a flat price anymore. This is going to be the new pricing. What do you think?
June 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I'm introducing more options to Handinger, and I can't offer a flat price anymore. This is going to be the new pricing. What do you think?
Little known secret: Half of the S&P 500’s total value depends on just these two pages.
May 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Little known secret: Half of the S&P 500’s total value depends on just these two pages.
New interview question for backend developers:
Implement a service that opens a transaction, does a bunch of heavy updates on parallel, and commits the transaction once they are all done.
Language: Whatever you want.
Database: PostgreSQL
Can you solve it without asking an AI?
Implement a service that opens a transaction, does a bunch of heavy updates on parallel, and commits the transaction once they are all done.
Language: Whatever you want.
Database: PostgreSQL
Can you solve it without asking an AI?
May 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
New interview question for backend developers:
Implement a service that opens a transaction, does a bunch of heavy updates on parallel, and commits the transaction once they are all done.
Language: Whatever you want.
Database: PostgreSQL
Can you solve it without asking an AI?
Implement a service that opens a transaction, does a bunch of heavy updates on parallel, and commits the transaction once they are all done.
Language: Whatever you want.
Database: PostgreSQL
Can you solve it without asking an AI?
I've recently built a little mobile game, and many people asked me if I've built it with AI but for some reason, mahjong is "out of distribution". I tried to generate mahjong tiles, layouts and code, but it was mostly a waste of time. Here are for example stitch and v0 results.
May 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I've recently built a little mobile game, and many people asked me if I've built it with AI but for some reason, mahjong is "out of distribution". I tried to generate mahjong tiles, layouts and code, but it was mostly a waste of time. Here are for example stitch and v0 results.