JO
James Okonkwo
author
Serial startup engineer with 3 successful exits under his belt. James has been employee #1-10 at multiple companies and specializes in making pragmatic tech decisions that actually ship products.
3 articles
Articles by James Okonkwo

technology
How I Actually Organize Technical Knowledge (After Failing with Notion Databases)
I went from 2,000+ unorganized bookmarks to a queryable knowledge system. Here's the modified Zettelkasten structure that actually works for code.

technology
Staff Engineer vs. EM: What My Calendar Actually Looked Like in Both Roles
I tracked my calendar in both roles. The coding time difference isn't what you'd expect, but one question in my 5-point framework made the choice obvious.

technology
Why I Kept Going Back to Obsidian for Debugging Journals (But Not for Everything)
After 6 months tracking 12 metrics across both apps, the winner came down to one question most comparisons ignore. Spoiler: capture time dropped from 12s to 4s.