Paul Stamatiou is a designer who codes
Welcome to my corner of the web where I write about design, code, startups and just about anything that interests me. I've designed, built and written for this site for 19 years now.
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- Georgia Tech BS, CM (CS + Design)
- Two-time Y Combinator alum
- Joined Twitter design team pre-IPO, stayed 9 years
- Recently lived in NYC, currently in San Francisco
Moving from Amazon S3 to Netlify
Why I decided to move away from Amazon S3 and host this website with Netlify.
October 4, 2020
Writing more
I'm going to try something different and write more short-form posts here.
October 3, 2020
Getting started with security keys
How to stay safe online and prevent phishing with FIDO2, WebAuthn and security keys.
October 21, 2019
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New York
Why it was time to say bye to San Francisco.
July 22, 2019
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Made on an iPad Pro
How the 12.9-inch iPad Pro took me by surprise and replaced my laptop.
June 12, 2018
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Building a Lightroom PC
Why I switched to Windows and built a water-cooled 5.2GHz 6-core editing machine
January 22, 2018
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Reading more
Why I got a Kindle and set a goal to read 24 books in 2017
January 23, 2017
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Getting started with Raspberry Pi
What you can do with a tiny $35 computer and how I built a digital photo frame
June 27, 2016
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Review: Project Fi by Google
Thoughts after one month with the wireless carrier
December 4, 2015
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10 years blogging
Thoughts on blogging and why I'm still doing it
August 2, 2015
Storage for Photographers (Part 2)
How 12TB of network-attached storage changed my digital life and why you need it too.
July 23, 2015
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Designing Twitter Video
A look into the design and prototyping process behind Twitter Video on iOS and Android.
February 2, 2015
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Traveling and photography (Part 1)
How and why I create photo stories.
January 14, 2015
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Getting started with drones
Everything you need to know about how drones work, how to fly them and modify them.
July 30, 2014
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Provide meaning with motion
Why motion design is now a required skill for designers.
July 2, 2014
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