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title: "Writing on startups, product & engineering – Colin Armstrong"
description: "Essays by Colin Armstrong, founder of Paragraph, on startups, product, engineering, and the open web. Subscribe to get new posts by email."
url: "https://armstr.ng/writing"
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# Writing

Thoughts on startups, product, engineering, and whatever else is on my mind. If you'd like to follow along, subscribe by email at https://armstr.ng/writing or follow the [RSS feed](https://armstr.ng/feed.xml).

## Archive

4 posts since 2022.

### 2024

- [The data spectrum: portable, usable & interoperable](https://armstr.ng/writing/data-spectrum), Oct 15, 2024: Moving beyond just exportable data.

### 2023

- [Wallets instead of emails for identity](https://armstr.ng/writing/identity-wallets-over-emails), Jan 14, 2023: Why open & permissionless systems can lead to better identity.

### 2022

- [Spending time deliberately](https://armstr.ng/writing/spending-time-deliberately), Oct 23, 2022: Thoughts on doing my best work.
- [Personal automation with Huginn using Slack, Docker and GCP](https://armstr.ng/writing/personal-automation-with-huginn-using-slack-docker-and-gcp), Sep 20, 2022