1. External validation for a new idea At the start of a project, Iām not sure if only I have the problem I want to solve. The more emails that join my wait list, the more excited people are about solving the problem. I try to be super straight up about who my product is for on the landing page. I also try to scope down the communicated project features as much as possible....
Today I built a wait list landing page for a new project of mine. I did it in around 2 hr 55 min. This is a PB for me. I could definitely have done it faster, but with the trade offs I wanted, I am quite happy. The Strategy Note: Iām not affiliated with the brands mentioned. 1. Audit current state of drag-and-drop website builders Time: 45 min | Cost: $0...
Reviewing pull requests is a pain in the hole, but a necessary one. It is also massive time sync if youāre actually doing it right. Normal PR Process It often looks like this: Get slack message: āpwetty pwease review my PR :3 pr linkā Open in browser, scroll through the code a bit Inner Monologue: āThis looks mostly understandable? Can I can get away without pulling this locally?ā Decide to run it locally Stash current branchās changes (remember that you have a stash saved!...
Stopping and smelling the roses š¹
I blog sometimes. I publish a good bit of music as well, and yet, no one knows me. This is fine. I happily mosey through life without internet celebrity, but candidly (and probably humanly), it would be nice to get recognition for the things that I make. So how does one get ādiscoveredā? Youtube just recommended me this small linux youtuber, who struck me with a Jimmy Neutron style, brain blast on how these algorithms likely work....
Iām at a quietly frustrating point with my German language learning. Itās an uncomfortable expanse within A1-A2 levels where I pick up a myriad of words in a conversation, but Iām still not confident enough to say much. The usual solution here is one of brute force. Go make a fool of yourself, often and brazenly, in the wild. Talk to people around you, have awkward-as-hell conversations. But, how can I cash in on the ChatGPT hype that way?...
My personal Berlin tourism list.
Scientists keep logbooks for their findings. Why donāt computer scientists? A great place to start doing this is for debugging. Debugging sucks enough as is, make it easier on yourself. A logbook willā¦ šŗ Enumerate where you are in the bug fix journey. Youāll forget this journey when you pick it up tomorrow, write it down. š³ Keep you rooted to the ground. (Creating an āissue stackā.) Related to above, it often feels like youāre completely lost in the aether when youāre 50 opened browser tabs deep into an issue thatās not even the same issue anymore, its a sub issue of a sub issue....
My collection of things I find on my journeys through the internet.
See the website youāre reading this on? I didnāt make this in 10 minutesā¦. But I sure could have if I had this tutorial. So hereās how you can make your own customizable resume website or blog for free in 2021 using the Hugo framework, a few commands in the terminal, Github Pages to host it. Skip to Part 1: Letās make a website if you wanna skip my banter š...