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This was the name of my blog, back when I wrote one. I often do that when I need to think deeply. https://blog.jdconley.com

I wrote some code with an IMAP lib. Wasn't too happy with out of the box things. The smaller Deepseek models are most interesting for self hosting LLM's at the moment. Impressive! …

awesome! how do you do email delivery? i still have to route things through an external service to get that to really work. oh yeah, i gave my son access and he hosts Rust and Mine…

I've been playing around with this the last couple years, slowly adding to my pile of hardware in the cabinet. Who else? I currently have a Synology NAS, a couple mini-pcs, a gamin…

The standup questions are awkward motivation killers. The people that look good in those meetings are usually just pandering. I'm convinced standups have stuck around because they …

It seems to me that this is the risk you take when you create an unofficial add-on to any product. I've helped reverse engineer vehicle ECU's to reprogram the fuel injection, turbo…

A 2.5% royalty will make them unprofitable? [0] [0] https://unity.com/pricing-updates

Unity's just outgrowing the early adopters. The starving indies will move on to the next up and coming engine. Professionals will continue using Unity (and UE, which also charges r…

I'll have to try this! I have reflux or heartburn daily if I don't do things right. A few things help me. 1) Don't have an empty stomach. My stomach goes crazy. 2) Don't overeat. L…

Yeah this is my experience as well. You can share a ton of code if you think about it up front. But the UI is not worth it. So different.

@garry did a rebuttal video to this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjgUPUKD-Sc

React Native. TypeScript. NestJS backend, NextJS frontend. The ability to easily share code across the full stack is underrated. Of course you need someone that thinks at that high…

The biggest confidence boost as a new programmer was the first time I wrote some software on my own, other people used it, it worked, and they liked it. This happened within about …

Menlo Park, CA | REMOTE | Full-time | https://afterhour.com Come work with a couple YC alum to build the next great finance platform that doesn't take itself too seriously. Our top…

Housing is not a right in the US. It's a for-profit endeavor. Unless that fundamental thing changes expect rents to go up as much as the market will bear and landlords to do everyt…

I feel the same way when I'm in a position like that. It's why I gravitate toward small pre product market fit startups as either one of the first employees or founder. There is on…

Can I get in on that beta? Submitted the form yesterday. Currently building something that could use it. ;)

I'm definitely a hacker/artist type vs engineer. I like shipping things, stumbling around, finding a path, not planning them out and executing that plan. By the time I've planned s…

Ship stuff. Build something, anything, and put it in the wild. Make it open source. Repeat. Startups will hire you.

Nest is impressive. Especially if you came from .Net or Java. I just started a new project with Nest recently and it was a breath of fresh air. It has all the bits I had to add man…

Brava Home, Inc. | Full-time | Remote VP of Software Engineering Come to Brava and take charge of our Software Engineering organization. To be specific, take over my job. I'm repla…

This is a cool project. One of my pet ideas that I haven't done is to build a home assistant where all data is stored and processed by a home "server". The biggest benefit I see is…

Product-oriented Engineering Leader Location: SF Bay Area, CA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: A lot Resume/CV: https://www.jdconley.com Email: jd.conley@gmail.com…

I’m investigating a project to up-cycle old, unused, electronics that are functional. Specifically anything that can run custom software. Mobile phones, tablets, laptops, etc. Do y…

No, being a tad stealthy right now.