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luthfur

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About luthfur

Creator of The Daily App, a task calendar for makers, builders and creators: thedailyapp.co

Writing about software engineering at: makingsmallercircles.com

Previously at Linkedin, Head of Engineering at Careerify (sold to LinkedIn).

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    I have been able to get some traction via subreddits. They are a good source of early beta testers. Other than that, content and email marketing would be an effective approach to c…

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    I recommend checking out the book E-myth revisited: https://a.co/d/5cWuuDP . I think you will find it helpful here.

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    How are you different than a Klayvio or Attentive?

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    Ordergroove | Engineering Manager | REMOTE | FULL-TIME | https://www.ordergroove.com/jobs/?gh_jid=6653210002 We are looking for an entrepreneurial Engineer Manager to take over the…

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    Reminds me of Josh Waitzkin's concept of "investment in loss". Such a great and rewarding approach if you are able to suspend your ego and practice it.

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    Got a chuckle out of this. "Jon Ross, who wrote the original version of SimCity for Windows 3.x, told me that he accidentally left a bug in SimCity where he read memory that he had…

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    One way to deal with it is by being a producer instead of a consumer. That way you are forced to curate what you consume based on what benefits your "production". For me that has b…

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    Your feeling is shared by many. One way is to curate a set of tools that are your very own. By this I don't mean you build all your tools from scratch. Rather create a mix of "off-…

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    Came across this during some research. Three principles stood out to me: - Match the message to the moment - Never Stop Adapting - Prepare to win

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    When you no longer feel you are learning or when the projects no longer stretch you with challenges. A stagnation of challenging projects can also indicate a general stagnation in …

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    I know how you feel, I just completed and released a beta version of my latest indie product. There were definitely ups and downs on the road. My recommendation is that what you wo…

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    So I can kind of see what you are trying to get at with your product. There are 3 books I recommend you read to help you further: 1. "Competing Against Luck" by Clay Christensen ht…

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    Just posted my reply when I saw this. Yup, I have the same advice. Avoid SPA overhead, keep it simple with server-side rendering and pinch of javascript for some interactive UX.

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    You have sufficient skillset to build what you need. If you want to stick within them, you can go with Flask for Python. You can keep things simple by going "old-school" and render…