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pauldjohns

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About pauldjohns

Paul Johns. Co-founder, Else (https://somethingelse.ai). I run GTM – outbound, content, design partners, In Production newsletter. Previously Parsec (through the Unity acquisition), Druva, RingCentral. What I'm working on at Else: helping PMs and designers ship working prototypes on their real codebase. Backcountry kayaking in Montana when I can.

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    Comment #49008228

    I've been plugging away at a dev tool for a while and trying to find PMF (sound familiar?). Usual challenge: there's a lot of different things we can do but finding the right niche…

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    Comment #48217234

    What happened? Where did the day go? I guess the good news is the world has fewer demons and Raiden is no longer a threat.

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    Comment #48115753

    This advice is unfortunately spot on. I've tried my fair share. Found a well researched piece on acupuncture. Didn't work. But, they did stick needles in my head which was an exper…

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    Comment #48097622

    Cloud sandboxes to run your full stack ( https://eng.somethingelse.ai/ ). Primary use case is with PMs to prototype and build on the codebase, shipping non-opinionated PRs for revi…

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    Comment #48097363

    I am an extrovert myself. My wife, an introvert. Check out "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" - genuinely helped me understand how my wife operates…

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    Comment #48069825

    This made me happy. I didn't realize the UO world was still alive. CC. Raiding guild towers. Setting rune stones inside another faction's castle walls. First website I built was fo…

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    Comment #48038831

    There's no harm in the relationship being strictly related to work, especially if that's what brought you two together in the first place and you found that you complement each oth…