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One of the best meetups in Ōtautahi!

First CTA is to signup. For what? 'From the Community' section reports 'Failed to fetch'

Remote roles mean you're not just competing with other Americans, but the rest of the world, which likely means a lot lower pay. Also seems like Aus/US have barely any work hour ov…

Yes. My chats don't get new messages without exiting and entering, I'm assuming because it's still in research preview...

Are you white?

Your network

> Update, Expanding to Pro and Max plans, 23 Oct 2025

I'm planning on using tanstack start in my next project. Seems to have had a lot of good press recently

It's the same as with any other new tech, start using it. Use Claude Code, Figma MCP, Supabase MCP, Lovable, v0.dev. Find where your interests overlap interesting tech, and who kno…

What's changed? Did you get older?

HTML + CSS + Github. Save the webpage as PDF in repo after any changes

Eating healthy and exercise. It's a lot easier to focus when you're in a good mood

Definitely. Just find a use case where you need the performance

C-base in Berlin

I'm sceptical that you can create entire apps. It might be good to get an MVP off the ground, but once you need to modify code it gets exponentially complicated because: 1) you're …

Amazing initiative! After hearing this I'm definitely keen to try out Clerk for my next project

Identify all the elements that sap your attention and either have a way to prepare beforehand or a strategy to avoid them. Example: I make sure to choose music beforehand so I don'…

Lock in is definitely a valid concern, I emailed customer support and they replied with this: Certainly understandable to worry about lock-in! We do try and make data exports as ea…

The first line from the agile manifesto: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools It's all about communication and hiring. I've found agile to ensure the bottom 10% pa…

Magicpatterns.com. It's similar to v0.dev but seems to just produce better looking UI. Midjourney for stock images, or branded content. Sometimes it's even useful for icons.

Amazing. I've tried co-pilot and tabnine extensively and I think it solves one of the major pain points both have: not having an easy way of inserting/modifying code it generates b…

If you're seriously worried about your health, the only solution is to reduce your working hours. If you're making decent progress with side projects and you have the financial mea…

Use lead indicators instead of lag indicators. Focus on measuring your day to day focus instead of some long term goal.

Although it's not my stack of choice, it's generally a good starting point: https://github.com/ixartz/SaaS-Boilerplate

Luckily I was just sent these recommendations today by a friend! Here you go: * Y Combinator * Stanford’s Accelerator StartX * Berkeley’s Accelerator Skydeck * 500 Start-Ups * Alch…