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bearblog.dev is great, minimalistic, bang on with usages.
Just signed up. Will be using it for sure and will definitely have some contributions as well. Few ideas to chip in.
Kudos great work.
Where are there online communities for people into this kind of tech sub-culture? Most Indie Hacker type communities seem to eventually attract a critical mass of "Hustle Boys" and most startup communities tend to be dismissive of anything that doesn't have hyper-growth potential. It makes sense that a large number of tech entrepreneurs live between these two extremes. Where do they hang out?
I decided to start a Discord for it, it's been on my mind for a while. I'm not interested in the VC moonshot culture, and frankly am not in the location for it anyway. I also don't care for SEO marketing ploys and hustle bullshit. The community values I would want in a community like that are: * A focus on building products that meet real world problems * Pragmatism, stability and longevity in your products * Discuss…
This goes into the direction of something I heard of in the past as "slow business". I started a (now rather small) list, together with the lost manifesto: https://v01.io/2021/01/13/slow-business-list/
For gardening buffs (just in case you were wondering) the granadilla vine is also known as the passion fruit. Which was kind of appropriate for building something you're passionate about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_ligularis
Not sure if there’s scientific basis for this or just an ancient meme.
Happy gardening!
Where are there online communities for people into this kind of tech sub-culture? Most Indie Hacker type communities seem to eventually attract a critical mass of "Hustle Boys" and most startup communities tend to be dismissive of anything that doesn't have hyper-growth potential. It makes sense that a large number of tech entrepreneurs live between these two extremes. Where do they hang out?
I decided to start a Discord for it, it's been on my mind for a while. I'm not interested in the VC moonshot culture, and frankly am not in the location for it anyway. I also don't care for SEO marketing ploys and hustle bullshit. The community values I would want in a community like that are: * A focus on building products that meet real world problems * Pragmatism, stability and longevity in your products * Discuss…
-- Voltaire, Candide
I see you are running blogbear I wonder if we could partner somehow.
I'm the founder and creator of Remarkbox a hosted comment service for static sites.
I just made Remarkbox free: https://www.remarkbox.com/remarkbox-is-now-pay-what-you-can....
All are welcome to use the service!
Like the "Turk" in Vaoltaire's Candide, working on my product (garden) insulates me from the wants and worries projected by todays internet.
Here is my garden: https://www.gorelo.io/
Does he mean `potter`?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The writer is from South Africa, as mentioned in the post. "Putter about" is definitely not a USAism, it's an English expression used throughout the anglophone world that can be spelled "putter" or "potter," meaning the same thing. I've only heard it pronounced "putter" personally. The stats are interesting!
"putter" or "potter," meaning the same thing. I don't think they mean the same in British English. My motorboat "putters about the lake" while I "potter about in my garden". But I could be wrong.
"Potter", OTOH, comes from a word for poking or prodding at the ground (hence appropriate for gardening).
(I suppose with the right kind of ride-on mower, it's possible to "putter about the garden" with appropriate sound effects!)
Checking OED citations, though, it seems the "putter" form (as a variant of "potter", distinct from the sound of an engine "puttering") does have a similar history (both go back to the 1820s).
Still, I'd agree that "potter about the garden" is by far the more common usage.