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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 overlap, what's your plan there?
Yes. My chats don't get new messages without exiting and entering, I'm assuming because it's still in research preview...
> 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 knows, you might be able to build a business from it
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
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 not familiar with the code AI wrote and 2) what it writes is generally more complicated.
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't have to choose something adhoc, and put my phone away to minimise social media distractions.
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 easy as possible. You can use our Backend API directly to retrieve all data for your users except for passwords: https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Users#opera...
If you need encrypted passwords in the export, you can contact our support team who will verify your account and provide a link from within your Clerk Dashboard to download the complete export directly.
The first line from the agile manifesto:
Individuals and interactions over processes and toolsIt's all about communication and hiring. I've found agile to ensure the bottom 10% participate in important discussions (stand-ups, refinement meetings, feedback on process in retros).
If you hire the right people that take initiative and over-communicate, a lot of process suddenly seems unnecessary.
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 by providing an interactive patch style interface.
That, and the autocomplete is more accurate and faster (I think it has access to recent history and clipboard?)
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 means (no dependents, no debt, savings) I would quit your job if you think you prevent overwork :).
Use lead indicators instead of lag indicators. Focus on measuring your day to day focus instead of some long term goal.
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
* Alchemist
* IndieBio
* Plug & Play
* Founders Institute (they also have a list of events)
* Start-Up Grind
* SF Start-Up Networking
* MeetUp
* Eventbrite
* Garysguide (great source)
* AllEvents.in
Regular exercise. When you seriously make it a priority, it starts to positively affect the rest of your life.
If layoffs are any indicator, looks like they're slowly declining: 2023Q4 almost half of 2023Q3
https://layoffs.fyi/
Separate your capture process from your categorisation/prioritisation process