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@matthewmorek #4991

✳︎ design engineer → @ponder ✳︎ explorer of humanism • petrolhead/gearhead ✳︎ React/SwiftUI ✳︎ bento.me/matthew
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to the twitterbot and basement dweller trying to scrape/scan our Ponder predictions:

thanks for the attention! 🙃 we've enabled challenge mode, so you'll have to find another USDC honeypot to pester

service is (almost) back to normal folks!
i just wanna acknowledge that @thirdweb has been killing it lately with v5 SDK, and now shipping some really cool things to support Farcaster ecosystem

the jsdoc examples built into the SDK saved me from searching through online docs; keep'em coming!
while pineapple pizza is a general sacrilege, bbq chicken pizza is an absolute vile abomination
reality hits you hard when you realize 80% of your time this year was spent on the "deploying" task
With all these “wowow” moments of LLMs building whole apps for people as MVPs, how does one “take over” and maintain such creations as a product?

Or do y’all just set Cursor on autopilot and let it fuck around with code and Vercel deployments on your behalf?
My first job was washing dishes at a holiday park in Wales. It paid a measly $8/hr and I lived with my gf in a caravan.

My first tech job was designing and developing e-commerce software for small businesses, and paid $20k/yr (before tax), living with my friends so I could afford to commute 3hrs each day.
there's something refreshing and uplifting about tunes like this one. great songwriting on this record too, likely in my top three favorite Alter Bridge albums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3XEo-4JV4s
This new Jerry Cantrell album is damn good. A master at work.

https://youtu.be/-pxhAc_z5tY?si=ou9oPCBTnlVsluF5
another little test for new error handling. everyone's welcome to give it a shot, those of you who do not follow me especially! 😅
testing some nifty little upgrades to our poll frames at @ponder
gotta love the level of mental gymnastics these people try to pull off to avoid any sense of embracing the reality and a simple fact that choices have consequences
Quote cast but change what the skeleton is holding

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this guy just described the most capitalist tool of all, “capital injection”, like a startup taking vc money to grow, and then claimed “it’s been socialism all along” when it succeeds

dude, that’s called a “trade agreement”, not a “subsidy”

can’t make this shit up

https://x.com/PopescuCo/status/1837566626918461677
working at a pre-PMF startup requires a change in perspective when it comes to quality. you can't afford to ship everything 95% polished, because you can't afford to invest that much effort in ideas which are likely to flop

ship as much quality as it's possible, but not much more

until you find PMF. then go WILD
"so.. you're saying that... [something taken out of context and blown out of proportion]" has got to be the biggest fucking cope when trying to argue with someone, indicative of bad faith approach to a conversation

dude, you didn't even try to understand or listen
this is how California has sent me off vs how Europe has greeted me back

almost as if I was traveling towards a perpetual state of depression… 🫠
using Plexamp instead of Spotify made me explore more of my music library than ever before and rediscover true gems along the way

talk about falling in love with music again and again to a point, where I started having dedicated listening sessions

feels like i stumbled upon an old friend
the market naturally solves real world problems. just need to give it time and kick out the socialists
https://reason.com/2024/09/26/rents-fall-and-listings-increase-after-javier-milei-ends-rent-control-in-argentina/
Right, so let’s get this straight: Alfred Coffee in Marina Del Rey is a missed opportunity for an excellent coffee spot.

Overpriced flat white that doesn’t compare to say, Alana’s Coffee in Mar Vista.
Looking for things to do today in Marina Del Rey, any tips? Got several hours to kill.

cc: @ted
/LA
OpenNext exists because no one at CloudFlare or SST seem to understand (or want to acknowledge), that Next.js deployed outside of Vercel is a dynamic Node.js app and not a static site with interactive bits.

Naturally, you can't just upload it to an S3 bucket and call it a day.

Maybe they should just switch to Astro?
Turns out Ponder team can actually sling a ton to prod between meetings, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. 🙌
farcon was great, but fc dev day (devcon?) was way more wholesome. love to see so many great projects, such as @unofficial, providing a unique take on social. can't wait to try it! (wink-wink: @heavygweit & @christopher)