also if you want the
[2021-12-15 02:27:40 PM] : also if you want the familiar music :joy: https://daveceddia.com/safari/
If you wanna get som
[2021-12-14 10:29:25 PM] : If you wanna get some Safari practice in, set yourself a 15 minute timer and take notes on that thread! :point_up: then share your notes here. :wink:
I’ve personally foun
[2021-12-14 03:33:49 PM] : I’ve personally found this to be an amazing thread of cognitive bias to read through, filled with golden, delicious worldview. Thought others may like it (if you haven’t already seen it): https://www.indiehackers.com/post/convince-me-to-use-analytics-on-my-project-504a4182b9
it was really good!
[2021-12-11 05:28:44 PM] : it was really good! Everyone wants to keep meeting once in a while. dceddia even suggested calling it the "Diamond Dogs" (inspired by Ted Lasso) :joy:
*Progress post* :roc
[2021-12-11 01:11:10 PM] : Progress post :rocket:
I finished a large chunk of the course and decided to execute. Found a few ideas but the one I'm closest to is an AI first line writer. This is because it's related to what I do (marketing and sales) so I understand the problem best and I know other people like me have this problem.
What pain will this address? :scream_cat: ...
When people do proje
[2021-12-11 01:01:54 PM] : When people do project-based programming courses (like "I'll show you how to build an app that does X"), how do they usually do them? I can imagine at least 3 possible ways people could do a project-based course:
1. just read the project's code and see how it works, don't run any of it on your computer
2. follow along step by step and run all the code as given
3. take the project as a general prompt and write your own code, and then use the examples as a way to check your work and fix bugs as you run into them...
random thought: i’m
[2021-12-10 11:25:19 AM] : random thought: i’m kinda baffled by people who choose to e.g. spend several months building a highly-polished course, as their first product attempt, and put a huge effort into building and launching it. adam wathan’s (obviously highly successful) refactoring to collections is one example that i think about a lot. i’ve never been able to reconcile the fact that smart, successful people do this, and yet it seems so incredibly risky.
what occurred to me today is that maybe i’ve mostly only heard about the successes, and maybe this approach goes badly much more often than it goes well, and maybe the people who do it successfully are outliers, and it’s not necessarily a smart strategy people to copy....
<@U02KVL4L9EJ> this
[2021-12-09 11:30:39 AM] : John Britton this might help https://www.jasonswett.net/how-i-uncover-pains-in-technical-watering-holes/
:wave: I’m working o
[2021-12-09 09:42:11 AM] : :wave: I’m working on finding pain among web developers and I’ve been noticing that the threads that I find are hyper specific. Things like particular software versions and languages without much in the way of patterns. Any tips on zooming out with this audience so that I’m able to find more general pain?
An interesting pains
[2021-12-08 11:47:31 PM] : An interesting painstorming strategy I'm realizing today:
It's pretty fruitful to review your own search history at the end of a work day to see what pains you've been running into.
No, the pains that you experience aren't necessarily your audience's pains. But if you're a member of the audience you're serving (say, if you're a developer of some kind), then it's very likely that the pain you experienced is shared by your audience. And you can verify that easily: did you come across some juicy threads of pain while searching? Or you could also test the waters by verbalizing that pain in your watering hole of choice....
I've got to "*Score
[2021-12-05 11:37:57 PM] : I've got to "Score your ebombs;make em better" and am curious to hear others experience with connectors in ebombs. I've always been a bit hesitant to add links to other stuff because it feels like I'm distracting the reader from the task at hand or the message I want them to take away. Do you wonder about this too? Have you experienced that there's poor ways to add connectors that pull your reader away from your fix, or do distractions just not happen? I'm aware that...
The winner for the r
[2021-12-05 04:38:42 PM] : The winner for the reunion is Saturday Dec 11th at 10 am Pacific Time (in your timezone)!
:calendar: Add it to your Google Calendar
:computer: We'll use Butter to meet. If you happen to decide to just show up, this is the link to join us on Butter.
:memo: Bring your successes from your work in 2021 and what you're looking forward in 2022!...
After many many many
[2021-12-04 02:58:06 PM] : After many many many years, I've started doing some research again and ended up writing an ebook for an audience I don't normally serve: non-technical folks. I've launched basically a free ebomb (it's FREE) in the form of an ebook and would love anyone with time who has interest in the blockchain some thoughts:
thebiglittle.co...
is anyone interested
[2021-12-02 02:28:54 PM] : is anyone interested in having a end-of-the-year call to celebrate the year's successes and share what's coming next for you next year? I can host a call on butter with up to +50 people so if anyone is interested in something like this, let me know ^.^
starting to think ab
[2021-12-02 11:21:52 AM] : starting to think about the details of my conference launch including especially pricing. how does this plan sound?
monday, january 10th: ticket sales open. price is $199
friday, january 14th: discount period ends, price goes up to $299
...
<https://pythonspeed
[2021-12-01 01:19:55 PM] : https://pythonspeed.com/articles/docker-security-scanner/
most of my traffic i
[2021-12-01 01:10:22 PM] : most of my traffic is search engine traffic, where conversion rates are particularly low, and search engine traffic is heavily desktop oriented
Are there any develo
[2021-11-30 02:51:15 PM] : Are there any developers here who have been involved in onboarding/training Junior devs? I'm looking for some people to have a ~20min call about this topic.
The reason is that I've been struggling to decide which direction to take my business to. I have a course that generates a bit of money so my initial plan was to improve it and double down on marketing. One thing keeps bugging me though: many of my customers are financially stretched because they are students or unemployed. So it feels bad to take their money even though they are happy with the value.
Recently three different people told me independently that they were evaluating my courses for the onboarding of their Junior developers. Now this feels like it might be a great opportunity. This way companies would pay for the course and I have some ideas how other developers could benefit from that as well. ...
Over lunch, I listen
[2021-11-30 01:32:02 PM] : Over lunch, I listened to this podcast about Josh Comeau's launch for his"CSS for JavaScript Developers" course, and it's really inspiring.
Josh mentions he wrote over 150 e-bombs, spent over a year steadily building his audience, and has a really awesome email newsletter (which I'm subscribed to).
Sounds exactly like the 30x500 method :slightly_smiling_face: I'm surprised he didn't take this course, but he's a great 30x500 role model to follow nonetheless...