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Joined March 2018
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834,002,967 - Thats how many tokens ive burned in the last 30 days. Whats the highest youve done in a month?
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Which authentication provider will you choose?
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Whats the best way to learn new tech? - YouTube videos - Docs - Projects - Vibe coding
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Hot take: Vibe Coding wont take you far if youre building a large project.
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Marketing shouldn't be a full time job when you're building a company. That's why I built OnPilot. More info + massive discount in the comments.
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> Claude reducing limits > Models released for corporations, not consumers > Anthropic slowly loosing trust Is the golden age of vibecoding over?
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Crazy trend: Computer Science went from being one of the best degrees one could get to one of the worst in less than a decade.
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Which database are you using for your product? Supabase Postgres Firebase MongoDB Redis SQLite MongoDB MySql
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Want to move from Web Dev → Generative AI in 2026? 🤖 📂 GenAI Roadmap (After Web Development) ┃ ┣ 📂 Foundations ┃ ┣ 📂 JavaScript / TypeScript ┃ ┣ 📂 Basic Python (optional) ┃ ┗ 📂 API handling ┃ ┣ 📂 GenAI Basics ┃ ┣ 📂 LLMs (how they work) ┃ ┣ 📂 Prompt Engineering ┃ ┗ 📂 Tokens, temperature, context ┃ ┣ 📂 Tools & APIs ┃ ┣ 📂 OpenAI API ┃ ┣ 📂 HuggingFace ┃ ┗ 📂 LangChain / LlamaIndex ┃ ┣ 📂 Full Stack AI Apps ┃ ┣ 📂 Next.js (frontend + backend) ┃ ┣ 📂 Prisma (ORM) ┃ ┣ 📂 PostgreSQL (database) ┃ ┗ 📂 Auth (Clerk / NextAuth) ┃ ┣ 📂 Advanced GenAI ┃ ┣ 📂 RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) ┃ ┣ 📂 Vector DB (Pinecone / Weaviate) ┃ ┗ 📂 Embeddings ┃ ┣ 📂 Projects (MOST IMPORTANT) ┃ ┣ 📂 AI chatbot (like ChatGPT) ┃ ┣ 📂 AI SaaS tool ┃ ┣ 📂 Resume / content generator ┃ ┗ 📂 AI dashboard ┃ ┗ 📂 Deploy ┣ 📂 Vercel (Next.js) ┣ 📂 Railway / Render ┗ 📂 Postgres cloud (Supabase / Neon) ❌ Don’t start with full data science or deep ML ✅ Start with GenAI + building apps Retweet & help your fellows avoid the wrong path 🚀
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People need to stop being lazy on here. No dating until Series B. Let’s dream bigger… what, nobody wants an IPO?
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Shipping ❌ Hiking ✔️
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Founder reminder: You don’t have to be “on” all the time. Relax. Reset. Then get back to building.
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If everything is done by AI in the future, what is left for us?
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TOP 10 DEGREES MADE USELESS thanks to AI: Finance & Accounting COMPUTER SCIENCE Cybersecurity Business administration Communications English Graphic Design Advertising Marketing Statistics
Hot take: Ai will lower the IQ of the human race
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If you could travel back in time, what year would you go to?
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Hot take: Ai will lower the IQ of the human race
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Interviewer: Why should we hire anyone now that AI can carry more than 80% of the work load, do the same tasks for cheaper and faster. Me: MF you posted the job, you tell me.
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As a developer which one are you building first?
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Is AI making founders more powerful or more replaceable?
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