David Nix

Humans made this and then decided to create Javascript

There is always one more.

One more little feature.

One more copy change.

One more design tweak.

Shut up and ship.

Not as pretty. But 2 is exponentially smaller than 4 in UX world.

I could do more to discourage email.

(Email must pass spam filters. And fights with a mountain of other emails for attention.)

But leaving as-is for now.

The cold outreach journey begins!

I'm overthinking this lead gen page but I can't let it go.

While this design looks nice to me, 4 choices may as well be infinity. (Paradox of Choice)

So I changed to 2 initial choices👇

Yes!

I still feel like a wantrapreneur.

The late Charlie Munger kept a list of what NOT to do instead of best practices.

This resonates. There is no playbook for success. You luck into it.

So, entreprenuers who have made it, hit me with your best advice of what NOT to do 👇

Ya feel me?

Question for Python experts:

Is there a good handbook for modern, production-grade python?

E.g. Use pydantic, types, uv, ruff, mypy, etc.

I'm looking for a short guide to modern, opinionated, idiomatic python (if such a thing exists)!

Humans are more than the sum of their tasks

There is one thing you cannot vibe code

It's my most hated part of software.

Permissions

For the love of zeus, will API providers show logs on the backend that tell why API requests are unauthorized?

Channel your inner Backstreet Boys: Tell me why

The best and worst things about software engineering.

Best: The learning never stops
Worst: The learning never stops

On one hand, you're never bored.

On the other, I don't need to learn another way to pull data out of a database or 9 new tools to render a web page.

The uncontrollable urge to spend a day trying a new IDE

must. resist.

Friends don't let friends vibe code DNS

Nightmares

Normies:
Free falling and wake up right before you hit the ground

Me:
Cursor stealing all the secrets in my .env

I run a data intensive web app with a data warehouse storing billions of rows

All for < $50/mo.

My entire app is served from a single unix process.

The secret?

I self-host and don't use JS or Python

And I stand on the shoulders of giants.

Random wisdom:

Seek out a rich life, not riches.

End of an era

Tell me we're in an AI bubble without telling me we're in a bubble.

Random tip

If you have 1password on mac

Command + \ will change your life

My idol

- Create super popular product
- Sell for FU money many times over
- Peace out to travel, surf, golf, and take pretty photos

I only vibe code:

1. Unit tests
2. HTML emails
3. Front end components

Anything more, LLMs cause more trouble than they solve.

6. No burning money because AI agent went off the rails

For CRUD (create read update delete) seems like the best choice.

But I bet I'm missing something.

Serious question

Why do you prefer AI tools to traditional no-code like Wordpress?

6 advantages to Wordpress:

1. Ready-to-use CMS
2. Regular security patches
3. Off-the-shelf integrations
4. Plugin authors worry about the database
5. Host all in one place (no Vercel + Supabase juggling)

Every single indiehacker profile banner. No exceptions.

It do be like that

> "TDD takes too long"
> Spends hours debugging something that used to work

Here's a search for 2 word dot com geos

Nothing too special right now. But just you wait. Bookmark this link and check back in a few days.

yournextdomain.com/?price=&sor...

Well shiz ya'll. My very first domain sale.

Now queue: "I should've charged more. Why didn't I price higher?"

Just kidding. I'm all about moving inventory.

Where can you find sellable geo domains? You guessed it 👇

Who has the best value for embeddings?

You know, making words into numbers.

Ideally want balance of:
- Good price
- Quality embeddings
- Non-restrictive rate limits

Should I just shut up and use OpenAI?

Commit early and often has never been more important than in this age of LLMs.