@andrewjdavison.com.bsky.social
I build stuff with Replit and Zapier. Sometimes for money, sometimes for fun! From the UK, but living in Hungary for 11+ years. andrewjdavison.com
Nice work - shared!
10.01.2025 18:33 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#beachinpublic
04.01.2025 10:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yay!
04.01.2025 10:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Being the βfriendlierβ platform wasnβt enough as it turns out.
Although imo the βPopular with Friendsβ feed itβs pretty rubbish. Never see anything interesting there.
I agree itβs an issue - mainly I think because people are in a rush and give the most minimal feedback they can.
Any ideas how to solve?
Just cancel all your meetings and donβt add them back, ever π
02.01.2025 22:58 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 4 π 0CTA buttons = essential.
02.01.2025 19:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Blogs are for Google only these days.
Just make sure the people that land there go right into your funnel... even if they don't read the blog.
Knowing nothing about either... Scala sounds more fun π
02.01.2025 18:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Python.
Yours?
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What's next?
Connected!
02.01.2025 17:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Whatβs shipping for January? π
02.01.2025 17:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0What was the first thing you built?
02.01.2025 17:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Always π Zapier consulting, teaching an AI course, writing tutorials for an AI edu site, two newsletters and a bunch of little side hustles.
Latest problem Iβm solving = UptimeRobot killed their free plan so Iβm building myself a replacement. Maybe Iβll open it for others.
Iβm sure there is a golden ratio somewhere hereβ¦ let me know if you find it π
02.01.2025 16:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Letβs do it in public π
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All Iβm saying is that thereβs nothing wrong with practicing on the ideas you have right now to build your skills for when you have an idea that might sell.
You build 3 βuselessβ products and in doing so, get an idea for a useful one. Then it was worth it.
And nowerdays itβs so much easier to do π
I think people underestimate the value of just building something. Anything. Repeatedly. Just for the sake of honing your craft. You get inspired.
Before though it took so long it was hard because you need to do something to earn money alongside.
But now itβs much easier to just build and see.
Not yet but it looks useful. I might show it to Replit Agent and see what it can build with it.
02.01.2025 12:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The good thing about AI coding tools is that this mantra just isnβt that important anymore.
When an MVP can be built in less than 1 hour itβs now totally fine to just test whatever idea pops into your head π
I couldnβt find a tool to crawl my website, check redirects, and spot basic SEO issuesβso I made one! π οΈ
Take a look: https://github.com/nichovski/Sitemap-Crawler
#BuildInPublic
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02.01.2025 12:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Just in the last few weeksβ¦ and uptime checker for my websites, an SEO site for fruit, a doc>HTML converter and a fun app to find local bands on road trips.
02.01.2025 11:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0If you havenβt already, join us.
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Just published the first Replit Builders Community newsletter of 2025.
Itβs going to be a busy year for AI coding agents π₯
rpltbldrs.com/p/2025-will-...
#buildinpublic
If you want a blow-by-blow account of using
@Replit
for a SUPER fun interactive video art πΌοΈ project, check this outβ¦
I present: Voronoi Cam. voronoi.replit.app
See the world through voronoi tiles!
Watch it pulses in time with sounds around youβ¦
It cost me $9.25 (of $50 autorefresh credits) π§΅
Already did: fruitcompare.replit.app
30.12.2024 18:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Great work! Care to show? π
30.12.2024 18:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Finally I asked it to find and display a YouTube video for each band.
Done π localbands.replit.app
