Hmz

Hamza.lens | Software Engineer
• Onboarding & Community stuff @developer_dao #5362
• Alum & weekend Crew @_buildspace

[Abdelati Elasri @kaizendae]

🚨 BREAKING: Andrej Karpathy just revealed the 6 habits that are silently killing your productivity.

No shipping. No focus. No excuses.

You have been doing all 6.

1. Bookmark 47 "game changing" prompts you will open exactly once

2. Bloat your setup so much you've spent more time on your CLAUDE.md than on what you're trying to build

3. Waste hours learning a useless Gstack because some guy on X said it was "the future"

4. Rewrite your entire setup every time a new model drops because this one is "different"

5. Follow 200 "AI productivity" accounts and wonder why you feel like you're falling behind.

6. Keep falling for 🚨BREAKING threads about productivity.

sorry for using this format. Andrej said none of this. You are still doing all 6

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

Unironically this is what the future of work will look like:

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Every job invented in the 20th Century is threatened by AI.

[Naval Quotes @NavalQuotes247]

"Value your time. It is all you have. It’s more important than your money. It’s more important than your friends. It is more important than anything. Your time is all you have. Do not waste your time."

@naval

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

Do not wait for a coronation; the greatest emperors crown themselves.

[Naval @naval]

Work with hardcore people on hardcore things.

[jack @jack]

true

[Hmz @0xhmz]

@jeffrey_notes @_buildspace I wish you all the best for your next adventure 🔥

[Ankur Warikoo @warikoo]

The ONLY 20 books you will EVER NEED to read, to get a thorough understanding of the world.

A thread...

[Dago @dagorenouf]

My wife and I decided to give up on our startup @logologydesign

It was a tough decision to make, especially after spending 5 years and almost all of our savings to bootstrap it.

But the reality is that despite our best efforts, we never found a way to grow beyond survival profitability.

Sure we had some wins, and I'm proud that we brought it to ~$3k revenue per month (+ $5k from my twitter course). But with the cost of living + running a business in France, it's barely enough to survive.

And because our product doesn't have recurring revenue, we have to find 100+ new customers each month. This puts us under massive pressure.

We thought of trying to switch to a recurring revenue model and invest in SEO, but with the uncertainty caused by A.I (both for acquiring customers and designing logos), we don't feel confident it would be enough.

We could also try to raise money and hire a couple of people to offload some of the pressure...

But after 5 years of fighting, we're exhausted, out of motivation, and out of money. So we decided it's better to call it quits 😞

I feel ashamed to not be one of the "successful founders" I see on twitter every day. I feel stupid that all the time and money spent wasn’t enough to make it.

I also feel silly for celebrating that we reached profitability a few months ago... then a couple of months later it was already back below survival level 🤦‍♂️

I stopped tweeting this past few weeks because I feel like a loser and a failure. I’m afraid people will lose interest in me if I stop sharing motivating tweets.

But at some point, I had to face the truth that I just can’t do it anymore.

Last February I suffered a massive burnout. My heart rate started going crazy every time I stood up. I had to lay in bed for weeks and it was so bad that I thought it was long covid. Now I'm able to walk again but I need to take it slow and monitor my heart rate for random spikes throughout the day.

The burnout also triggered a problem with my eyes. For the past month I get dazzled by bright lights like computer screens or traffic lights. Even just a sunny day is difficult to handle. I went to the eye doctor and they said spending so much time looking at screens without rest eventually damaged my eyes, and I'll need to wear glasses to see normally again.

Destroying my health like this was not what I envisioned when we decided to bootstrap a startup 5 years ago.

Our dream was to build a useful product, make a living on our own terms, and help other founders do the same. We were idealistic and thought having a good idea + working hard was enough to succeed.

But competing in the crowded logo niche means that we struggled to make ends meet from the day we launched. We also made some bad strategic decisions which meant we had to overwork constantly just to stay above water.

We didn't have time for hobbies, fun, or even romantic time with each other anymore. We spent every waking hour worrying about how to get our next customer. In the rare vacations we took, we couldn't relax because we kept thinking about it. Every. Single. Day.

Somewhere on the way to chasing our dreams, we got lost. Instead of trying to live the life we wanted, we started sacrificing everything we cared about just to reach “success” at any cost.

The burnout I had was a wake-up call that we can't keep going like this. The glasses I wear will forever remind me of the limits of my body.

So that's why we're making this drastic change.

My wife will keep the site running while she figures out what she does next. She might simply go back to designing custom logos like before, so if you need one just hit her up @LucieBaratte. (it starts at $3k but she's one of the best in the biz)

On my end, I decided to go back to a job. I never thought I'd do this but I really need to put a stop to the crazy hours and constant financial pressure. I hope working on a product without having to worry about money will make work enjoyable again.

I think someday I'll come back to building startups, but for now, I have no motivation for it. I need time to recover and live a simpler life for a while.

Now even though it's a difficult time, there's one positive thing I'd like to mention.

When I was at my lowest, dozens of friends I made on Twitter supported me. I exchanged DMs with many founders who gave me insights and perspective, and made it 10x easier to find a way out.

Having followers is nice, but when I hit rock bottom and stopped tweeting, it wasn't worth much. However, the friends I made along the way had my back and it made all the difference.

So I just want to say THANK YOU to all who supported me during this tough time. You truly are the best part of this journey 🥲

I'll be back with new tweets soon. Lots of lessons I want to share.

Love you all 💙

[Hmz @0xhmz]

Great guy , would be a very good addition in any team.
Knows his way around explaining concepts and building a community hands.
Best of luck @pbillingsby_ 🙌

[pbillingsby @pbillingsby_]

Im currently looking for dev or devrel work. Fulltime, part time or freelance. Can start immediately.

DM me if you know of anything or want to have a chat!

[Hmz @0xhmz]

@ZssBecker Honestly this should be on a timer every friday at 7PM

[6529 @punk6529]

today is the youngest you will ever be

make it count

[Developer DAO (🧱, 🚀) @developer_dao]

🚨 Latest stats on the $CODE #Airdrop 👀 🚨

Still > 50% of recipients haven't claimed their allocation. This is > 40% of the entire airdroped supply.

Getting $CODE into the peoples hands is important for decentralisation.

Please claim before Feb 18th 🫡

[Hmz @0xhmz]

@FurqanR used this one today : https://t.co/evHosUAcOs prettu fun

[toly 🇺🇸 @toly]

Let’s see if this works. @hey_wallet first 42069 retweets get 42069 $bonk

[Hmz @0xhmz]

@nazeeh21 weekends feel empty without f1

[Hmz @0xhmz]

@ser_ando @LexicaArt @midjourney @OpenAI --> was waiting for a thread like this where you share your secrets !