Marlon Steiner

🇨🇭🇵🇭 Coding, building, reading 📚 | First-time founder documenting | Weekly insights from business books + startup reality | Ironman in training

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I'd rather be a failure than a coward.

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Designed my first drop. The tech community isn't ready

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@OverfitQuantit1 "exotic powder"

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@NefflynB This is peak productivity. Next question.

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The only design concept a non-designer needs: 1.618

Slap it on your spacing, your layouts, your typography. Suddenly everything looks intentional.

Designers won't tell you this

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offering to automate an Ai Automation Agency is crazy

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POV: 2018.
No AI. Just you, Stack Overflow, and sheer delusion.

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@elonmusk unfortunately that place is overcrowded AF

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@ToolySOL Been there. Portfolio and sleep, both gone.

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@cutedreamvibes The artist exists because the world is imperfect.

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@CiaraACade Finally someone who meets the minimum requirements for a junior role.

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@OocTobeyM Same people obviously that never grew up obviously

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All you need in 2026:

A terminal + Claude 👾

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learning data-engineering ++

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Status: Former Child

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80 days until my first Ironman!

started researching why my knees hurt.

Turns out running isn’t as cheap as everyone says.

You’re supposed to swap shoes every 800km before the foam loses its cushioning.

I prefer new shoes over a new knee!

What’s the mileage on your running shoes?

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Following people on X > Following companies

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@HeyMohit_ Honestly the audience growing is when it gets harder. Suddenly there's people watching and your brain starts optimizing for them instead of for truth.
The only thing that keeps it real is writing the post you'd want to read at 0 followers. Every time.

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Started posting on X with 0 followers.

No one to impress. No one to disappoint. Honestly the most freeing place to build from.

The scary part isn't failing in public. It's that most people never even start.

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$12'000 in Switzerland VS $4'000 in South Africa

Did the LeWagon coding bootcamp in Cape Town, South Africa and don't regret it at all!

Sure, it was an intense course with booked-out weekdays, but 2 months had enough weekends for exploring.

Everyone said I was crazy for choosing Cape Town instead of Switzerland.

Here's the thing: the advice you get from friends and family usually comes from a place of love and protection. They want you safe, comfortable, and on the familiar path. But sometimes the best experiences in life happen when you set that adventurous spirit free.

Switzerland would have cost me $12,000. Cape Town? $4,000. Same education, half the world away, and memories I'll never forget.

If you're sitting on the fence about taking a leap whether it's a bootcamp abroad, a career change, or something completely different, this is your sign!

The comfortable path isn't always the right one. Stay safe out there, but don't stay still.

#LeWagon #Bootcamp #CapeTown #Travel