Matt Reid 🇪🇺

🔨 Building @PriceWell - Stripe subscriptions for Bubble apps
Señor Developer | Cyclist | Dad

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I was eating a bento box 🍱

At my favourite Japanese restaurant 🇯🇵

Then I got these notifications. 🔔

Thank you SaaS.

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@hustle_fred @supabird_io Fhain. I was living at Samariterstraße until last year, nice to see it again :)

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@catalinmpit Yo 👋🏻

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@Shpigford @robzolkos *tyre

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Yes, autocorrect I do want to say "5 Monroes". I always mean Monroe's instead of minutes, why thank you

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@AndrewKim @bubble It was great, top notch networking. Came away inspired.

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Just codex cli and I implementing a redesign while waiting for the @bubble event in London today

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Ref for eating frogs:
https://t.co/wTLGttclkk

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Eating ugly frogs with Codex is insanely fast 🚀.

6 months ago, I had a designer redesign the @pricewell app shell.
I've had a go at implementing the design within my existing framework but never found enough time or motivation to have a proper go at it.
Here's my workflow👇🏻

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Cut to today, codex is working as I type this skeet 🔥
Workflow:
- @steipete agents md file as a base
- Scope minimal refactors for codex (move navigation, add exit button etc)
- Leave it to do it's thing, check and commit manually

Eating the ugliest frog was never so easy 🐸

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Solopreneurs also have tech debt but they only have to explain the issue to themselves so are a lot more reasonable to reason with.

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Being a developer on a large codebase is a constant battle of explaining why a "little change" is actually a lot more complex than expected.

Some musings on tech debt that have been swimming in my mind...

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Anyone who tells you they don't have that problem is likely piling more tech debt on top to make a quick change (delaying the pain until later).

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Q: Are your customers struggling to change their address?
A: Give them more "Continue" buttons!

Fantastic UX here from B&Q. </sarcasm>

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over the next 12 months furnishing the rest of my house. As with software businesses, if you treat the customer well, they will come back. What a missed opportunity. Do better @JohnLewisRetail

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But that's clearly not the case anymore. The customer service staff must be told not to offer refunds if at all possible which is disappointing to say the least. Imagine if my experience was different and they just refunded the £700. You can bet I'd be spending that with them

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@BerrryComputer @vgrichina The tricky bit is building the partnerships with delivery companies rather than building a website unfortunately.

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Startup idea 💡

Collab with DHL and other lockers to offer their unused space as storage.
Trying to store a bag in a European city is a nightmare even with a startups that offer space in a corner shop (often closed on a Sunday for example).