David O.

WordPress dev turned indie builder. Built after drowning in client emails.

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[David O. @_osull]

The sites that still feel like something didn't start with a prompt. They started with the questions. "AI built it" isn't a differentiator. It's the new template.

[David O. @_osull]

The web is starting to look the same. Not because of AI. Because of what people skip before using it.

[David O. @_osull]

The image on this thread is from a real project I'm building right now. 30 documents. 16 signed-off designs. 50+ decisions. All made before a single prompt was written. Skip that work and the AI fills in the gaps with defaults. Everyone's defaults look the same.

[David O. @_osull]

@wesbos If I could have put money on the first thing you’d look at it would have been this. Hullaballooing…

[David O. @_osull]

@polevaultweb @wp_acf @steveschoger @WordPress Sent you a DM mate

[David O. @_osull]

Open Icons for ACF is live on the WordPress Plugin Directory.

A free icon picker field for ACF. 324 Heroicons, clean SVG output, no external dependencies.

@wp_acf @steveschoger @WordPress

#WordPress #ACF #OpenSource #WPDev

[David O. @_osull]

@ryanels Unrelated but the sound of mechanical keyboards make me feel nauseous. Therapeutic to some, I’m sure.

[David O. @_osull]

@ShawkyMesbah Wild feeling, to be honest. When I saw the email this morning I thought I’d set myself up with an account during dev that I’d forgot to cancel but I opened Stripe and there’s a new customer in there! 😲

New customer notifications are on the agenda for today… lol

[David O. @_osull]

Woke up to a Stripe payout from a product I built.

First paying customer ever. Signed up 10 days ago. I didn't know because I never set up a notification. Make of that what you will.

$5/month. Not retiring. But a stranger paid for something I made and that hits different.

🎉

[David O. @_osull]

@polevaultweb @wp_acf @steveschoger @WordPress The hook method is great for developers who want full control, but for agencies wanting a drop-in solution it adds friction. Happy to chat if there’s ever appetite to bundle more icon sets natively.

[David O. @_osull]

@polevaultweb @wp_acf @steveschoger @WordPress Hi Iain. I knew about the filter approach but the gap I was filling is zero-config - no custom code, no manual icon sourcing. Open Icons ships ready-to-use sets (Lucide, Tabler and Heroicons) that just work out of the box via a simple API.

[David O. @_osull]

@hrprtsingh9 100% - it’s the best $5 I’ve ever earned. Product is TaskClarity https://t.co/cXep1qzNYk

[David O. @_osull]

What on earth is going on with @AnthropicAI and use limits? 4 months with no issues. Hit a use limit several times since Tuesday. Currently on 5x plan and the easy answer is upgrade but it feels like it’s a business decision to push people to the 20x plan. @bcherny

[David O. @_osull]

@tomosman @AnthropicAI 5x* 🫣

[David O. @_osull]

@tomosman @AnthropicAI And today @tomosman. Once in 4 months then 3 times in 3 days. Just 2hr 17mins until reset. Time to touch grass. 10x Max BTW.

[David O. @_osull]

If you use ACF and need icons in your builds, give it a look.

https://t.co/Qip3S3AXoC

[David O. @_osull]

@alexi_build @raycast Thanks Alexi 🚀

[David O. @_osull]

Built a Raycast extension to speed up my invoicing. Submitted it to the Raycast Store - my first open source contribution. Code reviewed, approved, and live.

https://t.co/pRPGYyuY44