Amir Ranjbar

@mcgillu student
Self-taught web dev

[ℏεsam @Hesamation]

This is the average developer experience in IRAN:

> developer salary: ~$120/month, less than a Codex subscription price

> “let me buy a Claude subscription”
banks are cut off from the world, can’t buy or sell internationally

> “download a local 70B LLM”
internet is cooked, takes 5 business days

> “learn something on YouTube” censored by government + Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram, X

> pip install and docker pull is a nightmare due to a combination of sanctions, censorships

> VPN is more essential than an IDE

> brain drain is real. most talents have immigrated or are planning to. your work buddy will likely not be there next year

> electricity is cut off 2 hrs/day and internet shut down for weeks every year

> AWS, Azure, Google Analytics, Adobe, are all off the menu and sanctioned for Iranians

> “time to upgrade my laptop” don’t even think about it. your economy is brutal

> “join an online coding bootcamp” blocked, along with most educational platforms

> “I must plan my future” good luck with a +60% inflation. your raise will evaporate in 4 months

> “keep up with AI research” conferences and webinars are out of reach due to visa denials and travel costs

and developers are having it easy compared to other professions with much lower income. and all these are just work, let alone hundreds of other problems Iranians face every day under the dictatorship.

so don’t embarrass yourself “educating” Iranians on how to feel about their situation if you haven’t lived their life and support and empathize with the will of the people instead.

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ps: Zoom out to cover more checkboxes, because the browser can't load all 1 million of them at the same time.

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I'm sure at least one person in the world spent an hour checking as many checkboxes as possible. Don't be this guy, run this code to automatically check all the boxes and prevent anyone from unchecking them.

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@zenorocha YESSSSSS

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The theme:
https://t.co/Zoqd0B1oTG

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@zeddotdev transparent theme with @raycast background 👌

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@nizzyabi Try @zeddotdev too instead of cursor

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@robin_faraj 50 jumping jacks, it worked on my girlfriend once

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So I've been coding on my own for the past 4 years, but I decided to go to mechanical engineering for uni, because I have learned everything web dev until now for free on the internet.

Was it a smart choice?

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My cheatsheet for responsive layouts:

flex justify-between items-center flex-wrap gap-4

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Why is there a copy of the original Bitcoin paper in @gumroad's repo?

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Beauty of working solo:

Only you need to understand ur shit

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Custom notification feed with @shadcn/ ui and @knocklabs

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@stripe-inspired dashboard for a driving school

Made with:
@shadcn /ui
@tan_stack router
@tan_stack query
@trpcio
@supabase

I literally had my stripe dashboard open on the side while designing this.

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Why are divs called divs

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if your commits don't look like this you're ngmi

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How in the world is @diabrowser free?

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@nizzyabi If only they support it on Mac too