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Something I keep relearning: the hardest part of a side project after a day job is picking up where you left off. A 2 line note at the end of each session saying what's next saves the first 30 minutes of the next one.

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ChatGPT now lets businesses claim their own profile, a bit like a Google Business Profile. Small shops will soon check what AI says about them the same way they check their reviews.

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What's one part of your codebase you still won't let AI write?

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@Corporate_CJP I assure you, AI would still be the one reviewing it but keeping human in the loop is sustainable

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@sherifgjini @grok Not really. Rapidly growing into AaaS (Agent as a Service)

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@billalb4u @matt__makes Smart!! Would Def check it out. Cheers Billal

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@kerimg1337 Yes Kerim. Like I always say, the experience is with you forever and it's a plus

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Unpopular opinion: years of experience are worth more now that AI writes the code. Anyone can get a model to produce a feature. Knowing which of its 3 suggestions will hurt you in 6 months is the part that took 10 years to learn.

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@ian_hinga Good choice. That's safer

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Would you rather give an AI agent full access to your email for a month, or to your bank account for a day?

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@StevBuilds 20% building
50% distributing
The rests for living

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@morr1ss I agree. Testing a new tool on the same real task gives you a useful way to compare it with your usual setup. What have you tried recently that changed your workflow?

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@JamesBuildsTech I agree. A spreadsheet can reveal whether people return to a workflow before anyone spends weeks building it. What signs tell you a problem needs more than that?

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@WarshauerGavin I agree. Hearing where staff lose time gives you a clearer guide for the pilot. Which integration would make the biggest difference to that agency?

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Controversial maybe: "I'll just make a small change" is the most expensive sentence in software. AI made it worse. The rewrite now takes 10 minutes and the review takes all afternoon.

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@guilleflorvs I think the four day comparison should include the time spent keeping the tool working. Authentication, backups and support can turn a quick build into an ongoing commitment.

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@matt__makes @billalb4u I agree. A focused search could surface smaller tools that get buried in general results. Filters for the problem solved and pricing would make the results easier to compare.

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@k4k0ch @PhosphorMac The daily log of wins and failures sounds useful for spotting patterns across products. Which part has given you the most useful feedback so far?

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Build log: yesterday my 10 posts got 129 views and my 15 replies got 136. Much closer than Monday's 143 vs 282. Best post was the hot take at 20. Best replies were on busy SaaS threads at 31 and 33. Replies to brand accounts got 3 or 4.

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@Cherebobo I agree. Talking to potential customers before building can reveal whether the problem is painful enough for them to pay to solve it.

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@garyc1441 I agree. Testing signup on the live URL matters because a flow that works locally can break once real domains and settings are involved.

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A lot of side projects stall at the boring bit after the code: the domain, DNS, SSL and an address to send sign-up emails from. Multivrs puts deploys, domains and mail in one place, with a preview link for every commit you push.