jackthinkz

building side projects until one sticks.

writing about shipping, taste, and learning to prove ideas before chasing the next one.

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Moved from Ohio to NYC, and it’s immediately obvious to me how so many people are constantly rushing around.

Just rushing. All the time.

The sidewalks are the clearest example. Everyone speed-walking with their heads down, staring at their feet or phones, completely blind to the city around them.

They look like Last of Us zombies trying to get from point A to point B as fast as humanly possible… but for what?

I took this photo the other day on the subway after catching myself doing the exact same thing. Not a single person looking up. Heads tilted, shoulders slumped, all locked into their screens.

To me, this constant rushing is basically putting on blinders. It’s only worrying about yourself and never taking two minutes to look up, breathe, or talk to a stranger.

I know this is a broad oversimplification and there are plenty of warm, present people in NYC too. But damn, this is definitely a trend.

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another 30 mins mindlessly scrolling and warming up the accounts

it is really interesting to do it without the intention of entertainment and distraction

really trying to focus on videos that get good engagement and watching them thru so i have idea when i start to post

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🚨MOAR progress on my first ever desktop app!!

just added a local LLM integration to be able to chat with your "spaces" and "catches"

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using @adamlyttleapps claude skill to setup the onboarding screens for my new apps

so far, VERY impressed with it's thoroughness. will update with the screens it generates once we're done (going on 30mins of back and forth!)

https://t.co/HyBnffVYoN

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@adamlyttleapps have you tried using videos for one of the first screens?

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@imkylelambert this looks awesome, goals

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trying to setup credentials to build this desktop app is a pain in the ass

am i overcomplicating this??

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@abhitwt the analogy here is actually so accurate

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@jackfriks it’s funny reading through the growth guide how simple the process is, but at the same time how i don’t think i would’ve really thought of these things myself

just finished day 2 of warming up my new account, working on the first version of the app in the background!

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@RhysSullivan “anti-ai fridays”?

one day a week to embrace the good ole days?

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@EnriTarta this is awesome, this is the type of thing that makes software beautiful

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@DannyIsLearning nice plug 😏

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@RhysSullivan genuinely wonder if this is how the majority of X will also feel as more people start to use it

personally, if i wanted to film videos i’d go post on tiktok or insta

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another 30 mins mindlessly scrolling and warming up the accounts

it is really interesting to do it without the intention of entertainment and distraction

really trying to focus on videos that get good engagement and watching them thru so i have idea when i start to post

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@BrettFromDJ would be awesome to do a tech stack/design prompt reveal!!

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@DanielWhit21874 super clean! how does it work with javascript heavy sites (ie react) since you say you're auditing the HTML

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@signulll best examples you or others are seeing??

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Before a big release of a new feature, we do what we call a "bug bash" where we get in a room and stress test the feature

what used to take maybe a days worth of work now being completed in 1-2 hours

the goal: identify any bugs or inconsistencies in UI/UX as possible before GA

it's WILD to come out of that meeting with 15-20 tickets to address and immediately spin up 15-20 agents that will

> look at context from the tickets
> propose fixes for me to confirm/adjust
> test the fixes in isolated environments
> and ship it

all in just a couple hours. crazy efficiency unlock

(also s/o to @conductor for enabling these workflows)

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@shedsgns what's one of the cool things you've learned??

[jackthinkz @jackthinkz]

Before a big release of a new feature, we do what we call a "bug bash" where we get in a room and stress test the feature

what used to take maybe a days worth of work now being completed in 1-2 hours

the goal: identify any bugs or inconsistencies in UI/UX as possible before GA

it's WILD to come out of that meeting with 15-20 tickets to address and immediately spin up 15-20 agents that will

> look at context from the tickets
> propose fixes for me to confirm/adjust
> test the fixes in isolated environments
> and ship it

all in just a couple hours. crazy efficiency unlock

(also s/o to @conductor for enabling these workflows)

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@marclou you guys should do something physical too

like a youtube 100k plaque or something but for @shipordie_