Jeremy Ward (Software Engineer)

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[Jeremy Ward (Software Engineer) @jeremywarddev]

@_swanson Rails database routing is criminally underused. Two lines of config for read replicas vs weeks of manual connection management. This is what convention over configuration actually means.

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@ThePrimeagen The prophecy is complete. Backend devs everywhere vindicated for refusing to learn flexbox. Next up: AI that can center a div.

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@dhh Finally some real competition for M1. 46 hours means coding sessions that outlast most startups.

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@levelsio Rails devs have been lucky with the conservative gem ecosystem. But with AI tools suggesting random gems now, we are all one bundle install away from trouble. Adding dependency pinning to CI flows ASAP.

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@Jahjiren The app IS the content. Screen recording a real problem getting solved in real time beats any ad spend. Shipping my first iOS app now and this is the entire marketing plan.

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@marclou Revenue transparency is the best marketing a solo founder can do. Nobody trusts "we're crushing it" anymore. But showing actual numbers? That builds an audience of people rooting for you. Started doing this with my SaaS and the engagement difference is night and day.

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@lennysan @clairevo Been running OpenClaw for a few weeks now. The thing nobody talks about is how it changes your relationship with automation. It's not just a chatbot with tools. It's an always-on assistant that actually knows your context. The learning curve is worth it.

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@heyshrutimishra The speed at which these tools are evolving is what gets me. Six months ago I was skeptical about AI writing production code. Now I'm shipping entire SwiftUI apps with Claude Code in days, not weeks. The gap between "I could build that" and "I just built that" is collapsing.

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This is the best framing I've seen on this debate. We never solved human non-determinism either. We just built systems around it. CI pipelines, code review, automated tests. The same playbook works for AI output. The teams treating AI-generated code like any other PR are shipping circles around the ones still arguing about whether to use it.

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@dhh Felt this in my soul. Spent 20 minutes yesterday trying to figure out why a Finder window was rendering like it was 2008. The worst part is you can't even complain because people just say "well you wanted native apps."

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@TheGeorgePu Been thinking the same thing. The markup on hosted AI search is insane when you can run decent models locally now.

[Jeremy Ward (Software Engineer) @jeremywarddev]

@sweatystartup Love hearing the 'took more risk than we should have' honesty. That first deal momentum is everything in business.

[Jeremy Ward (Software Engineer) @jeremywarddev]

@AlexFinn Or they're just really good at incremental releases that build on each other. Sometimes steady iteration looks like magic from the outside.

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@Prathkum 22K stars for leaked code that might not even be the real thing. The internet's curiosity about AI internals is wild.

[Jeremy Ward (Software Engineer) @jeremywarddev]

@ThePrimeagen The fact that 'pee' and 'poo' are banned while actual corporate buzzwords probably sail right through is peak tech company logic.

[Jeremy Ward (Software Engineer) @jeremywarddev]

@moritzkremb @openclaw This is what OpenClaw needs. Template libraries make it accessible to more people. I've got custom prompts I'd love to contribute back.

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@DavidOndrej1 Competition is good. Been using OpenClaw for months but always curious about alternatives. The real win is having options instead of being locked into one tool.

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@starter_story @aniamargaret Personal pain points make the best products. When you're your own first customer, the validation is built in. No market research beats scratching your own itch.

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@andrewchen Already happening. I drop voice memos to my agents during walks and come back to working code. Phone becomes your dev notebook that actually executes.

[Jeremy Ward (Software Engineer) @jeremywarddev]

@tonnoz @ProductHunt Six years of learning before this moment. That's the real story here. I love how honest you are about it not being 'overnight'. Most people skip that part when sharing wins.