Ricky Eckhardt

Busy replacing eBay. Founder & CEO @ Nerdbeak.

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@ColinGardiner That’s a crazy response! 😂

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@ColinGardiner I’ll have to try it.

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@ColinGardiner I’d always bet they’ll figure it out

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Happy MAR10 Day.

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It's Mario Day. The plumber turns 40.

We went deep on https://t.co/7v3akbq4h4 today. Three new pieces:

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The Most Expensive Mario Collectibles Ever Sold
https://t.co/mcHPZEEOgS

Nintendo Started as a Card Company in 1889
https://t.co/RbAS81snQi

Every Mario Game Ever Made (300+ games)
https://t.co/lSbcutfcsr

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MAR10 Day auctions are live on https://t.co/mdvA69hAVw

9 original art cards. 5 artists. Every lot starts at $1.

Hand-drawn. Hand-painted. One of one.

https://t.co/hSFQ2Mk9IS

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Yes.

[Colin Gardiner @ColinGardiner]

If you were wondering what to invest in these days.

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@capitalist_qol @punskaari @toddsaunders Go build a working eBay clone in 10 minutes and let me know.

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@zbuzanic @punskaari @toddsaunders Um, I built intelligence and missile defense for a decade. Literally, the bottom barrel engineers I've ever met work on defense or government.

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@tokiorys @capitalist_qol @punskaari @toddsaunders You could just pay for better internet.

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#f5fcf5 is the new geocities

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@ColinGardiner That's kind of creepy. Is it researching you in the background?

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You don't need a wall to collect art.

ACEOs fit in your hand. One of ones from independent artists. Limited editions from studios. Fantasy frogs to PiggyBanx.

Nerdworth. The marketplace for art cards.

https://t.co/mdvA69hAVw

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@capitalist_qol @punskaari @toddsaunders Yeah, please share with the class what you've built.

https://t.co/mdvA69hAVw is mine

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@feedbacknexus AI runs my test suite on every commit. Catches most of what would break. For the rest, real users find it and I fix it same day. Fast recovery beats slow prevention.

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@ladebw Already happening. One person who ships beats a team that meetings about shipping.

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@punskaari @toddsaunders Running multiple production marketplaces built with Claude Code right now. Real Stripe payments, real orders, real users. The difference isn't the tool. It's whether the person driving it actually understands what they're building.

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@TwentyGotoTen @toddsaunders This is exactly right. The distinction matters. Claude Code with a human who understands architecture is a force multiplier. Vibe coding without that understanding just produces confident-looking garbage faster.

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Verstappen makes $76M/year. One person. In a machine someone else built.

That's the founder of the future. Not a CEO. A driver behind a fleet of AI.

Magnus playing 30 boards at once. Except every board has real users and real money on it.

Why aren't you out finding drivers?