Sam Merrick

[Sam Merrick @samjmerrick]

Figma down? Blame @Adobe

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@gregoiregilbert @d4m1n @tryingisbeing @marta_vs_art @tambuildsthings @5katkov @nicolasadamini Love being part of this mini community, so many awesome people!

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@tryingisbeing @TheOdinProject @SparkJamHQ Fair question! While I do have dev experience from building my own projects I never went through any formal education.

Google and StackOverflow have been my teachers (usually for highly specific problems).

Wanted a recap of fundamentals basically 🙂

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Today I'm starting @TheOdinProject to level up my dev skills

Will be sharing progress with #buildinpublic as I go👨🏻‍💻

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Tab completions totally changed my perspective of Bash. I finally understand why developers still use it 😅

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@bayley_harrod Very curious to hear about it 👀

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@Sc_Meerkat @adriangward Why do you consider it to be a marketing idea?

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@imarenny @ZhengyiShen Yeah it's unbeatable for speed if you can accept their templates. Almost as easy as using a word processor.

You won't get customisation like you would with other tools, but that's also its strength imo.

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@gregoiregilbert @TheOdinProject Good question!

I mostly wanted to start something with a defined end-point.

I'm also a completely self taught developer, so aiming to fill in any fundamentals gaps I might have.

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@imarenny Google Sites for ultimate landing page speed

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@d4m1n How is next-gen? It's in my library and been meaning to replay for a while

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@JustAnotherPM Mostly ChatGPT for boilerplate stuff. I don't use it regularly at the moment.

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@SimonSosulski I find procrastination is often a manifestation of an underlying negative emotion.

Pushing through it is one solution, but it's more sustainable in the long-term to address the underlying emotions.

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@jasonlk Launch and find your first customer fast. Build and iterate around them.

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@_adamjhawley Both are important, never stop talking to your customers.

I'd set small, achievable daily goals for each and monitor after a few weeks.

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@m_0_r_g_a_n_ Take regular breaks.

Doing anything for an extended period of time inevitably leads to burnout.

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@ThomasDiroll I often use Figma for quick photo edits these days. It's not designed for it but gets the job done.

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@ThomasDiroll @thefuturishere I didn't before, but I am going to follow them now! 🙂

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@icreatelife Wizard 🪄

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@bayley_harrod Happy to! Shoot me a DM