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@RussTheMagic

4 months

@_th1nk3r you're a spam radio operator

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I raised the price for my product from $9/yr to $99/mo with ZERO impact to my conversion or retention rates, which both stayed at 0.

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@viewsoff_ No probs my phone can hotspot

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7 months

@ben__weddle storage just keeps getting cheaper

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7 months

Hello! I'm looking to #Connect with people who are: ⌛️ Time travelers 👻 Ghosts 🥷 Ninjas 🆒 Cool ☃️ Snowmen ✈️ Flying 🍑 Peachy ➗ Divisible by zero 🖤 Black hearted 🧙 Wizards

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

@levelsio In my experience, developers who think they can be experts in any language or framework are usually bulls in a china shop. There are subtleties and implications they just don't get because they think it's all the same. It's not.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

The job of every startup founder is to both: 1) fuck around 2) find out

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

What's your password? Wrong answers only

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

If you saw your profile bio on someone else's profile, would you follow you?

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

@LarsHutX #1 is character & integrity #2 is someone I can enjoy disagreeing with (vs. someone who loses their shit)

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

@holaivory My #1 is Someone who's enjoyable to disagree with

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

If you were wealthy, how would you show it off? Big house? Jewlery? Cars? You do you. I'd have plants. Lots and lots of plants.

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@RussTheMagic

4 months

@RealJohnMaher77 I've generally found cathie wood to get most things right, but she's always seems off by a zero or two.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

Do you want to receive the worst DM? For a limited time, I will send you the worst. Just respond with "worst" and I'll send it to you 😁😁😁

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@RussTheMagic

4 months

@nazanin_ashrafi And yet, you will find, it explains so, so much.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

Sometimes, people are just bitter, angry and sad. It has nothing to do with you, even if its being directed at you.

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@RussTheMagic

4 months

PSA: Development super slow to reload your changes? try running your server with RAILS_MAX_THREADS=1

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7 months

@hannahsox12 I'm on web7

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4 months

I like how i'll unfollow someone on twitter for being an idiot and it'll still show them in my "for you" feed. Was i not explicit enough in my unfollow?

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

@patio11 After automating entertainment payroll for 3 years i can't tell if this is child's play or the next layer of hell.

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

@RyanEls4 I strongly encourage all of my competitors to use MongoDB.

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@RussTheMagic

4 months

@mhenrixon I get that you may be utilizing some magic, but this being possible is nightmare fuel for my fat fingers. I would encourage separate creds for production & development. Maybe you could have a dev bucket that prod bucket copies everything into on create. then just update DB dump

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@RussTheMagic

5 months

@excid3 @dhh @jumpstartrails One of the reasons i purchased jumpstart pro was that it wasn't overbuilt and didn't do anything overly clever. And after using it for several months It has nothing i've had to rip out for sucking.

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4 months

@Alexa_Curtis Good - this is what it takes to succeed. You get called out on character faults and you either take ownership and act more intentionally, pretend they're wrong/dismiss, or become a drug addict.

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6 months

@SalesIsAnArt I'd highlight that this isn't a commodity, and while you can find a different price, it won't be the same solution. I know what my competition can and can't do, and mine is the best in the market for your specific problem. They're good at X, I'm focused on Y.

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

After working remote for the last 12 years, across orgs large and small, i feel like the one thing that is missing about working remote is the serendipitous insights and additional context that you can get in person from coworkers.

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5 months

@shreyas I think viewing people as babies/fully formed adults is a bit black & white thinking. The truth is emotional maturity is a spectrum. But talking more about the behaviors & attitudes to seek, foster & avoid is worthwhile.

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4 months

Do you think of yourself as a Pro?

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

Have you ever walked away from a project that was too complex?

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

Always be clear about who you are

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

@NathanSRobinson Rails is the best choice!

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

I just hit 50 followers and I wanted to say, I couldn't have done it without you, my followers.

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@RussTheMagic

4 months

getting a 404 error on my followers 🤣 Yay for crossing 400!

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@RussTheMagic

4 months

What's stopping you from coding like this?

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

I just compiled a list of crazy growth hacks worth over $785,000. And you can't have it

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

Part of being a senior engineer is transforming & simplifying problems so that more junior engineers can take over.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

@yassin_baum Puts the cold in cold email

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

What's missing about working remote?

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

I was never: -a programmer until i needed to code a solution -strong with SQL until i built ichimoku indicators in pure SQL -game dev until i had a project that could only be built with unity -browser ext dev until I wanted a better app experience My best advice? have problems

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

web3 means the web in the year 3000. That's how long it'll take for crypto & NFTs to be the norm.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

What do you look for in a co-founder?

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

@holaivory The earth is not, in fact, flat.

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

Had to unexpectedly say goodbye to my sweet little gargoyle Melo tonight. We only had a few years together, but I made sure her last were filled with purrs. What a silly, strange, and wonderful creature I will surely miss.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

@NathanSRobinson Every time I post on reddit, it gets removed. It's not because i was rude, or self-promoting; but because of some arbitrary subreddit rule. Ex: i couldn't post my brothers "battlestation" setup, because it had to be MY battlestation. 🤡

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

If you work remote with others, how connected are you to them?

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

If you're a startup but don't have a poorly drawn company logo plastered on your wall, are you really serious?

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

Do you have a youtube channel? if not, why not? If yes, what for?

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@RussTheMagic

5 months

@igor_alexandrov Assuming you mean Rails and not Ruby in the abstract... Tell them that may have been true in 2017, but in 2024 times are different Rails is among the most strategic choices for engineers because it's the only one focused on developer productivity. No other framework enables a

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

Since it's valentines day, What has your experience been with dating apps?

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

can't understand a lick of japanese but i still turn the volume up when watching anime so i can hear them talking.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

There are no limits but your own and physics

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

I wish someone had told me this sooner. Sharing in case it inspires a fellow picky eater trying to eat healthy. Meat, Cheese, Carbs. For a long time this was basically my diet. But as I tried to eat healthier, i noticed it was hard to incorporate healthier foods. Everywhere I

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@RussTheMagic

4 months

When will i be able to just upload my resume and prior dating history? I have 3 references.

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what

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@RussTheMagic

4 months

If you're building something, please shameless self-promote it below with your BEST pitch. I'll RT the good ones! #buildinpublic

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

Just because you're "woke", doesn't mean you have character. Treating people you don't like with patience and kindness does. (yes, even when they're wrong)

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

To effectively distribute decision making in an organization, employers must distribute context, values, and training.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

If you're not an expert, learn in public until your audience starts calling you one.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

This is a thought you have never had before: Chainsaws and strawberries

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@RussTheMagic

5 months

The best teams are the ones who can communicate deeply, create shared learning and understanding, and have space to talk about anything.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

How do you challenge yourself?

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

The more logos i design, the less time I want to spend designing them. This isn't out of hatred for logo design, but reflects the simplicity a good logo can have. Learning when to stop has been hard won.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

@davidhoang sad that heroku has been dying a slow death of neglect. But services like (what I use) are able to offer an even better experience

Cloud Application Hosting for Developers | Render

Render is a unified cloud to build and run all your apps and websites with free TLS certificates, global CDN, private networks and auto deploys from Git.

render.com

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

@ukrainiansquad Keep kicking ass

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@RussTheMagic

4 months

Building something that other people want is really really (really) hard

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@RussTheMagic

4 months

@mhenrixon Welcome to Ruby on Rails! I did Unity with C# and the language definitely has its niceties; but it still doesn't compare to the kind of expression that is possible with ruby.

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@RussTheMagic

5 months

Choose your hard

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

@RickMKobayashi Sometimes the events of the past that hold us back are long since forgotten, but their effects still linger in us. Not all dots can be connected as part of healing, but we must still heal forward regardless.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

@pb_steele Before TS, development can feel like driving on the open highway. After adding it to a project, it's like installing traffic lights every 200 feet. You know... for safety.

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

The fastest way to grow your mailing list is using autocomplete in excel. because there is no difference between accounts that won't buy from you and accounts that don't exist. Don't try to just get anyone to give you their email, make sure they are warmer than dead.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

@0xglitchbyte I took a C++ class in HS and couldn't even make it to 2 months. I thought I could never be a programmer and that i'm just not smart enough. But when I later discovered ruby, it was love at first sight. Programming is different for everyone, find what works for you.

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

Do you have access to your coworkers knowledge? Can you learn what they know about a given thing?

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

I analyzed 100+ bios from my feed & categorized the good (what i liked) from bad. (🔗 below) Good: Personal,reflect them,memorable, clear Bad: Generic, they "help", promotional/selling favs @levelsio @OkobiOnline @NickAnisimov @AshleyGreen1307 @LaurenceKuek @itsdangoldfield

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

Controversial take: I like some anime. I cringe super hard at other anime. Honestly some of the best story telling is done in anime - but you have to be willing to walk away. too many favs to name, but here's what has stuck with me: Dragon Ball (first series) Psycho-Pass

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@RussTheMagic

4 months

you just got trolled

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

The more I think about it, the clearer it is that Reddit aka "the frontpage of the internet" has devolved into primarily a highlight reel of how awful people are.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

Blockchain might be the best defense against disinformation and deep fakes brought on by AI. But where's the money in that?

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

Every team needs a lounge! Uses redis for realtime presence & status. (sorry for poor audio)

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@RussTheMagic

4 months

@thekitze Savage! Although anyone can charge, getting people to buy is the trick.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

Want to know my secret to growing my follower count by 50% (from 100-150+) in a little over a day? Me too.

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@RussTheMagic

5 months

The 10X engineer is the one that makes 5 devs 2x as productive

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@RussTheMagic

6 months

Sometimes all you have to do is nail the basics

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@RussTheMagic

4 months

@holaivory BTC is actually holding out a lot longer around $60K than I would have expected! Makes $100K feel like an eventuality.

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@RussTheMagic

4 months

@JasonSwett - i18N when you're strictly US based - Duplication - ViewComponents for everything - All the gems - Duplication

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@RussTheMagic

5 months

With everyone focused on building AI startups, now is the best time to build a non-AI one.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

Be weary of absolutism. There is often more than one way.

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

How do you start your day?

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@RussTheMagic

7 months

There are 4 things I would tell any aspiring women looking to become a software engineer: 1) You are * enough (good, smart, talented, etc.) 2) Software is more writing than math 3) Assert yourself with no remorse or apologies 4) Be patient, restless and relentless

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@RussTheMagic

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Why are you here?

To connect with others

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To make money

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To learn

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