When you give Claude a taste of its own medicine
Posts by Coding in Flow
Self-host your Next.js app on a cheap VPS with a local PostgreSQL database ✨
Every command is provided for copy-pasting.
We even secure the server, connect a custom domain, and make sure every Next.js feature still works.
(Video link in the first reply)
Why you should NOT try to master HTML/CSS/JS before jumping into React:
All this intelligence and compute, and you still don't have a six-pack.
Some things AI can't do for you.
Next.js ships agent docs in node_modules
Why don't all libraries do it like this??? Why do I have to mess around with MCP servers and CLIs that break all the time?
Two years ago, every new AI coding "breakthrough" terrified me. I thought I was gonna lose my job the next day.
But in reality, every leap in intelligence & tooling just made the work more fun.
Comet Browser has been a boon to my productivity
Motivation follows action.
If you don't "feel like" doing something, don't wait for your mood to randomly change.
Just start doing the thing.
After 10 minutes, you'll have built momentum—and it might even become fun.
I barely type anymore. All voice dictation using Wispr Flow.
Even with my German accent, I get ~95% accuracy.
It even tags files in Cursor automatically.
Back when I played online poker professionally, I realized that no invention ever makes life easier. It just makes the game more competitive.
AI is the same. CEOs now have to pay thousands in AI tokens every month, not to get a head start, but to even have a chance in the market.
bro is locked in 🗿
One of my favorite Cursor commands. Together with Opus 4.6, this has saved me from a lot of bad design decisions.
What's the best way to track how users use features in my React app?
useState, useEffect, useCallback, useMemo, ...
but yet you never useBrain
AI has totally changed the way I learn things.
Now, when I find an interesting idea/framework in a book, I don't think "I need to learn and practice this".
Instead, I think "How can I best summarize this into an .md file to give it to my agent.
The key prop in React is not only useful for lists.
If you want to reset the state of a component, you should use it too.
But attention, you want to put the key in a wrapper component so your callers don't have to remember it.
Here is how 👇
Learn Context in React 19 with the
- new syntax
- new use() hook
- industry best practices
(YT link in 1st reply)
How to actually learn from coding tutorials and not just waste your time in tutorial hell copying code 👇
Claude, whenever I make the most basic suggestion
Unsaved changes warning in Next.js with the new onNavigate function
(code in first reply)
How to center a div in 2 lines of CSS:
display: grid;
place-content: center;
How do YOU use AI agents for software testing? Show me your setups.
Is there a difference between returning a promise and returning "await promise"?
Yes, there is. It's subtle but important:
2020: Companies hire you because of your skills
2026: Companies hire you because of your skills.md
Why AI doesn't make you happier
I like the positivity
In React server components, you can fetch data in parallel using Promise.all to avoid waterfalls:
AI is amazing