More like 200%

2024: AI made me 20% more productive.

2025: New keyboard made me 75% less productive.

Upgraded my setup to a kb with 42 keys and now I’m struggling hard! 🫡

Encore — Backend framework for type-safe distributed systems Encore is an Open Source Backend Framework for building robust distributed systems, using a high-performance declarative approach.

Heard about encore.dev for the first time today.

Now I’m fighting the urge to rebuild my API. 🫣

I just use the unsafe fix. Haven't had any problems so far 😆

That countertop tho 🥵

Advanced voice with real time video is cool and all.

But why is nobody talking about the Santa voices?!

Just spent three minutes debugging why pz-4 didn't add any padding to my element.

1. I think padding on the z-axis is a really novel idea. I will propose an addition to the CSS standards.
2. I think it's time for a break

My experience with Cursor is that it’s amazing for green fielding, but it struggles hard in a sizeable codebase.

My rule of thumb right now is,” If it can fix it with two prompts, I’ll do it myself.”

Which actually is the same way that I deal with code reviews. 🤓

Gotta keep it exciting! 😅

Started a new side project a few weeks ago. I figured that I might as well use NextJS 15 with React 19. Because future etc

Oh, have I regretted that decision many times since!

For example, shadcn components are not type compatible with new React. Easy enough to fix. But still.

It’s so hard!

One little trick that has worked well for me is to record videos where I talk them through the task.

Video gives you nuance and detail, which is hard to achieve only with text.

It’s still hard to let go, though 😭

Agreed!

Another thing I does really well is unit tests. Again, often not hard but it’s nice to save the calories :)

We do Stripe and Stripe Tax (based in Sweden).

We were close to migrating to Paddle last year. We had a few meetings with them, but we ended up not doing it, with the same reasoning as Geoff shared in the Outseta article.

👋

Not really. But it became obvious after a while :)

Thanks!

It works really well since it fits so well with the product :)

Building a SaaS for salespeople is hard!

But there’s one great thing. I get 30+ inbound messages per week in my inbox from our ICP!

They try to sell me something. I do the old switcharoo and pitch Vaam to them instead.

Signed a €2k deal this week that started like this. 🤩

If you're setting up Typescript alias paths — use ~ as the leading character instead of "@."

1. It makes differentiating between local, aliased packages and external packages easier
2. You get better grouping If you're auto-sorting imports
3. You avoid potential conflicts with external packages

The new(ish) agent does a lot better in my experience. Have you tried it?

Here are two things you should do to use Cursor without pulling your hair out:

1. Commit every time you've made a change. This helps to avoid Cursor messing up in other files.
2. Be manic about single responsibility. Cursor performs much better when editing a tiny, single-use file.

🔥

I will check it out! I'm currently doing this with Deepgram and have been looking for alternatives.

a gorilla is standing on a rock in the jungle with the words `` good morning friday '' . ALT: a gorilla is standing on a rock in the jungle with the words `` good morning friday '' .

Current mood

I tried Astro for the first time a few weeks ago. Can highly recommend!

Once you've done anything with kids, doing it without kids is like a relaxing day at the spa 😂

But we still haven’t unlocked the directory of directories directory level!

Surely there is value to capture there!

My week so far

I use Coderabbit.

I think about canceling it every month. But so far I’ve kept it for the few times it has actually saved me from shipping a critical error.

Looking for a few good #Europreneur adds to my list! Calling all founders and cofounders - please nominate from your network!

Limited space left 🇪🇺

(And yes, we’re inclusive of Europe, not just EU!)

go.bsky.app/NPxqgc2

CI and AI code review.

The latter is a mixed bag though. 75% of comments are superfluous, 24% are valuable, and every now and then it catches something critical!