When I feel imposter syndrome, I think of this video.
"If you feel imposter syndrome, that's great. That means all kinds of good things about you. But don't miss the opportunity."
youtu.be/qGmwH6DyUjo?...
Haha yeah, I thought the same and I work at Twilio. Unfortunately, the standards for registration are high and the process is slow at the minute.
Maybe an absolutely perfect A2P 10DLC registration is the first sign of superintelligence
I am so sick of reading AI written "thought-leadership" posts
Building faster != better
Hacking AI is just social engineering and that makes me happy
That's off the top of my head. The good news is there's loads of avenues to experiment. The bad news is, as I'm sure you're aware, it can feel like a bit of a dark art.
Sponsoring conferences, especially large ones, can provide some good SEO juice. You shouldn't have to spend big -being mentioned as a small sponsor and getting backlinks could be enough
Influencer marketing - you have to be discerning and authentic but getting mentioned in content, enaging in the comments, sponsoring content are all worth trying
Forums continued: You have a Discord, a lot of companies do this, but they're siloed from the web and don't help with ToF. I prefer Discourse.
However, splitting your community accross platforms has its cons, so maybe sticking with Discord until your user numbers are bigger is the way to go
In terms of forums, I'm a proponent of:
- Company subreddits - source LLMs pull from and social proof - (just remember to feed it)
- Discourse as a public support forum with some SEO benefits
In my experience top of the funnel is easier to fix as there's more room for experimentation and less engineering overhead.
As others have suggested content marketing with optimised blog posts and landing pages is a good start (which I see you're already doing)
Have you looked at what part of the marketing funnel they are dropping off?
(Sorry for the bombardment of questions 😅)
How well do you know your current users? What brought them to you?
What kinds of marketing have you tried?
Is this the opposite of `429 Too Many Requests`?
Recently been studying ethics in design and innovation - I think this is worth a read for any designer or developer.
A Framework for Ethical Decision Making
cse.sc.edu/~mgv/csce390...
Oh modernity
Seconds are rookie metrics. I measure in number of timeouts.
Python Coding Challenge - Question with Answer (ID -180126)
Answer with Explanation: www.clcoding.com/2026/01/pyth...
"Light objects and surfaces, not space" - this is why big light people are wrong! I'm a lamp guy all day
Stolen from this video which I think you'll like:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKX3...
This is great - I love a new shortcut!
If you haven't seen it, this talk from the founder of Astral is well worth a watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSKT...
uv really has changed the game
"Turn your GitHub contribution graph into space invaders" - the easiest game ever. With the number of commits I make it's not really an invasion.
It's wonderful to me that designers - even legendary designers - still use sketches and drawings to convey ideas every day.
Yes, CAD has suprassed sketches in many ways but there's something so quick, utilitarian, and useful in sketching.
Make commits passively?
Vision is a vehicle for innovation. It's incredibly important in the innovation process.
I refuse to accept blame - even git blame
Tickets are pricey but the Royal Albert Hall does this regularly and it's incredible - especially the LOTR movies
