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by aarondf 4y ago
Author here. I agree with you that visibility is not luck, but I do think being visibility increases luck! When someone _comes to me_ with an opportunity, of course I want to seize it. But I can't control them _coming to me._ I can con
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by aarondf 4y ago
Yeah, exactly this. I could've been more clear on that note, but I've often had conversations with people that have never interacted with me on Twitter and they'll say "oh I really love that [thing] you did" and I
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by aarondf 4y ago
Haha! Publishing doesn't always mean open source code. I defined tweeting a thread about building my shed as publishing too! By the way, you should look at the thread about me building my shed. It rules: https://twitter.com&
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by aarondf 4y ago
Doing a Show HN and getting too many users would be a great problem to have! In most cases it takes a lot of work to get any users, so I wouldn't be trying to limit it at all if I were you. Good luck!
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by aarondf 4y ago
The concept of "luck surface area" changed my life, no joke. It's the best framing I've ever heard for it.
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Publishing your work increases your luck(github.com)
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by aarondf 4y ago
I've been one of the people hand summarizing these descriptions, so thank you for saying that. It's been a lot of work but I want to make sure everyone gets a good description of what they're working on!
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Sending OSS Devs on Vacation(tuple.app)
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by aarondf 4y ago
Ha there are some really funny prompts in there. I would love to see what other people wrote in response to some of them! I know I'm supposed to write my own... but I kinda just want to see what other people wrote, haha.
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How to blog about code and give zero fucks (2013)(garann.com)
1 points by aarondf 4y ago|0 comments
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by aarondf 4y ago
The author of the article is the CEO, which makes it at least 2x as cool.
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Most People Won't (2014)(bryce.vc)
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How to Increase Your Luck Surface Area (2010)(codusoperandi.com)
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“Open source is just as much marketing as it is technical merit.” – Chris McCord(twitter.com)
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by aarondf 4y ago
Can you elaborate on this at all? Maybe list some of the things that scared you away, and/or drove you mad?
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How to Pair with a Junior Developer(tuple.app)
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We're borrowing 200k from Stripe to spend on marketing(twitter.com)
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A receipt printer that prints GitHub Issues(twitter.com)
6 points by aarondf 5y ago|1 comments
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by aarondf 5y ago
Ah good call, I didn't know that.
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by aarondf 5y ago
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by aarondf 5y ago
I mean... you have to know that styling the default controls usually falls vastly short of what you're trying to do.
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by aarondf 5y ago
A big part of the reason that JavaScript controls can't capture the nuance is because it takes a lot of work to capture the nuance. So teams justifiably implement the 90% use case and move on. There are projects that dedicate an unre
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by aarondf 5y ago
Haha, maybe? I don't think so though. Personally I feel like Stack Overflow is better for "I have this specific error, here's the code, here's the message, here's exactly what I'm asking." I think Twitter
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by aarondf 5y ago
There was a lot of discussion on here yesterday about why people stay on Twitter[0]. This is a perfect example of why I like Twitter! The poster asked a reasonable question, and then a half-dozen experts had good-faith, helpful replies. It&
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Why create one Lambda per HTTP route?(twitter.com)
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by aarondf 5y ago
> There is a hunger out there for authentic positivity I think you nailed it with that. One of the things I'm fond of saying is "being excited is underrated." If you're actually excited about something you're wor
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by aarondf 5y ago
Haha yeah, I've been following you for a bit! Small world. I think I found you through Adam Elmore maybe? Speaking of positive people... Adam Elmore!
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by aarondf 5y ago
Thank you! I agree, I think there are a surprising number of people on Twitter that just want to make stuff and hang around other people that make stuff. Perhaps the loudest people are the hot-take / outrage / breaking news folks,
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by aarondf 5y ago
I enjoy being on Twitter a lot. In the past year I've started "taking it seriously" in terms of growing an audience, and it has been a blast. I've set up three rules for my being on Twitter[0]: • Encourage other people -
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by aarondf 5y ago
I'm a dad to 9 month old twins and I'm a Type 1 Diabetic. The picture of you and your son in that hospital bed broke me. You're doing great.

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