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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 20/02/2025

Thanks so much for sharing this. ❤️

Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 19/02/2025

So am I understanding correctly that they do this well before the initial patent expires so they can transition patients before anyone has an opportunity to create a generic version? And they’re pulling the original from the market before generics are available, too?

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 19/02/2025

My #T1D 9 y/o relies on services that federal funding provides our rural school district. These are not fluffy, feel-good services, they’re life-saving care and supplemental educational services. If you’re not calling for your kids then how about calling for mine? #DOE 5calls.org/issue/educat...

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5calls app banner for protecting the dept of education. Call your representatives today.

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 27/01/2025

Putting some finishing touches on something I’ve been working toward for a bit. Using conversational AI instead of wall-of-text forms for intake so I can probe for context and clarity and get high-quality inputs instead of static forms. Loving the depth and insights of the inputs now! #buildinpublic

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 27/01/2025

Yes. This. I’ll get down on their level and talk through their needs and try to understand their frustrations all day long but holy shit what am I supposed to do when that doctors appt is in 10 minutes and I’m sorry we’re taking my car and not moms car and can we just talk about it on the way??? 😫

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 22/01/2025

Definitely get that! Also a nontech founder, but SaaS (sold last year, trying to figure out what's next). Windsurf lets me be product manager while delegating code to AI, which feels really natural compared to how I worked with my CTO. All of these tools make me feel like a kid in a candy store tho!

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 21/01/2025

Sounds like you’re enjoying lovable! I’ve gotten hooked on Windsurf, myself. Tried v0 and bolt.new but just couldn’t get into them. Haven’t really tested lovable out much though!

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 21/01/2025

Last week's #CrewOfTheWeek was an idea validator. This week? A CrewAI Tool building crew. Takes a descriptive input and outputs a custom tool py file + detailed documentation for using it in my #CrewAI crews. So far it's built an Unsplash API tool, a Weather tool and a keyword tool. #buildinpublic

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 17/01/2025

I’m not familiar. Can you explain?

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 17/01/2025

The algo knew you changed your mind, then pumped it around the time that happened. 😂

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 17/01/2025

Challenging myself to dive deeper into learning #CrewAI with a personal Crew of the Week. This week: a crew that takes an idea, does a shload of research to spit out a 30-ish page viability report that considers my personal priorities and gives a go/no-go with supporting reasoning. 🤯 #buildinpublic

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 14/01/2025

That’s the (potentially) million dollar question, isn’t it? For me it comes down to the season of life. Sold a business last year so, for me, it’s been “play with new things and learn” season. Kids are young, so something that affords more family time. Another build season when they’re older. 🤷‍♂️

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 12/01/2025

This has been on my mind a ton lately, that I need to go on a "new" fast. It's exciting to poke at new stuff and learn but at some point I just have to sit down and build something from start to finish, even if it's not using the newest, latest, greatest, shiniest toy. :)

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 12/01/2025

Spending the morning with @matthew-berman.bsky.social and Joao Moura getting my CrewAI learn on. Debugging an issue with a flow and I think my solution is in here... www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAsr...

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Step-By-Step Advanced CrewAI Setup 🤖

YouTube video by Matthew Berman

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 09/01/2025

Been there. It’s an uphill slog every. single. day.

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 31/12/2024

Any #CrewAI gurus out there? Having problems with a flow. One crew runs kickoff_for_each_async and I can’t for the life of me get the final task to output_file with a unique filename. Just get the literal {slug}.md then it overwrites that file every time it saves another piece of content until 💻 🔥

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 30/12/2024

👏 slow 👏 clap 👏

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 30/12/2024

Reminder: before you spend a bunch of time and energy building a feature, #RTFM. Just build a massive (non-functioning) human input step into a #CrewAI flow just to accidentally find all I had to do was add “human_input: true” to the task. #buildinpublic #failinpublic #learninpublic

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 30/12/2024

Yeah, I was all about jumping into a paid plan but their new tiers are laughable if you’re using the tool extensively every day. And no ability to input my own OpenAI or Anthropic API keys when I inevitably run out of credits. 😒

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 30/12/2024

“… and please, for the love of all things holy and good and pure, stop changing things that are completely unrelated.”

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 25/12/2024

Can you do that in windsurf? I did it in Cursor but couldn’t find the option in windsurf.

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 24/12/2024

Blew through my #Windsurf Pro Premium SuperDuper Gold Exclusive (whatever they call that plan??) credits in like 3 days. Looks like I'll be using #Cascade Base for a little less than a month. Anyone have success with their unlimited base model? #CodeWithAI #BuildInPublic

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 20/12/2024

Absolutely blown away by #Windsurf pretty much every time I use it. Started with an idea this morning and made ridiculous progress on it throughout the day today. Unless I'm jinxing myself by saying this, I should have something launch-worthy by the end of the weekend. 🤯 #buildinpublic #codewithai

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 19/12/2024

Do you even #buildinpublic if you don’t post a coffee shop photo every now and then? Also, my screen is gross.

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 13/12/2024

Night two in the hospital for our BoyKid, who got a very aggressive infection around his insulin pod site that we just couldn’t get out ahead of. Looking much better, hoping to head home tomorrow. 🤞 #t1d

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 09/12/2024

How the hell has Sara Bareilles never been on Tiny Desk, @nprmusic.bsky.social???

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 05/12/2024

Building a payment plan SaaS for service businesses. Uses Stripe Connect to help those businesses offer their customers the option to split large purchases into multiple automated payments on a set schedule. Wedding photographers, event planners, home services businesses, etc. (paykit.io)

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

Literally hacking away at my Stripe Connect onboarding flow right now, thinking about how much more money I could make with a foot fetish company instead of this now terrible idea I've already poured so much of my stupid time into when I could have been building a foot fetish company... 😂

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

So you're saying there's still a market for this but it's not being served any more................ 🤔

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

Holy shit you win. But also why did you ever quit that job? You got paid to GET foot massages. It's like you found the ultimate life hack. Best 9-5 ever, as long as you're a "to each his own" kinda person. 😂

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

Now... is it useful in any way? Probably not. But I just like the idea of using #commitinpublic as a way to stay accountable to working on my own projects every day. Feel free to use it, too, if you'd like. npm install -g commit-in-public 🤷‍♂️

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

Your website is fun AF. Just needed to let you know, in case you weren't aware. :)

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

@talmahaj.bsky.social Your profile makes me think of the Mitch Hedberg joke about "I haven't slept for a week because that would be too long." So thanks for the laugh. :D

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

Any #HoldCo people out there doing stuff like this? Come educate us. :) @matthewrusso.bsky.social - is this similar to what you do?

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

Will you focus on one product at a time or do you plan to have multiple "in the pipeline" at any given time?

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

🚀 Just whipped up #commitinpublic: A simple npm tool that auto-shares selected git commits to Bluesky! Add #share to your commit message and it posts instantly. Perfect for: • #buildinpublic • Sharing progress with your audience • Documenting your journey 👉 npm install -g commit-in-public

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

Hope you got to wear headphones and listen to audiobooks all day!

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

So you were basically a paid best-wingman-ever. Awesome.

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

I guess that would come back to the discussion we were just having - yeah, it might be possible, but I'd probably be leaving money on the table vs being hands-on with it. I really think most of this comes down to the season of life I'm in and how active I want to be with work vs time with the kids.

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

It’s such a unique and engaging way to learn growth. Instant read from me each week. BTW - congrats on the first podcast episode of what I’m sure will be many! Huge fan of the newsletter, excited to check out the podcast!

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

Just a few - @gethalfbaked.bsky.social, @growthinreverse.com is a must-read and anything @growthdesign.bsky.social sends my way makes me want to drop everything and get my learn on.

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

Let’s mix things up today - what’s the strangest job you ever had? Mine? Definitely the summer I spent going page-by-page, erasing pencil marks from standardized test booklets for VA Beach public schools while listening to oldies radio with “The Golden Girls”, my old-lady fellow erasing buddies.

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

Absolutely valid point. I think the real dream come true would be a holding company where I get to spin things up then hand them to a GM to run while o work on the next project. Or sell at a lower price in return for long term equity. Or a mix of these + quick build & sells on a case by case basis.

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

I feel like a kid in a candy store right now. Including the part where I’m spending money on empty calories. Truly enjoying intentionally learning things I may never directly use but apparently my wife would appreciate me starting to make money again though, for some weird reason. 🤷‍♂️

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Chris Scott @chrisgscott.me · 04/12/2024

I ran my last SaaS for about 10 years before it was acquired, so I think it might be that I did the day to day for so long on one project that now I’m kind of spastically bouncing around different ideas. 🤣

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