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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 18/05/2025

Just checked my analytics and found a bunch of users signing up through perplexity and chatgpt. No idea what they're searching to find my product. Feels like a weird mystery - people finding you through ai but you don't know how they got there.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 06/02/2025

Just vibe-coded a Python script with AI to convert mp3 lectures to videos with subtitles. Didn't look at the code once. Didn't try to understand it. Just trusted the ai 15 minutes later: everything worked perfectly This is the future of coding for most scripts

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 01/02/2025

There are multiple ai agents frameworks out there. They create abstractions on top of code. They try to simplify agents but end up adding more complexity because models and methods keep changing every day. For now, writing your own glue code for AI agents might be better. Could change later.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 01/02/2025

Everyone's talking about ai agents in 2025 But here's what nobody tells you: If you know the steps you need to take, just write the code directly I removed the agent framework & replaced it with simple chain operations + basic parallelization Result: easier to debug, maintain, and actually ship

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 23/01/2025

Stop falling for the "consistent marketing" trap Everyone: "just be consistent!" But they don't tell you WHY most founders aren't consistent The real reason? Marketing isn't deterministic Without visible results, motivation dies Your brain craves certainty Solution: Track actions, not outcomes

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 22/01/2025

I think I've found what works for me to be productive I started grouping my to-do list tasks into tiny projects I can finish in a day. Been doing this for a week & it's completely changed how I work Now I finish at least one mini-project daily and actually feel accomplished instead of scattered

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 21/01/2025

Just spent 4 hours debugging why a website wouldn't load. checked DNS, server configs, everything. Turns out i had a typo in the domain name. one single missing letter in nginx config. The dumbest bugs always take the longest to fix 😭

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 20/01/2025

Just hit a major milestone with Painpointy! 🚀 After a lot of work & feedback, it can now: - Analyze Reddit threads - Identify meaningful themes - Break them into subthemes This is going to be a game-changer for understanding user pain points at scale!

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 18/01/2025

honest talk about using huggingface models for the first time: 1. had no clue how to start 2. got stuck immediately 3. asked chatgpt + claude for help 4. actually got it working the "figuring it out" part used to take days. now it's minutes.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 16/01/2025

marketing is so freaking chaotic compared to programming coding: put in work → get results marketing: do everything "right" → crickets do random stuff → goes viral 🤷‍♂️ no wonder founders hate it. feels like screaming into the void while your metrics mock you

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 16/01/2025

i’m also trying to be more consistent. do you have a set time daily for that?

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 15/01/2025

two that i check daily, it has become a habit, and one that i check occasionally.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 15/01/2025

todo lists shouldn't start with a blank page that's the mistake i've been making for years now i just: - talk it out for 10 mins - transcribe the audio - let ai organize it it's like having a productive conversation with yourself

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 14/01/2025

the hardest part of achieving big goals isn't setting them it's figuring out what to do each morning when you sit down at your desk been struggling with this forever, finally breaking down annual goals into daily chunks feels like having a GPS instead of just a destination

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 21/12/2024

thinking of starting an ai agents employment agency.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 19/12/2024

it’s the same. i think it has to do with the email subject line. it feels like you’re getting a free gift.

you have free access to github copilot email

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 16/12/2024

ya and you gotta do it over and over and over again.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 16/12/2024

it's always a good idea to have a landing page to explain what the product does. and depending on the product, the landing page have that product too

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 16/12/2024

where are you adding smtp support?

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 16/12/2024

ya, i often think about that too. but people aren't always thinking about our product, it's just us. 😅

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 16/12/2024

always with with how you're going to market the product. and don't randomly add features. i think every technical founder makes this mistake once. no way around it.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 16/12/2024

also, it's only on iphone 15 pro and iphone 16 models. and there's isn't much to do with it either.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 16/12/2024

yep definitely. also seeing a decrease in engagement, which also makes sense.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 16/12/2024

just spent 2 hours trying to fix the issue where the google login only works the second time. found out that next.js middleware was blocking the callback path. fixed in 2 seconds. anyway, how is your day going?

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 13/12/2024

simple product dev strategy that i use now: TOP DOWN: ↓ start with problem ↓ understand it deeply ↓ explore solutions ↓ pick simplest one ↓ build it vs BOTTOM UP: ↑ start with cool tech ↑ force fit to problem ↑ overcomplicate ↑ fail guess which works?

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 13/12/2024

it's the paradox. the more you chase happiness, the further away it gets.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 13/12/2024

the video could be increasing their time on site, which factors into rankings. or if it's a new site, google is testing where to rank it.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 12/12/2024

ya, i keep the notebook right infront me to make it easy. if i schedule it and formalize it, then i tend to procrastinate. 😅

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 11/12/2024

i don't think exercising for a while will stall your progress. it will probably speed up your progress because of the positive effects. it's a net positive!

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 11/12/2024

can you repost the main post?

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 11/12/2024

my favorite way to start the day is by writing down what i'm thinking/excited about. a few minutes of morning writing helps me checkin with myself. then i start with what i'm excited about. makes it easier to do things. try it - you'll be surprised by what you find.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 10/12/2024

ya, i also realized that fixed times every week isn’t working. i’m now checking in with me when i’m excited and then double down. but it’s so hard to get out of the default programming.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 10/12/2024

yeah, but the thing is that the other side isn't safer - we just know less about it's problems. marketing, sales, dev - ai is changing it all. don't ignore what you're already good at. :) but ai makes it easier to learn new skills, increasing the chance that one person can do it all

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 09/12/2024

it's classic human behavior. grass is greener on the other side.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 09/12/2024

it's classic human behavior. grass is greener on the other side.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 09/12/2024

i've been procrastinating on upgrading. does the codemod work well?

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 09/12/2024

which one are you looking at? i have a wh-1000xm4 and it's been good.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 09/12/2024

what kind of exercises do you do? also, how do kettlebells compare to dumbbells?

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 09/12/2024

i like windsurf ui too. the main thing missing right now is docs support. and also with the recent pricing update of windsurf, cursor has a slight edge. but it's great to have some competition.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 09/12/2024

ya, it does! auth: pocketbase.io/docs/authent... webhooks: pocketbase.io/docs/js-even... cron: pocketbase.io/docs/js-jobs... and supabase edge functions are just deno functions, you can use it directly: deno.com/deploy on top of that you get a better admin ui too.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 08/12/2024

definitely, only grok has access to the tweets data too

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 08/12/2024

true. any systems that you recommend?

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 08/12/2024

definitely, it’s already happening!

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 08/12/2024

i know the feeling, i did the same🥲 wanna keep each other accountable?

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 08/12/2024

you can just host it on a vps. it runs well on a $5 vps and can handle 1000s of visitors. there are no official hosting, there's pockethost.io, if you really want a cloud host.

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 08/12/2024

ya, i miss writing blog posts too. i want to start writing them regularly again

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Rison Simon @risonsimon.com · 08/12/2024

ya supabase is great, but what i'm loving these days even more is pocketbase, almost all features of supabase in a single binary package!

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