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End of the year. So how did I do in terms of my goals? 3 days b2b saas -> turns out this is now taking most of my time, closer to 5 days 😅 3 days b2c app building -> hardly time left for this, in Dec only managed a couple of evenings 1 day dedicated family time -> I've been deliberately spending more time, doing family activities in the weekend. So about 2 days and 3 evenings per week. 1 hour of exercise per day -> managing 3 hours per week, which I think is enough

@Fenrirtheicewo1 I miss robot chicken.

You know Robot Chicken made a joke about something like this once... and I bet the dialog writing there will be a billion times better if not the same than whatever the shithead bloodline of Colbert can make. God, help us all. We truly live in the dark timeline.

@daniel_nguyenx Hey, finally someone I can reply to! With my little account I've unfortunately suddenly been unable to reply to 90% of the people I follow ;(. I've been building energy calculation models

Welcome to my little corner on here. What are you building? (only real builders can reply to this post)

@DylanoA4 Not so much a quote, but last two lines of a poem. Regardless this one always spoke to me: "Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

I've extensively been using Codex for the last couple of weeks. A couple of thoughts: - Great for debugging existing code! Just describe the problem and it will find likely causes. It's magical! - Pretty decent in building a new project from scratch. - Not as good adding new functionality to existing code. Doesn't really follow current style. Tendency to overcomplicate. - It likes to include silent fallbacks way too much. If i add/change functionality, I want to know if it there are issues. Silent fallbacks to original functionality prevents me from detecting issues.

@marcfdupuis I get why they implemented this, and i also see bots are a huge problem. But having a small account of only ~50 followers does mean I suddenly cannot comment anymore on lots of the interesting accounts I follow. And just getting more followers also seems very hard..

So this basically completely boxes our small accounts? Can’t even be a comment-boy anymore to try and grow

@thekitze Haha, you better never visit Spain then! They close from 4 to 8:30pm (!). Cannot get any bites/snacks in restaurants during that time

so many restaurants in paris have a kitchen that is closed from 4 to 7??? ngmi

@conductr_ That said, there is a limit to this if you work for someone else. If you really want to become financially free, you need to figure out how to monetize your skill in a way that scales. E.g. start your own company.

@conductr_ I don't think its one mindset for me. Part of it is realizing your own worth and ask for it. When i was making 3k per month, I didn't dare to ask for more than 4k. But once you make 4, that is now the new normal and you dare to ask for 5. Rinse and repeat.

People who went from broke to financially free, what was the one mindset shift that actually changed everything for you?

@thekitze When I took my daughter around that age, we just walked in the city, took some metro rides, had crepes and even took her to the Louvre. Nothing specifically for a 2.5 yo, but she loved all of it nonetheless.

what are the top activities to do with a 2.5 yo toddler in paris? anything interesting you would recommend?

@thekitze This is what winning looks like ;)

I live to show her the world and make sure she has a good life. everything else is a side quest.

@minordissent The bar is indeed low. But that is also good news for anybody who is worried that they missed their shot or started too late. It's not too late. A few dedicated years will still get you ahead of 90%.

The bar is so incredibly low. If you can muster even the faintest modicum of agency every day for just a few years, you will easily propel yourself into the top decile for your age on every dimension that matters.

Periodic reminder there's a whole world outside the screen. Spring is coming, it's pretty beautiful out there.

@itsolelehmann This was genuinely helpful. Thanks for taking the time to write this down!

i've lived in cyprus for the last 5 years here's my (more nuanced) view of pros and cons: the pros: 1. people are insanely friendly. people genuinely talk to you in cafes and everyone is SUPER sweet to our baby 2. tax status is the best option in europe, both in terms of tax rate and flexibility (you only need to be there 60days/year) 3. weather is elite from april - june and september - december 4. there are few distractions, it's a great place to lock in, work out and work (but more in the cons section..) 5. living costs are decent (though been rising A LOT). 6. growing expat community (mainly germans in paphos, more russians in limassol) 7. slowly growing availability of organic food sources (still in its infancy tohugh) 8. pro business mindset (compared to other european countries, not to US lol) 9. I love the sea in cyprus (great colour and very clear!) , and they also have mountains too hike in troodos mountains 10. easy and fast to get any doctors appointment (and cheap!) 11. very safe, I would always leave my backpack with my car keys out in the open while swimming etc. low crime rate is awesome. 12. everyone speaks english! and very well. now let's get to the cons: 1. it's very hard to maintain friendships with the expats because MANY of them will be traveling outside of cyprus for 70% of the year. I personally want a place where most peopel stay permanently, not only a couple of months. It's ok if your 24 and nomading (which im not). 2. the sun is extreme in juli, august. especially with a small child thats kinda fucked and hard to navigate (UV index 12...) 3. it often still feels like 2018. in a good AND a bad way. there's not much to do compared to other places where I lived before. 4. you need a car (despite what people been telling you on X). sidewalks are often times fucked up, especially if you are pushing a stroller around 5. culture, music, art scene is extremely small. I love these things so it does matter to me. 6. there is no real big city in cyprus. something i'm genuinely missing 7. there's close to 0 significant companies here, no good events, tech ecosystem is very very small (despite what people try to tell you on here). on a world scale, cyprus doesn't matter at all 8. a lot of "entrepreneurs" coming here are coaches or actually employed to someone. I have met 10x more interesting entrepreneurs in big european cities in a days vs in 6 months in cyprus. there are some but it's far from a "tech hub". might be skill issue on my end lol 9. there's a lot of dodgy shit going on with casinos, russian money in cyprus. but I guess that happens in many countries 10. its an island, so everything needs to get imported. many shops don't ship to cyprus. there is no amazon (only if you order from a different country + pay the shipping 11. cyprus is very far away from the pulse of culture, it mostly feels like every trend is happening 5 years later here 12. lots of mold in almost EVERY house. cheap build quality and a lot of cookie cutter ugly investment properties 13. very close to the wars in the middle east 14. there no great architecture in any city my tldr: we're looking at other options in europe right now, but we might stay here and just move to limassol but a kind of house I want is probably 6-9k/month so it's expensive af there (over 2x-3x from paphos) personally, I mainly miss the vibe and drive of a more metropolitan city but that's just me! the main factor I don't like is how so many people only stay a couple of months in cyprus, making it hard to compound and friendships but people like @marclou moving here def make me want to stay more :D

@conductr_ Gaining experience by doing the thing. For a long time

People who went from insecure to genuinely confident, what was the one shift that actually changed everything for you?

@kalashvasaniya Because i want to build fun, whimsical stuff that is not necessarily solving real pain points.

if youre in b2c, just tell me why???

@jackfriks If you are in this magical phase where you still very much enjoy games while your business is growing... Make use of it! Seriously. Because one day, a couple short years from now, you'll boot up a game and realize it just doesn't hit the same anymore.

business grew now all i wana do is play slay the spire two

@BladeoftheS Only if you combine it with massive amounts of batteries. Because overbalance on the grid is actually a real and serious issue. This causes the frequency to become unstable, leading to all sorts of issues.

You really can't build too many solar panels. What are you going to say, we have too much electricity? Can't happen they will always find more uses for it if there is 'too' much.

@yongfook Seems to me that if you were the type of person who would jump at the chance to sell at 3x, you don't really care about your product and don't enjoy being an entrepreneur. Ironically, the same kind of person that would be very unlikely to even reach the chance to sell at 3X.

Unless you need a big chunk of cash for buying a house or something, I don't understand why anyone would sell a SaaS at a 3x multiple. Just keep it, print money, and own the IP. Am I missing something?

@thekitze It still is a magical place with kids. Also went there with my daughter and it's awesome seeing them enjoy it. Only waiting 2 hrs in line for a photo with a princess was slightly less enjoyable 😂

bringing our daughter to Disneyland for the first time is EASILY the best day of our lives 🥲

The wife's been looking at 1.5M+ listings all week 😳. No more excuses, boys. I guess it's really time to lock in.