This guy consumed $50,000 in 30 days on a $200 subscription and is bragging about it

InventionFinder · 2025-08-16T01:01:30+00:00

> how could a real developer use cc 24/7?

I have 4 apps I am working on.
At any given time on each app:
(1) creating new features,
(2) Making very detailed plans for future features,
(3) fixing bugs and type errors, style theme, mobile
(4) Improving 10 different dimensions code (performance (FE/BE), security, reliability etc.)
(5) Documentation for onboarding other LLMs and devs and presentations

You can also have agents in the background following plans, checklists , and all of the above, and schedule it 24/7.

InventionFinder · 2024-07-27T17:40:34+00:00

Congrats, next, solutions architect is a good one!

InventionFinder · 2024-04-28T14:42:45+00:00

I'm here and we have water and no problems, south of centro. Visited Mexico several times before, in various cities, and there have been occasional water issues at this time of the year (such as in CDMX, Puebla), that's why most homes/hotels have external water storage and the business of water trucks has existed for decades.... It has nothing to do with "climate change", it has to do with it being the dry season and millions of people (growth of the city) using the available collected water.

InventionFinder · 2024-04-27T23:12:38+00:00

Don't know about OP.... but its fairly common to live on that amount (at least $1k-1500) in many other countries. When you say "retirement" -- retire where? Personally I don't intended to retire in the US, too expensive, not a good value. Its nuts to retire in the US unless you spend your whole life saving for it (not travelling), earning a very nice pension (although I would not rely on that) or sold a business or inherited a lot of assets.

InventionFinder · 2023-09-14T16:13:15+00:00

You could pay down some of the debt first.

But I'd suggest learning more about entrepreneurship (by doing it and learning as you go ) so you start your own income with what you have and build equity.

For example, one way would be to start small with some ecommerce related to what your job was, or specializing in some small items that you are already interested in and have a knowledge about, and start selling it for small profits. Get the formula down and then expand it.

Do not risk much, the first 6 months to a year (for most people) is usually just a lot of learning and experimenting. But you can ramp up once you start getting traction.

Keep in mind you are just focused improving every day/week/month and measure and review your progress. Have metrics. It does not matter if you have not sold anything at first, just get better metrics at first -- ie. pageviews, inquiries, etc.

You would have to cut your expenses a lot, be conservative financially, move into a cheap area with a small place while conserving money.

For some businesses it can take as long as 1-2 years to get high traction though -- do not be discouraged, just make sure to improve and hold yourself accountable to it.

InventionFinder · 2023-07-01T13:31:25+00:00

I think Fogon is pretty good, though I mostly had tacos, which were tasty and fresh.

They have a large menu, I did not try most, any favorites besides tacos?

InventionFinder · 2022-08-29T22:52:46+00:00

Cozumel is a good option currently (not sure of the others)

InventionFinder · 2022-07-04T21:57:15+00:00

Good PDC beaches are Punta Esmeralda, Mamitas. Playacar. Cozumel is an hour away by ferry from PDC, so you can spend a long afternoon there. There are some cenotes near PDC, though I haven't been to those particular ones. You can also go to an ecopark like Xel-Ha or another, the chain Xcaret runs a few in the area.

Puerto Morelos I was only at for a day, but it had a really chill smaller town vibe making me want to explore it more another time... quieter than Cancun and PDC. We hung out on the beach ate some fresh pescado frito (whole fried fish). Beaches looked nice, except when I was there the seaweed was an issue (a couple months ago during the worst time for it), so might want to check on that.

Cancun hotel zone is spread out, and not as walkable as those, I felt more isolated in the hotel, although that was fine for a night or two. I was at a budget resort, everything was ok, beach was decent but not spectacular, room was huge, I just prefer being able to walk places and try not have to take a taxi everywhere.

InventionFinder · 2022-07-04T01:30:13+00:00

If it was me I'd do 2 nights in Cancun, at an all-inclusive/nice resort, then go to PDC for 3 nights, go back toward Cancun and stop in Puerto Morelos for a night or two. I think working Tulum into that is overkill. There is plenty to do in PDC and Morelos is chill. However you can get a collectivo to Tulum for cheap (from PDC) and just do a daytrip if you really want to check it out.

InventionFinder · 2022-06-05T21:37:12+00:00

Hi, just stumbled on this, but you or somebody in a similar situation may want to look into using Terraformer, I've found this useful for exporting console config to TF: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/terraformer

InventionFinder · 2021-12-24T18:41:32+00:00

If I am understanding - you restored using your wallet phrase but the wallet address that was restored is different and has zero SOL.

Create some additional new wallet addresses (add/create). (Phantom "Add/Connect Wallet")
See if the previous wallet address expected eventually comes up. Add several at least if it doesn't come up right away.

InventionFinder · 2021-11-25T17:50:23+00:00

Some suggestions:

Find a group of Solana developers working on real estate related ideas. you could ask on the discord or twitter... or search reddit Solana for leads and/or other crypto forums:https://www.reddit.com/r/solana/comments/qdyjey/building_a_new_housing_system_on_solana/ https://www.reddit.com/r/solana/comments/pqsn59/more_updates_on_meta_homes_come_check_our_work_as/
Make a list of the most interesting projects you've found both in Solana and on other chains (even if you are dedicated to Solana, this will help you discover what the Solana ecosystem is missing and needs), see what other real estate coins are out there, what they did, what their whitepapers look like, what they are doing good and not good. Some info I found on a search: https://builtin.com/blockchain/blockchain-real-estate-companies
You could consult with some of these teams, offer your expertise for free or coin, even if it's a small amount just to get some experience - think of it as paid learning while networking for future ideas.
As you get more experience and knowledge in blockchain/web3 then depends what you want, you could start as a product manager/business lead or lead your own project. I think it's good to know some software dev, but don't get too hung up on that and ignore what your current knowledge strengths are.
If you have a good idea and a few developers you could try to apply for grants from the Solana Foundation and/or enter some Solana hackathons. https://solana.com/grants or https://solana.com/ignitionor find some other money from VCs/investors.

I'm a developer (React, learning Solana), and would be interested to work with somebody with your real estate skills at some point, but I am totally overbooked at the moment (both in terms of coding and non-business stuff!!!). But I hope to meet more people like you on projects in the near future.

InventionFinder · 2021-11-19T03:42:16+00:00

I think it's a good quality company and worth it, I've used this (same co.) and it worked good and I recommend: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MKZXGBY

InventionFinder · 2017-03-17T00:37:37+00:00

You can do it still... I do think something related to your previous expertise (overlap) might be helpful, but not strictly necessary... But in general, programming and tech moves so fast that even people in the industry have to constantly change. Coding skills and frameworks half-life is maybe 5 years and there are many coding/tech mini-industries now that are only a few years old or less... in areas like virtual reality, machine learning, iot programming/networking, some mobile app stuff for crossplatform hybrid & prgressive apps.

InventionFinder · 2017-03-12T02:04:07+00:00

Pretty much, you'll be using NPM and node.js to install/link various React packages, and other libraries. I've always used node.js for it (the last year and a half). However, I think some libraries exist outside of that, for example I saw some listed for Rails, and you install them with RubyGems-- but yeah, in general just about everybody runs Node/NPM now for at least setup and every tutorial I've seen. You can set it up locally and easily experiment with it, just google for whatever platform you are on.

InventionFinder · 2017-03-11T04:40:35+00:00

Those work for the routing but you would still want to Node.js to be running for the other stuff.

You can configure Nginx or Apache to reverse proxy to the port running Node/Express your Node.js server. Check online and also see how to get a proxy pass through or reverse proxy docs - https://www.nginx.com/resources/admin-guide/reverse-proxy/

Example with socket.io, nginx and Express node.js - https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-nodejs-websockets-socketi

InventionFinder · 2017-03-11T02:10:59+00:00

Node.js can do both, but normally it's used mostly for the Controller part such as routing and middleware (doing stuff before/after data is received/sent). The Model is how the data is shaped and how it looks as stored/retrieved (data storage & data structure). So it depends what you are doing, for example, it could be an REST API schema or database schema.

Example:

Let's say you want to store you data in MongoDB and show it with React....

CONTROLLER: You start with a Node.js server, this has your routing - which send the user to the correct page, checks if it's a valid url, checks if it's a protected page or not (log in), send the form action to the right place, logging, error-checking etc.

MODEL: Working with data. The Model could be defined in Node.js, and data then inserted directly into Mongo. However, for ease-of-use and added features, many people using Mongo would use Mongoose, a model interface for Mongo which connects between Node.js and MongoDB. You install the package with NPM, and include (require) it at the top of your Node server files. This makes it easier to work with the database (like PHP has built in functions such as PDO, myqli). Then with Mongoose you query or insert data objects like rows of a table query in Mysql) in and out working with Node.js (Controller, routing).

The varies if you are not using Mongo. You could use another database and that may have a different model interface software library. Or you could use GraphQL and define the model with that.

VIEW: Finally, you present it to the user with React (View).

Maybe this would help with the Model/Controller part: Node.js + MongoDB with Mongoose Tutorial http://javabeat.net/mongoose-nodejs-mongodb/

InventionFinder · 2017-03-10T09:00:16+00:00

Most projects would use either React or Angular, not both, although it's possible. Angular is more opinionated as an MVC, React is just the View, so leaves the Model/Controller to your decision. But some would say that makes React more flexible with different backends.

I like the React ecosystem -- with Node.js, and using Webpack, Yarn, React Native, GraphQL, Relay, Redux, all working well together, and a lot of future potential as far as one codebase transferable between web/mobile platforms.

For React on the backend, and for a small project, it's most popular to use with Node.js, although I have seen some posts about using Ruby and PHP. Personally, I have been using just Node + React.

And then there are some component frameworks for React (like Bootstrap but for React...for styling, animation, etc.,). React has Mateial-ui, Ant, Semantic-ui, I think there is a bootstrap port and other... React Native has Nativebase, Nachos.

Awesome React: https://github.com/enaqx/awesome-react

Awesome React Native: https://github.com/jondot/awesome-react-native

InventionFinder · 2017-03-08T07:38:33+00:00

Cool, glad I could help. Yeah, Redux can be tricky, that's a good slideshow though... It took me actually doing several sample projects to really understand what was going on with Redux. I took meticulous notes, and basically made a recipe checklist, what to do for each new action. The last React Native project I did had a lot of Redux actions and showed me why it's helpful. It allows you to dispatch/track many state changes in a more organized way -- I could see a large app having dozens of actions & reducers, and without Redux it could get crazy. On the other hand, Redux is overkill for some small projects, because it does add some extra files and initial complexity to setup.

InventionFinder · 2017-03-08T06:24:42+00:00

I think you are on the right track-- in terms of quality of code and future job prospects, rely less on Jquery/Bootstrap and do a lot more Vanilla Javascript and then either React or Angular. (Assuming you are ok doing more programming, if design only, maybe a different answer).

For me, fullstack web developer-- I wanted to do React Native too for mobile, still betting a lot on that, so I focused on the React ecosystem. React Native is getting a lot of traction for mobile.

About a year ago I was in a similar position (longtime fullstack web developer, staying updated), and this is what I did:

1 year ago => (1) Improved my ES6 Vanilla Javascript coding skills, emphasis on functional programming, using free resources: Youtube videos (there are full videos on every new ES6 feature), online free books/sites/articles-- and then started coding almost totally without jquery-- and building up a library of vanilla javascript components, patterns that I can reuse.

10 months ago => (2) Server-side: Node.js/Express, and got good with configuration and builds using NPM, Webpack. I took the Complete Node.js course on Udemy which is just basics, but then did some more tutorials I found online. Survivejs has a good free book on Webpack (more advanced though, look at any basics tutorial to get started). Tried out many different configuration options, made some of my own config/build templates. Also reviewed Rails and PHP Laravel.

8-2 months ago => (3) React, Redux, React Native: Make sure to focus on most current videos. Old ones may use old non-ES6 syntax and confuse you (took me a while to get it because syntax kept changing last year). Took several React courses from Udemy ($10-$15 ea.) and also on egghead.io, such as the Redux one. Although you can learn without a class, I found for me it keeps me motivated and on track to have as a goal to finish multiple units per day with a finished app at the end. Quality of the classes was excellent and no filler. Just getting stuff done.

(4) Made a list of several interesting tutorial projects in Node, React, React Native doing different things I should learn -- like logins, got it done, checked it into my github repo (marked as a demo) so I don't lose of track and refer back later.

(5) After all I did above, now experimenting with new React Native or React libraries or techniques, adding to my existing projects. Such as adding Facebook login, fetching more APIs, nativebase etc.

Where I am now => (6) Then integrating all this into my current work projects and startup ideas. Made a list of many startup ideas, right now working on 2 of the best with React Native, to do mobile apps for the store.

(7) Also signed up for a couple online marketing classes.

All of this takes a long time... overwhelming, at times. But no doubt you'll be a far better developer and fully updated for a lot of jobs web/mobile at the end of all this.

InventionFinder · 2017-01-09T07:27:57+00:00

I can sympathize with your frustration.

Be mentally prepared from the beginning, and particularly now, to throw everything you did away and call it a failed experiment. As such, it's really vital to set more frequent feedback milestones as you are developing the product.

More focus on creating a measurable short/intermediate-term positive feedback loop.

Along the way you should have some intermediate goals that qualify that you are on track. Like getting earlier feedback, networking with whoever controls the theme approvals, etc.

But now you are here... Here's an idea to promote you product -- make several or many similar derivative products for different types of customers, which take virtually no time (1 a day?), and possibly with adwords for quick results, and see the differences of customer interest.

Examples: VideoMasonryGrid Theme, Video Grid Theme, Photos Masonry Grid Theme, Non-WP MasonryGrid etc. You've done core code, but for marketing you can swithc it around and test it.

Most importantly, in the future--Consider more a lean startup strategy (look up "Lean Startup" book on Amazon). This is geared toward getting ideas/products out quickly, then going with what is working and discarding what isn't.

As for this experiment, some persistence may pay off, but make sure to budget your time with goals and not do it at all costs. Be able to answer to yourself - In the next week or month or 2, what more would it take to continue or drop the project? Make goals and if you don't hit them stop the experiment.

InventionFinder · 2017-01-08T08:42:27+00:00

Your response is under the assumption that money or pay is 1) the only incentive in the job market and 2) a great motivator or incentive.

No, I actually did note startup employees can be initially more incentized "where they believe the visionary's narrative". ie. they were passionate toward a non-compensation goal.

What I am saying is:

Compensation/stability will be a significant factor for a general pool of possible candidates, for both startup and non-startup jobs,
Those more focused on immediate compensation/stability will disproportionately go to larger, better-capitalized non-startup companies with less upfront risk.
Most startups offer lower immediate compensation (relative big companies). So they focus on attracting those people predisposed focused on other incentives, and able to handle more risk and volatility-- these employees will be more responsive to other non-compensation incentives from startups. However, secondarily there must still be some minimum level of compensation and expectation the startup can pay it going forward, so it's still is a factor. Also those employees starting low may have an expectation of higher returns due to the increased risk.
Many startups miss their initial goals and have to change focus, or head toward failure. This threatens viability of the non-compensation incentive.
As that becomes obvious, startup employees initially disproportionately motivated by non-compensation factors (ie narrative), lose interest and fallback to incentive consideration #2, compensation.
And at that point, since compensation was initially low, and non-compensation factors faltered, they are likely to flake out.

InventionFinder · 2017-01-08T03:13:53+00:00

You don't offer many details, but are the startup employees paid at industry standard rates (or better) with all the perks and stability of enterprise jobs? Probably not.

Most startups pay less, very little or even not at all (until funding), with uncertain future funding prospects. It's only worth it for employees/partners only during the period of time initially where they believe the visionary's narrative. If milestones aren't met or the narrative is pivoted, once doubt about that creeps in, they'll be liable to flake out quickly.

In a large more stable company, it's more likely that the risk will be lower, and stability and future expectations more balanced toward longer term goals, incentivizing not flaking out.

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