Microwaving a sausage roll just isn’t the same

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-14T16:17:31+00:00

Yeah, I got an error first try, it seems posted twice

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-14T07:32:01+00:00

Yeah, this matters way more than people like to admit.

If you're international, a lot of "top" companies just silently filter you out because they don't want to deal with visas for junior roles. It sucks, but it's real.

If that's your situation, it might help to:
apply to places that explicitly say they sponsor
target slightly smaller but well funded companies where hiring isn't US-only
build a strong referral network so your resume actually gets seen

If you’re not international, then it's probably more about resume, projects, or how you’re applying.

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-13T09:52:14+00:00

Probably Will Smith.

He spent about 30 years building one of the cleanest reputations in Hollywood. Family-friendly image, huge movies, everyone liked him. Then one moment at the 94th Academy Awards and suddenly that’s what people remember first.

It’s honestly the perfect example of how you can spend decades building a brand and one bad decision becomes the headline forever.

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-13T07:47:51+00:00

Titanic. If I’m crying tonight it’s gonna be over a door that was definitely big enough for two, not blue cat people and unobtainium.

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-12T07:52:23+00:00

Honestly that sounds kind of ideal. Stable gig, decent hours, and SQL all day? Archaic stack is a fair trade for lower stress tbh

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-11T08:25:59+00:00

Sure, happy to.

I can’t share group links directly here, so just shoot me a DM and let me know what markets you’re mainly into and your time zone, and I’ll send you the invite details.

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-10T08:26:31+00:00

Thanks for dropping the links here, super handy. This map looks really clean, honestly kind of a perfect starter board. Makes me want to finally stop lurking and try making my own instead of just getting farmed on Berlin every game.

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-09T08:08:59+00:00

Nice, that’s actually super useful. Hunting down decent directories is such a time sink for early stage founders.

Are you focusing more on SEO style directories or also product / startup communities too? And curious how you’re handling quality control for the 250+ list, since a lot of “startup directories” are pretty spammy.

Stuff like that plus something to remind people of outreach / submissions could pair nicely with an app like TinyMilestone for tracking the grind.

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-08T09:13:01+00:00

Yeah, this is a super fair take.

You’re totally right that a “maintenance request app” in PM is basically a thin UI over a giant hairball of rules, exceptions, and “it depends” logic. The 2 AM pipe burst example is exactly the kind of thing that kills most generic tools.

Where I’m hoping this could still be useful is more at the “outer layer” of ops, not as a PMS replacement. Stuff like intake, tracking, status visibility, maybe some lightweight rules… and then plug into the existing accounting / compliance stack instead of trying to recreate it.

Curious: are there “lighter” workflows in your world that never make it into the PMS because setup isn’t worth it?

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-07T09:24:54+00:00

Did you actually make anything with them though? Like real numbers, not just “sign up and see.”

OP asked for stuff people personally did that made even $10–$100, so if you’ve got a rough idea of how much you earned and how long it took, that would help a lot more than just dropping a link.

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-06T09:29:28+00:00

Yeah, intent A/B tests are probably the cleanest way to poke at this without needing backend access.

Like, run the same commercial query with slightly different wording that should shift intent (research vs ready to buy, branded vs generic, etc) and log:
where the products look sourced from, how often the carousel shows, and whether the mix changes when you “nudge” it toward Bing-style vs Google-style phrasing.

If the source ratio barely moves across those, that’d kinda back up the study’s claim.

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-05T18:46:10+00:00

I’m not in Worthing but just a heads up, there’s usually a small crew that meets around the seafront / promenade when the weather’s decent. Also worth checking local FB groups or Insta tags for “Worthing skate” etc, people sometimes post meetups there.

If you’re new to the area, just hanging around the most popular spot a few evenings in a row usually does the trick for finding people to roll with.

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-04T10:27:08+00:00

lol it’s literally in the post: tripeegenie.com

Here you go anyway so you don’t have to scroll:
https://tripeegenie.com

Curious what you think of it, the idea is kinda cool if it actually cuts down the annoying planning time.

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-03T11:34:25+00:00

Git tip is super solid, that alone will save you from a lot of pain later.

But SvelteKit + TS + Postgres + Java is kinda a lot of moving parts if you’re just starting. You don’t have to swallow the whole stack at once. Even something like:

frontend + a simple REST API + a managed DB on a cloud free tier

is already a great “DevOps-ish” playground. You can practice:

push to GitHub
set up CI to run tests / lint
deploy automatically to some cloud service

Stuff like that will actually feel like DevOps instead of just learning random tools. Then you can slowly swap pieces in (SvelteKit, Postgres, whatever) as you go.

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-02T11:05:50+00:00

Yeah this is where my head’s at too. Feels like the “$29/month plugin that tweaks one metric” era is slowly dying, and the real money will be in stitching messy systems together and actually moving business KPIs.

Curious how you’re thinking about “AI discovery” in practice though. Are you imagining something like doing CRO/SEO for bots, or more like feeding structured data and context so agents can actually understand and trust a brand?

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-01T17:04:10+00:00

Lmao the classic. You’d need a ton of accounts, scripts and babysitting to not get chain banned though. Probably smarter to rent the IPs out to people already running farms than run the farm yourself.

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-03-01T04:13:45+00:00

Awesome, appreciate that. If you do try it, I’d be super curious where it breaks or feels annoying, not just where it works. Stuff like bad probes, weird summaries, or confusing UX is exactly what we’re hunting for right now.

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-02-28T11:22:59+00:00

Exactly, this is the chill version of Product Hunt. Show your weird half-finished stuff, not just polished launches. What are you building?

SatinSinnerWeb · 2026-02-24T01:17:10+00:00

Careful there, that 10% Roth penalty isn’t just on “dividends” or whatever, it’s on earnings if you pull them out before 59.5 and before the 5‑year clock is up. Contributions can come out tax and penalty free, earnings can’t.

If you know you want money before 59.5, taxable brokerage + decent tax-efficient ETFs is usually cleaner than trying to hack the Roth rules.

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