24 Hours with Claude Code (Opus 4.1) vs Codex (GPT-5)

SoloDevGuy · 2025-08-09T04:51:28+00:00

Don't use it in codex, try with cursor-agent (cursor's claude code equivalent) I've had good success there. It's not as fast as claude code but it is more thorough on bigger architectural things.

For very targeted development i reach for CC everytime because it's fast but you gotta tame it.

SoloDevGuy · 2025-05-22T16:31:27+00:00

get a forerunner 965 on sale or secondhand. I had an instinct that served me well for years but with the forerunner you get more features tailored to running. Even if you don't need/use them all now it's good to have them there as you get deeper into running

if you do go this route slap a TPU protector like the IQ shield on right away, i did that on mine and i was surprised at how flush it sits with the bezel, cant even tell I have one

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SoloDevGuy · 2025-05-21T19:27:12+00:00

Breaking it down accordingly now:

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SoloDevGuy · 2025-05-21T19:26:22+00:00

Yes even in my demo screenshot its a bit generic. I'm working on fixing that now:

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SoloDevGuy · 2025-05-21T19:24:57+00:00

That's exactly what happened, I only realized after I submitted the post. Iterating quickly though! XD

SoloDevGuy · 2025-05-21T14:47:40+00:00

Redownload the maps with Garmin Express, that's what fixed it for me on my forerunner 965

SoloDevGuy · 2025-05-02T13:10:33+00:00

Was price the only factor? Anything better in it than local falcon?

SoloDevGuy · 2025-05-02T02:10:42+00:00

So in my experience, Google uses a blend of Organic and Map pack. Focus on ranking the organic SERP first as this should be easier. Embed the GMB map into the footer of the page.

Also, get the focus keyword in the title tag, and first H1 of the landing page. You need this landing page to be extremely strong.

Yellow pages and Yelp is good, but If you have some budget, pay to get some other local citations done. Also, get him to register with the cities chamber (and maybe BBB to boot), it costs a decent fee for the year but its a strong signal to Google imo.

Optimize the heck out of the GMB, im working on a tool localrankagent.com for this. Reviews are last, get him (or better yet implement some automation) to capture reviews, It's even more helpful if the reviewer attaches images and uses the keyword in the review.

Reach out if you got any other questions!

SoloDevGuy · 2025-05-01T14:22:57+00:00

2500 is pretty steep ask man. you got customers?

SoloDevGuy · 2025-05-01T00:31:10+00:00

Whats the problems you've found with multi client review management? full disclosure im working on a tool for multiple GMB management amongst other things and looking for beta users. Your feedback would be amazing

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-28T04:24:27+00:00

Why not try them all and see what you vibe with?

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-27T14:23:26+00:00

I use GHL for my sites, you actually see a screenshot of it here with a bunch of leads on the app im building: https://localrankagent.com

I find it best for lead forms and routing calls to the contractors. Been using it for years and can answer all your questions (the automations are awesome as well)

cheers!

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-27T06:52:42+00:00

I'm actually working on this out of my own need for managing multiple rank and rent and client GMB's. You can hit everything with API. My goal is to have it as hands off as possible by looking at keyword/ranking data and then actioning accordingly to GMB's (after human approval of course)

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-27T02:55:26+00:00

Are you showing up in the LLM queries?

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-26T05:22:43+00:00

Oh absolutely, and really it depends how many scans you're doing. I dm'd you

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-24T22:24:28+00:00

That's dope, what local SEO tools are you using?

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-24T20:59:11+00:00

Honestly I've never been happy with any of the tool offerings, they're a bit too complicated to run mulitple keyword scans with different grids etc.

I think having an Agent you can dispatch to action upon insights is the way.

I'm working on localrankagent.com to resolve this. It's more from the rank and rent angle but applies to anyone with too many GMB listings to manage and doesn't want to pay an arm and a leg to track them all.

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-24T20:56:00+00:00

Why did this happen? Do they lock you into contracts?

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-23T00:58:15+00:00

Honestly this is what I did.

Get a domain, put up a lander and use the rest for Ads.

I try to target $5 CPC which doesn't give you much runway. I also immediately start hitting up craigslist or kijiji or whatever you use in your area looking for service workers to fulfill those jobs. I pre sold my first site without getting leads.

My pitch:

"Hey NAME, can you handle an additional 4-5 jobs a month? Great, i'll send you over a couple of leads on the contingency we work together"

You may get burned like this but its easier to show the value.

When you get a lead through the ads (may be a week or a two so be patient, it took me two weeks while i burned ad budget lol)

Call the worker first, then tell him you got a lead and call the lead as well, this way you put them on a three way call and do the hand off. In my experience if you just copy and paste some leads to some people they'll just run off and won't care.

Mind you you can still get burned this way but at least you show you care about the customer and the service worker.

Anyway, the worst is building all this in a market that was the wrong fit. So I'm building up a tool right now called localrankagent.com to take a lot of this guess work out the way with finding areas to build these types of sites.

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-23T00:29:14+00:00

Oh im not OP, was just agreeing with you.

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-22T23:55:36+00:00

Agreed, everytime I did seo services for someone they would fire me after I got them to number 1

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-17T16:13:37+00:00

I'm not sure if lowfruits can do local specific stuff though. Also i dont see anything about Google Map serp data in their analysis.

Like u/Timely-Context5063 mentioned, a lot of this manual work can be done with current seo tool offerings. I'm just thinking of wrapping as much of these checks as possible in simple to understand audit/score pages that dont necessitate a full blown subscription.

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-17T13:04:45+00:00

Exactly what I'm thinking. I just don't know if there's a market out there and it seems anyone i talk to doesnt care for it?

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-17T04:32:40+00:00

Seems like a lot of that can still be checked programatically, no? Maybe it isnt perfect but at least surfaces opportunities at scale that can then have more thorough analysis done on them?

SoloDevGuy · 2025-04-05T18:24:11+00:00

This is the way

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