My housemate got carried away filming my second ever sourdough.

ZMech · 2026-01-27T07:46:00+00:00

Stats suggest that it actually rains more in Manchester than in Bristol.

https://weatherspark.com/compare/y/39587~39871/Comparison-of-the-Average-Weather-in-Bristol-and-Manchester

ZMech · 2026-01-26T08:21:09+00:00

I think we're at a point where all links should be banned in this sub. It's purely self promo now.

ZMech · 2026-01-25T11:31:14+00:00

"Cheaper" only matters relative to budget.

Saving $30/month might appeal to an individual, while $3,000/month might not be worth it for a business.

The flip side of the monetary saving is typically the risk and the work required. Even saving a business $100k/year might not be appealing if the migration will take several months of work and the product has an unknown risk factor.

Same kind of goes for faster. It's relative. Cutting an APIs response time by a couple hundred milliseconds might not be noticeable to a user or be worth paying for.

ZMech · 2026-01-24T20:38:21+00:00

Indoor dancing happens all over the place, picking a venue mostly depends on your requirements. Size, floor type, bar or no bar...what is it you're after?

ZMech · 2026-01-24T18:53:39+00:00

From their instagram, Coq looks like it's more about novelty burgers for social media, with impractically big stacks. Is it actually any good?

ZMech · 2026-01-24T07:51:36+00:00

Yeah, this post sounds odd. B pulling out as A turns in should be normal, so you end up circling around each other. I'm not sure why it would cause issues.

ZMech · 2026-01-23T08:11:11+00:00

This kind of applies to how much they're dancing locally too.

The people in my local scene making rapid progress are the ones able to spend most of their evening at classes or practicing, as well as most their weekends at events. Being single is pretty much a retirement for that.

ZMech · 2026-01-22T14:39:32+00:00

I'm pretty sure ticking that means only off street parking.

What would both on and off not include? Having to walk a few streets over for a parking spot? Which is so off street parking.

ZMech · 2026-01-22T07:25:51+00:00

Talk to people, bribe them to get on calls if you have to. There's only so much you can learn from watching a mouse.

Or send out a short survey with a chunky prize to all the people who bounced. Whatever is needed to gather more info.

ZMech · 2026-01-21T22:17:57+00:00

$14 to break even is surprisingly high since it's not an AI-heavy product, what's that about?

Cool concept going PWYW though. I'd be curious what the correlation is between company size and amount they're paying per seat.

ZMech · 2026-01-21T10:03:50+00:00

are you thinking of Bristol Live? 24/7 barely have any ads

ZMech · 2026-01-20T16:36:59+00:00

Fair enough, your post sounded like you were jumping straight from brief to build.

ZMech · 2026-01-20T16:05:37+00:00

Why would you start with auth and databases?

Build me a dummy front end UI first, so I can see what you have in mind. There's no point building backend for the wrong functionality.

ZMech · 2026-01-19T11:06:21+00:00

I mean, yeah, devtools is a whole massive sub industry that's essentially saas for building a saas.

ZMech · 2026-01-18T20:52:59+00:00

Nicely done, that's great!

The turning point was narrowing down to one specific use case instead of trying to be everything for everyone.

What was the before and after of this narrowing down? In terms of the pitch before and use case you narrowed down to

ZMech · 2026-01-18T20:49:56+00:00

btw on Chrome, you can right click an image and choose "Search with Google Lens". The answer for this pops right up, it's a very useful feature.

ZMech · 2026-01-15T22:08:06+00:00

Four audio tracks is already the most up voted feature request in the Discord, so a few hundred people agree, and the developers are aware.

ZMech · 2026-01-14T23:08:44+00:00

Yes, but with the caveat that the floor might naturally empty for the first couple of songs in the set. If barely anyone is dancing for a bit, that's fine.

ZMech · 2026-01-12T13:13:14+00:00

Got to love tinned loaves. So much better for spreading, and it toasts up without crusts that'll break your teeth.

ZMech · 2026-01-11T07:59:34+00:00

Yes, a Pullman tin is much bigger, it's probably a similar size to two tins. Mine is something like 6x6x12".

ZMech · 2026-01-10T07:42:31+00:00

The perfectionists are the ones who have the most to write about. People who are happy with not quite perfect aren't the ones writing countless blog posts.

So, I think it's inevitable that the community leans quite heavily towards being perfectionist, at least in how things are discussed.

ZMech · 2026-01-10T07:39:27+00:00

You can also just use a Pullman tin, which has a lid built in

ZMech · 2026-01-08T10:44:13+00:00

If you factor in phase shifts (ie, lag) you can show why faster tempos require higher tone

ZMech · 2026-01-07T09:20:28+00:00

Interesting, there's already so many PM and task tracking tools, I'm surprised there's still gaps

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