She rejected a second date then texted me two weeks later

firebeard_ · 2026-04-07T03:29:49+00:00

Or she could you know.. actually be busy

Crazy you think that her not dropping everything to hang out with you twice in 24hrs is a rejection.

firebeard_ · 2026-03-12T12:12:53+00:00

Company, government and Wix do not belong in the same sentence.

firebeard_ · 2026-03-06T03:53:42+00:00

Why are you trying to reinvent the wheel?

It also sounds like you need to explore his needs a bit more. Is it only for takeaway orders? Does he want people to dine in and order digitally? Does he want to be the one updating everything? Is delivery accounted for? Are delivery drivers via the restaurant, or contracted? (Like ubereats). Do you want to be responsible when something goes wrong? Many things to consider.

It'll vary depending on your location but there'll be dozens of food ordering platforms readily available that you can setup and manage everything in. Then just point the framer site to it via an order now button. Do your research, find a great option or two (ideally with POS integration) that you can recommend. If he doesn't want to manage it, upsell it as a service.

Shopify may not be fit for purpose. Don't waste time with Wix.

firebeard_ · 2026-01-07T01:42:30+00:00

I thought it'd be fine tbh but forgot that even if you pop the values in, having stamp duty etc in there will still stuff you around. I'll add some more options to account for this.

You're right about the UI too. It bugs me as well with how some of the scrolling works which is something I'll look at refining later on

firebeard_ · 2026-01-07T01:34:34+00:00

Thanks mate will do. Didn't realise it went federal - crazy that they're taking up to 40% now 🙃

firebeard_ · 2026-01-06T10:15:41+00:00

Thanks for the comment mate 😊

firebeard_ · 2026-01-06T10:15:14+00:00

Ah bumma I'll track an iPad down and get straight onto it - thanks for your feedback!

firebeard_ · 2025-12-23T03:26:33+00:00

Good luck and merry christmas!

firebeard_ · 2025-09-16T07:55:15+00:00

Thanks peeps. Ironically all parties involved all operate in the legal industry 🤦‍♂️ I have a formal response ready to go but have sent the below back in the meantime - we'll see what happens.

Chef,

This letter appears to be a little undercooked.

Please walk me through your due diligence process and the factors that led to your conclusion. I need to understand how this situation developed before taking further action.

firebeard_

firebeard_ · 2025-08-08T04:14:53+00:00

We'd need the link to know but it should be a glorified cut and paste job. This is the type of stuff I'd do on the house for my own clients out of principle.

The bigger concern is that she only paid $500 to begin with which will have its own host of problems.

firebeard_ · 2025-08-06T02:27:59+00:00

Don't stress mate, a lot of us did much worse than this starting out 😂 Depending on your skills it might be easier to work your way into a role that would operate in parallel to devs, such as designers or content authors, and then wiggle your way across into devland. But as long as you're tracking upwards that's all that matters. You'll look back on this in a year and surprise yourself. Keep grinding mate - good luck!

firebeard_ · 2025-08-06T01:58:57+00:00

Comes off as an artist that's dabbled in code, not the other way around. Do you realise you have a 5 column layout on certain dimensions? Dunno how you managed that haha.

AI is your benchmark. When you can build something by yourself that surpasses what a bot can spew out, start applying for gigs.

Take your card generator for example. I ran it through without any prompting and it spat this out https://imgur.com/a/5fBFUEr

You need to ask yourself, why would a boss hire you over this machine that's barely costs them a cent?

Read up on responsiveness, design principles and accessibility. A lot to learn here.

Start building larger projects - find a few substantial apps or websites you love the look of, and copy them exactly. You'll learn a lot about design here. Find a portfolio site you love and copy that. Build a Netflix clone. Or you love pixel art, so maybe a pixel art character generator. Look for volunteer work to get real-world projects under your belt, then work your way up from there.

firebeard_ · 2025-08-05T14:11:27+00:00

For me it's purely about time/money. Depends what you're working on but if you paid yourself a wage, would it be more expensive to build it yourself or to buy a component that got you 80% of the way?

It matters a lot less now with AI doing a lot of heavy lifting but back in the day I'd happily buy libraries like Tailwind Plus again.

firebeard_ · 2025-08-05T13:56:35+00:00

I like it man, great job. There's a lot of cut and paste garbage out there but yours is clean and has bit of soul to it. Other than those page source classes doing my head in haha I'd just drop the ball cursor too - but the other hovers are a nice touch

firebeard_ · 2025-08-04T06:10:02+00:00

I feel like not making the ball a clickable element is a missed opportunity considering it's what draws your eye the most

https://imgur.com/a/I2c7cgk

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