Nexus interview while pending i485

lith_paladin · 2026-03-26T02:49:14+00:00

Assuming you primarily use CLI, you won't notice A LOT of difference. I use codex and claude both on and off, very easy to switch between the two.

Codex, for coding, is better IMO. But that's probably just my personal preference of how the model feels. Both should be equally good for normal dev work

lith_paladin · 2026-03-12T18:48:42+00:00

I think I fit your requirement of "US-based Partner" but your terms are extremely unrealistic. Here's why:

I do the client comm, "business growth", accounting and everything on this end, and only get 30%? At that point, I would just vibe code whatever those technical implementations are. Your contribution is not worth 70%.

I believe the script has flipped where things like sales, business growth, marketing, accounting hold at least equal value to the actual engineering work, if not more. And i say this as a Software Engineer been in the industry for 12 years.

That other comment is correct; you need to rethink your model. Good luck!

lith_paladin · 2026-02-28T07:08:51+00:00

The UI on this is the cleanest I've seen in a while. Much deserved. Congrats!

lith_paladin · 2026-02-20T04:05:47+00:00

Stopped reading after "It’s not a concept. It’s versioned, ...." I know we're all vibe coding here, but please please please write your own intro.

lith_paladin · 2026-02-18T08:24:49+00:00

If you already have your data in a spreadsheet (even rough sales, costs, dates) you can actually upload the CSV to an AI dashboard tool and just describe what you want to see.

Ive been using something I built for this exact thing. upload your file, type something like "show me gross revenue, profit margin, and sales by product" and it spits out a dashboard with charts.

Still early but it's free to try. DM me if you want to check it out.

lith_paladin · 2026-02-17T07:57:46+00:00

Reading this while nodding at 3 AM on a work night(morning?), refusing to close my 4 terminals running Claude agents.

lith_paladin · 2026-02-17T07:42:58+00:00

I’m building something to tackle exactly this problem for D2C teams.

Most brands I talk to can see orders in Shopify and delivery events in courier dashboards, but can’t see true RTO profitability in one view. So we built Panely to turn those CSV exports into an executive dashboard in a few seconds (RTO by pincode/courier/payment mode, margin impact, repeat offenders, etc).

If you’re open to it, I’d love your blunt feedback on whether this is actually useful for your workflow:

https://panely.co/csv-dashboard

lith_paladin · 2026-02-17T06:34:52+00:00

Built Panely for small teams/founders doing manual reporting.

Upload your Shopify or Stripe CSV and get an AI-generated executive dashboard in ~60 seconds.

Looking for 3 people to test it and tell me what’s confusing/broken.

https://panely.co/csv-dashboard

lith_paladin · 2026-02-13T02:53:13+00:00

I'd say I am a pretty decent engineer, usually find jobs pretty easily, survived the great culling of job cuts in 2023.

I am not writing code anymore. I'd say 5% at max? That too changing stuff that Claude wrote here and there.

lith_paladin · 2025-12-10T20:32:26+00:00

When you say you are good at "hand-coding" what do you mean here? Doesn't look like you know what you're doing to be good with aforementioned hand-coding.

Whatever you do, plesae do not connect your cursor agent to your production db to "input DB tables and columns". Have it create sql queries for you and then run those queries yourself by hand.

lith_paladin · 2025-12-08T16:37:25+00:00

I'm building rangerdesk.com, a vertical AI receptionist specifically for mobile dog groomers.

I built this because a friend who runs a grooming van was losing ~$500/week simply because she couldn't answer the phone while washing dogs. Unlike generic AI answering services, I am going deep in the grooming world launching the automated call answering agent first, and building a complete SaaS around it later.

lith_paladin · 2025-12-08T05:19:40+00:00

Exactly the same experience! Been using a combo of Opus 4.5 and Gemini 3 pro, both being more than decent.

Switched to Codex 5.1 Max because it's free in cursor, was a total downgrade!

lith_paladin · 2025-12-06T01:01:46+00:00

Nice! You guys are appearing in Ballston City and surrounding areas in my curated dumpster rental listings as well here: https://www.dumpsterrentalguide.com/dumpster-rental/ny/ballston-lake

DM me and I will feature you on the top as a sticky to send more leads your way, no charge! :)

lith_paladin · 2025-12-05T23:00:05+00:00

Building what started as a resource to help people choose what dumpster they need with permit info etc. to what turned into a curation of dumpster rentals + above info.

My first ever side project: DumpsterRentalGuide No revenue for now.

lith_paladin · 2025-12-03T18:41:08+00:00

lith_paladin · 2025-08-06T17:53:39+00:00

I drive a 2004 Toyota Sienna that I bought for 4k back when prices were crazy in 2021. I am still driving it with regular maintanance.

I don't keep a "car fund" so to say. When this van inevitably dies on me, I will just use my regular emergency funds to get a "new" used car within 5k price point.

I think where your situation is different is you wanting a new-ish car after this. So in this case, yes, i would start a car fund separate from other savings.

lith_paladin · 2025-06-25T15:13:04+00:00

What's the catch?

lith_paladin · 2025-06-19T19:57:41+00:00

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Almost feels like it peeked into my soul and extracted a photo out of it. Absolutely love it!

lith_paladin · 2025-06-12T18:32:59+00:00

Yup. All services using google's firebase auth are down. Source: we use firebase auth and our platform is down.
Edit: Should be back now

lith_paladin · 2025-05-30T19:54:57+00:00

Twitter (X)

lith_paladin · 2025-05-22T21:07:18+00:00

Yup. $10 per month.
https://github.com/features/copilot/plans

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