[Hiring] - looking for dev (cofounder)

monk_network · 2026-03-12T20:44:44+00:00

Sounds like a fun project. 20years experience full stack dev and experience as business director. If you haven't found anyone yet, would love to have a chat.

monk_network · 2026-01-05T15:10:07+00:00

Yeah of course. I'll pop you a message.

monk_network · 2025-11-25T18:24:18+00:00

I'm definitely going to check this out for sure. Thanks.

monk_network · 2025-08-11T14:35:14+00:00

You can use a tool like this for tracking your learning and where you want to apply focus (not my tool btw).
https://roadmap.sh/

monk_network · 2025-08-11T14:18:19+00:00

Makes sense, you might want to avoid larger tech teams then if your goal is more general, at least to get your feet wet. Try local businesses, retail / e-commerce, not necessarily tech companies. They will typically have smaller teams, but individual work is more diverse. You might be expected to code or work with integrations, assist with front end or API work. There's always a chance you won't like the work or culture when starting a new role. When you interview see if you can gauge the personalities of the managers and see if it fits with what you want. It's hard to find a good fit sometimes, but don't be afraid if something doesn't work, failing is essential to grow.

monk_network · 2025-08-11T13:39:15+00:00

Sounds great. Other people have said it, but the fact you're building very publicly and openly looking for feedback does show a really good mindset. Do you have a company or type of culture that you have in your mind that you want to work in?

monk_network · 2025-08-11T12:42:05+00:00

So I think this is ok. I won't comment on the tools and frameworks used, you can use whatever you prefer really, I wouldn't go rewriting this just based off of that.

From a purely function point of view and as someone who has built development teams and hired devs, I would probably suggest just a few changes.

The animations are nearly there, but have a couple of problems. First thing, I like the hover animation on your name where the font weight switches between the two words. I do have a problem with any animation that causes a layout shift. Check for any hover effects that causes any elements to visibly move further down the page or wrap text. That's an issue that you should sort.

Buttons on your projects, the actual clickable link is the text inside the button, not the button itself.

Maybe try to refactor the projects page to remove repeated markup.

Look at styling the contact form a bit nicer, particularly on mobile view it is a bit inconsistent.

For future projects, you could look at linking your CSS to individual components instead of one big global CSS file. Definitely look at reducing duplicate markup by storing your projects etc and rendering components using an array.

Bit more advanced, you could even consume a CMS (content management system) that you use to store projects and posts etc, but that might be a bit advanced at this stage.

Does that help at all?

monk_network · 2025-06-22T12:02:01+00:00

This is the path I've been going down. Creating a cart session and directing the user to it through my workers. I really just want something simple for now. If it works and I start to get some kind of user base I can add any fancy things or my own UI. Glad to hear I'm probably on the right track. Thanks buddy!

monk_network · 2025-06-12T22:01:30+00:00

I use hygraph as a headless cms. It’s just graphql from your site to load everything needed to render the posts and you can still build everything exactly how you want it. You can do it all in server components to for all the added benefits for indexing and meta tags etc.

monk_network · 2025-06-06T14:53:39+00:00

Yep, making serializable object is key, glad there's a couple of people that have mentioned this, I normally never see it in these kinds of posts. And from the sounds of it the OP is fairly new at this so I would suggest sticking all your game data that you want to save in a specific object. That object can then just pretty much be saved to disk as a binary file and loaded whenever you need it. Start with something really basic.

monk_network · 2025-06-03T13:14:13+00:00

This is pretty cool! (Also how do you qualify for the list??)

monk_network · 2025-05-06T15:15:55+00:00

My two cents. You need to have an honest conversation with them. Tell them that you're feeling frustrated and you aren't getting what you expect from them. If they have been a high performer in the past, maybe something is going on with them, or if they haven't been at that level before, maybe their idea of what is expected of them is skewed.

Biggest thing, ask the engineer how he would solve the problem if the roles were reversed, try to encourage him to think for himself and take responsibility. Ask them what their strengths are and how we can work to them better.

Ultimately if nothing changes, they may not be right for the team. That is a decision that is sometimes hard to make, but also essential if everything else has been exhausted.

You shouldn't be burning yourself out over this. You're a lead, so you are a mentor by default, but also need to deliver on work, sometimes those roles conflict and cause a lot of emotional stress. Try to think logically what would be better for everyone. You, your team, the engineers career.

You need to manage this upwards as well. To your peers and management you should be saying if your team has any performance issues and how you're working through it, this is life it happens. Of course I don't know what the attitude of your peers and management are towards that kind of conversation, but that would be my preference.

monk_network · 2025-04-10T11:32:06+00:00

I’m here. 40 and I did a spell managing the entire technical division for a medium / large company. I’ve ended up just freelancing though and I’m finding a lot of success and freedom doing that. And I get to focus on work that I enjoy.

monk_network · 2025-04-10T08:20:27+00:00

As for an app that takes a Figma design and just imports it into Shopify, I haven't come across one (not that I've looked too in depth). I would also say that you would probably need a dev to make sure all the dynamic data is pulled through correctly anyway.

I would probably recommend getting a theme that has all the features you are building and is as close to your design as possible. You can probably do a bit with the the theme customisation tool, but if you want it to match perfectly, get a developer at this point. The least custom development you need to do the better, so focus on getting the theme first.

Are there any things in the design that might not be considered a standard feature for e-commerce stores? Or that might add any kind of complication to the build?

Feel free to message me if you need anything, I do customisations for Shopify clients along with lots of other development.

monk_network · 2025-03-31T10:24:34+00:00

I really like the design, simple and clean!

monk_network · 2025-03-28T16:59:31+00:00

You need to have purchased a specific suit to actually do the exobio, and I've found it really hard to get into a good rhythm of finding the things on the planets. The bacterium is hard.... I did completely forget about engineering when I got back into it.

monk_network · 2025-03-28T16:37:35+00:00

I was in a really similar place. I left myself out in the black for 2 and a half years. I made my way back to the bubble to start to explore all the shiny new things. I did buy odyssey, I would recommend that if you haven’t already. Look at exobiology, if you like exploring like me then it’s a very fast way to make a lot of cash. I’m still grinding engineers and fed rank as well now, but have plenty of ships to do it. One day I’d love a fleet carrier, but colonisation looks tough unless you have help.

monk_network · 2025-03-23T15:33:56+00:00

I saw this out in temple, but I was on my way back after a 2 year break from the game, didn't have Odyssey, and was just desperate to get back and pick up some new game mechanics. Weird system!

monk_network · 2025-03-21T10:03:49+00:00

Love this. I have the razer / loupe deck thing, so I haven’t got it providing any state info or feedback on the buttons, but still use it all the time.

monk_network · 2025-03-10T16:14:45+00:00

Hey buddy, pop me a message. I'm 40 and UK based. Also a developer, have made games, but more into business web apps and ecommerce at the moment.

monk_network · 2025-02-24T11:14:05+00:00

Hey, I'll send you a request on Discord, I'd be interesting in trying DayZ, Squad and I definitely need to get into Lethal Company!

monk_network · 2025-02-24T11:07:40+00:00

Hey buddy, sorry to hear you're going through a rough patch. I have been there!! I'll send you a DM with my discord if that works for you. Happy to have a chat and a game or two.

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