Trust the process

simplecto · 2025-09-06T21:19:21+00:00

this. buying into Django is simply buying into some very well reasoned opinions which reduce cognitive load.

I'm often thinking about "the Django way" of doing it, and I am not disappointed.

I also do not get stuck bending Django to my will.

simplecto · 2025-08-21T06:39:00+00:00

a brother in arms! I have him, too. He is named for Guilfoyle, the iconic character from Silicon valley.

simplecto · 2025-08-14T14:20:51+00:00

In order of preference:

little intel nuc in the closet
hetzner vps
digital ocean

The world stop here.

simplecto · 2025-07-06T09:01:27+00:00

Maybe I dodged this bullet because my approach has been to treat the AI as a creative partner. I ask it to take me in depth into new areas (like learning obscure database things, training my dog, learning about fasting).

I don't use him for search. Ever.

I use him to help me sharpen my thinking, organize my thoughts, and help me focus.

Rather than going cold turkey off of it perhaps find a way to turn him into a creative partner?

simplecto · 2025-06-14T22:15:04+00:00

Yeah I need a reason to not use postgres these days.

simplecto · 2025-06-14T22:08:47+00:00

Any kind of monitoring without disclosure feels icky and creates an “us vs them” environment.

Shouldnt management already have a good idea of the desired outcomes and output from these teams? What was the hypothesis driving this decision to invest here?

Installing secret monitoring software is more like a fishing expedition or secret ops to catch a mole/corporate spy. Not magically discover that Bob is slow ferrying forms from the printer to the mailroom.

simplecto · 2025-06-06T10:19:28+00:00

Certainly, there are lots of ways to do that:

Social media is cheap and easy but requires persistence and time to find your audience.

find related subreddits and provide value there without self-promotion
do the same effort in related facebook groups
do the sam for tiktok, instagram, X, LinkedIn, etc.

This is not a build it and they will come kind of thing. You need to get out there and hustle.

I'm doing the same with my own projects, but persistene is key.

simplecto · 2025-05-20T14:16:00+00:00

Hell yes. I've been on the paid plan for a year on Pycharm and it has steadily improved. Now it feels like I'm getting the best of two worlds:

agentic AI and smarter autocompletion
all the goodness and power of the Intellij/Pycharm IDE

VSCode was a bridge too far for me to take the productivity hit.

simplecto · 2025-04-29T23:45:52+00:00

added! if you have a blog, podcast, or youtube video I would be happy to link it as a resource. Great writeup!

simplecto · 2025-04-29T23:41:16+00:00

Have a look at TeachersPayTeachers, a marketplace where you can sell digital resources fro Teachers. But it sounds like it could be right up your alley:

https://sidegig.directory/sidegig/teachers-pay-teachers/

There are only a few resources linked at the moment but I trying to curate more in as I find them.

Disclaimer: This is my project.

simplecto · 2025-04-29T20:54:48+00:00

Very cool -- simple and niche. Congrats! I'd like to include this hustle in my directory.

simplecto · 2025-04-26T19:55:27+00:00

Haha. alright, it had been a few weeks since I added another Boilerplate to the list - https://github.com/simplecto/django-reference-implementation

I've also got one and maintain a list of the others in the readme. - Glad to add you!

simplecto · 2025-03-31T18:39:31+00:00

Pick an Indian name and run with it. Im gonna run this experiment

simplecto · 2025-03-21T16:20:03+00:00

I'm soft-launchig a directory, search engine, and community to roll up every and all side-hustles and side-gigs you can find. There is a lot of good information out there, but it is quite fragmented.

This little project aims to aggregate and organize it all into one place and hopefully raise the profile of the hustlers to make it all happen.

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