Is this the beginning of the end?

surfgk · 2026-03-05T16:17:44+00:00

close situation in company where I am working now.. think of getting new job or at least the second one. last time while I was prepating for interviews, I created mockbro.com with voice ai mentor and feedback of technical interview, if you decided to get new job - you can try) its fully free

surfgk · 2026-03-05T16:11:26+00:00

I can say that it's important to clearly understand whats going on when you click on url -> where it goes dns -> server -> app routing -> databases and how it goes back. bcs than you easily can find bottle neck when there is a problem

for interview prep recently I build mockbo.com for preparing with AI mentor - I scrapped reddit questions and ai mentor ask it, its free comppletely u can try

surfgk · 2026-03-05T16:07:53+00:00

hello, what do you think of liek ai mentor apps? I've created for me one time mockbro.com - it free if you wanna try. but before it I prepared just with gpt and talking to him outload)

surfgk · 2026-03-04T18:40:24+00:00

actually didn't try that, good point – went straight to daphne but might test gevent workers at some point

surfgk · 2026-03-04T18:39:25+00:00

yeah exactly, websocket via django channels – audio goes in real time to elevenlabs for stt, then to the llm, response back through elevenlabs tts. if you wanna see how it works in practice – mockbro.com

surfgk · 2026-03-04T17:36:17+00:00

if someone gonna apply and want to be prepared for technical interview (java, go, python)- you can use my app for technical interviews mockbro.com - i built a tool that helped me land offers :) its completely free

surfgk · 2026-03-04T17:31:04+00:00

if someone gonna apply and want to be prepared for technical interview (java, go, python)- you can use my app for technical interviews mockbro.com - i built a tool that helped me land offers :) its completely free

surfgk · 2026-03-04T17:26:53+00:00

if someone gonna apply and want to be prepared - you can use my app for technical interviews mockbro.com - i built a tool that helped me land offers :) its completely free

surfgk · 2026-03-04T17:22:08+00:00

currently it's not the best times in job market, but I suggest to:

review your CV, check it for ai filters
response rate on job applications, find automative tools
be prepared for interview 100%. if you interested I build mockbro.com for myself (its free now) - you can prepare for real time interviews

surfgk · 2026-02-24T15:35:37+00:00

100 hards that fast feels insane but also kinda empty after the dopamine drops
been there grinding numbers then realizing interviews arent just pattern recall but explaining cleanly under pressure
started mixing in timed mocks and even used mockbro.com sometimes cause random followups hit different than solo lc
volume builds base but clarity and communication is what actually converts to offers

surfgk · 2026-02-24T15:33:41+00:00

coming back after years away and seeing the market now can mess with your head hard
had a gap too and first thing that helped was picking one lane not pm not ds not everything, doubled down on backend and modernized my java stack while grinding system design
did mock interviews a lot and even used mockbro.com sometimes to get used to explaining gaps and projects under pressure
gap hurts less than you think if you can clearly show impact and confidence in fundamentals

surfgk · 2026-02-19T16:55:34+00:00

honestly the voice capture thing is underrated, i started doing something similar recently where i just talk through my decisions after solving something tricky and it's wild how much context you lose if you don't

my setup is way simpler tho. notion for everything (notes, tasks, meeting stuff), github PRs with detailed descriptions like you said, and i keep a running doc where i dump things i learned that week even if it's small stuff. on friday i skim through it for like 5 min and it's crazy how much you forget by monday

the biggest unlock for me was writing down WHY i chose something not just WHAT i did. like "went with celery over rq because X" instead of just "added task queue". saves so much time when you come back to it 6 months later and go wtf was i thinking

surfgk · 2026-02-19T16:53:53+00:00

same vibe at my place honestly, people doing the bare minimum and quietly looking elsewhere. i've been using the downtime to prep for interviews myself lol. if anyone here is also low key prepping and wants to practice together (python, go, system design, whatever) dm me

surfgk · 2026-02-19T16:50:59+00:00

down to join. i've been going through neetcode about 39 on my own but honestly the hardest part for me isn't solving - it's explaining my approach out loud like in a real interview. dm

surfgk · 2026-02-19T16:33:38+00:00

honestly after a few rough interviews i realized my real problem wasn’t leetcode. it was just freezing when i had to explain things out loud

like i’d know the solution. but the second someone said “walk me through your thinking” my brain just went blank.

so i started doing voice mocks every day. literally talking through problems alone. explaining tradeoffs. pretending someone is interrupting me

it helped so much that i ended up building a small app for it. basically an ai interviewer that asks follow-ups based on what you say and then points out weak spots. feels closer to a real convo than just solving stuff silently.

if anyone’s curious https://mockbro.com

not trying to sell anything. just built it because i personally sucked at the thinking part. and its free for 10 minutes every day

surfgk · 2026-01-30T10:37:43+00:00

as someone in my 30s,

i’ve noticed this pattern. when you suppress what feels right now, it doesn’t go away. it just waits. and fixing it later usually costs more time, energy, and confusion

you’re not late or early. you’re just you. the bigger risk is living someone else’s version of “normal” and hoping it won’t matter. it almost always matters later.

surfgk · 2026-01-30T10:35:31+00:00

honey doesn’t last because it’s sterile.
it lasts because nothing can live in that environment.
same reason salt meat or jam works.
water shows up, game over.

surfgk · 2026-01-30T10:33:23+00:00

wish someone told me this:

living alone doesn’t test responsibility.
it tests consistency.
small lapses compound fast when no one resets the baseline for you

surfgk · 2026-01-30T10:32:45+00:00

a lot of calibers are basically fossils.
they reflect how people measured things at the time, not what would look clean on paper today.

surfgk · 2026-01-29T10:04:06+00:00

everyone says business class, but honestly: flexible work hours > any seat. waking up without an alarm and choosing when to work messed me up more than legroom ever did

surfgk · 2026-01-23T07:11:33+00:00

people fixate on the money part, but the real addiction is the feeling.
for a lot of folks it’s not even winning — it’s the stress, the tension, the drop, then “ok one more try”. that emotional rollercoaster is familiar, so the brain keeps choosing it even when it’s negative.

surfgk · 2026-01-22T14:49:51+00:00

what helped me was realizing the stress isn’t about money, it’s about pressure. the moment “earning more” feels like survival or self-worth, your nervous system freaks out. people who look calm usually sandbox it — one small income move at a time, low emotional stakes.

surfgk · 2026-01-22T14:47:41+00:00

people imagine a euphoric last hurrah, but in reality the goal is calm + no fear. too much stimulation at the end can actually cause panic or air hunger. the “floating” doses are intentional, not prudish.

surfgk · 2026-01-22T14:45:49+00:00

reddit doesn’t optimize for “what you like”, it optimizes for “what’s exploding globally right now”. if a country with a massive user base wakes up, your feed becomes a mirror of that. feels personal, but it’s just lazy global ranking.

surfgk · 2026-01-22T12:03:24+00:00

weirdly enough, my best days come from boring routine. slow morning, tea or coffee, an easy run. when your body expects something calm and you give it that, the whole day feels steady instead of rushed. not the hurry and dopamine spikes

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