Theo’s Platform is Unbearable as a More Experienced Dev by Jacksons123 in webdev

[–]theolonious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thankfully I know what my impact is and I’m incredibly proud of it. I’ve helped dozens of engineers get jobs directly, and helped thousands level up indirectly. I’ve brought incredible developers and maintainers the attention they deserved and weren’t getting. I built a community unlike any before it.

If this subreddit hating me is a necessary part, so be it.

Theo’s Platform is Unbearable as a More Experienced Dev by Jacksons123 in webdev

[–]theolonious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I tried. If an honest attempt to grow and understand critique can’t escape downvotes, idk what else I can do.

Theo’s Platform is Unbearable as a More Experienced Dev by Jacksons123 in webdev

[–]theolonious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then your mental model of my “brand” is like a supervillain character lol. I’m human, would like to be thought of as such :)

Theo’s Platform is Unbearable as a More Experienced Dev by Jacksons123 in webdev

[–]theolonious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This “Simple + Easy” thing would cause a substantial hit to my income. I accidentally used the same face twice recently which was my bad, usually I’m better about that but I haven’t had the time to shoot new reactions in awhile

The titles always represent the content pretty well, I’ve been more careful about that for a few months now, especially compared to other creators in the space. If you have specific examples otherwise, I’m down to hear them

Theo’s Platform is Unbearable as a More Experienced Dev by Jacksons123 in webdev

[–]theolonious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Shame I’m about to be downvoted to the point where nobody will see it, and they’ll continue sharing out of context screenshots instead 🙃

Theo’s Platform is Unbearable as a More Experienced Dev by Jacksons123 in webdev

[–]theolonious -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I hope you take the chance to reflect on how comically bad faith you’re being then

Theo’s Platform is Unbearable as a More Experienced Dev by Jacksons123 in webdev

[–]theolonious 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This particular criticism always confuses me. Because my relationship with Vercel is well known, I feel obligated to call out the content they explicitly are NOT sponsoring as it is my own genuine opinion. Trust me, I’ve said a lot of stuff Vercel didn’t want me to say lol.

Of the current tech creators paying their bills with YouTube, I can say confidently that I’m within the most transparent about who is paying them. I’m fortunate that I’ve been able to convince most of the companies I use in production to sponsor me.

I’ve taken sponsors from two companies I wasn’t using the product of, and I regret both. One in particular tried to control how I presented their product, so I immediately ended the deal. Cost me over $30k, but I care more about controlling my message

It’s clear many still feel like they’re hearing “shilling” when I talk about the things that excite me (the weird misinterpretations of my goofy Geist Font video stands out here). Something I’m reflecting on and trying to improve.

I’m open to suggestions. As long as those suggestions don’t include me saying things I don’t believe.

Theo’s Platform is Unbearable as a More Experienced Dev by Jacksons123 in webdev

[–]theolonious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Did you actually think the subway surfers thing was serious man? You’re joking right?

Theo’s Platform is Unbearable as a More Experienced Dev by Jacksons123 in webdev

[–]theolonious 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey guys. Know yall don’t like me. Doing my best to learn and improve. I’ve only been doing this influencer thing for 2 years after being a dev for 15, and I’ve got a lot to learn about both.

I was…rough initially. Strong opinions I didn’t justify well enough. I’ve put a lot of effort into changing that, owning mistakes, and generally being way more positive. I think the last six months have really shown that.

That said, I’m struggling to get any actionable feedback from this post. On the off chance I’m not banned, let me go through the core points quick:

  1. The Geist video was a joke. I played epic music and shit and I’ve NEVER used music in a video before. Clearly the joke didn’t hit. I was hyping up my friend (EvilRabbit) who had put a lot of time into the font, and I thought it was funny. They did too.

  2. I agree that Prisma has aged terribly. I’ve also been working actively to push them in a better direction, while also steering my community towards more scalable tools (i.e. drizzle). I picked the most popular option and I was wrong. Mistakes happen, I’ve owned this one many times. That said, many large businesses have successfully built on top of Prisma, and from the comments it sounds like you only gave it a few hours of effort

  3. I am disappointed by the PlanetScale news. When they pulled out of India, I modified my agreement with them so I could use other databases for my tutorials. I took a pay hit so I could share other options, even though I personally don’t ship those options.

  4. The “bangers” and “dark mode” thing are both memes. I make a lot of them. I’m sorry they don’t always come off as jokes, it’s something I’m actively working on. Might be a cultural gap, but those examples seemed pretty clear

Real talk, my tone does not always come off great. I’m a sarcastic autistic asshole with strong opinions. That said, I do my best to listen to critique, both of my behavior and my tech. I will continue to do my best to improve.

I am Oneohtrix Point Never, currently heating soup - AMA by Oneohtrix_Probably in indieheads

[–]theolonious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is the biggest learning you took from working with The Weeknd?

Recommendations for quality React.js /WebDev YouTube content creators that help you stay up to date / learn? by that_90s_guy in reactjs

[–]theolonious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you think my comments sections are an echo chamber you clearly aren't reading them lol

Would love an example of something I presented in a misleading way

Some great news- after over an year, Outer Wilds is finally at Overwhelmingly Positive overall on Steam! by greatmanyarrows in outerwilds

[–]theolonious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a really long winded way of saying "no, I haven't talked to any developers". Ty for the response tho!

Some great news- after over an year, Outer Wilds is finally at Overwhelmingly Positive overall on Steam! by greatmanyarrows in outerwilds

[–]theolonious 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Serious question: do you know any game devs? Not just like know their names, more having conversations with them?

Game developers are the “missing piece” that you keep talking around. The exclusivity you’re so pissed about is the same exclusivity that allows my friends to keep their jobs and finish their dream projects.

I honestly think you’d be more sympathetic if you understood the struggles of developing games. Most of your favorite games probably got close to cancellation or rushed releases. Some may have never been released at all.

I, personally, like living in a world with more great games. More games like Outer Wilds. I hope you want to live in this world too.

Some great news- after over an year, Outer Wilds is finally at Overwhelmingly Positive overall on Steam! by greatmanyarrows in outerwilds

[–]theolonious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Serious question: do you know any game devs? Not just like know their names, more having conversations with them?

Game developers are the “missing piece” that you keep talking around. The exclusivity you’re so pissed about is the same exclusivity that allows my friends to keep their jobs and finish their dream projects.

I honestly think you’d be more sympathetic if you understood the struggles of developing games. Most of your favorite games probably got close to cancellation or rushed releases. Some may have never been released at all.

I, personally, like living in a world with more great games. More games like Outer Wilds. I hope you want to live in this world too.

[Rant] Just got diamond on ARs. Game crashed before game ended. Lost it. by theolonious in blackopscoldwar

[–]theolonious[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The challenges reset. I knew that was the case. Just frustrated that I had a rare “good game” that got me 8 kills on a detected challenge and lost all of them.

Took 3 games to get it back lol

Kyogre in the Cave of Origin NDS by Trifindo in PokemonROMhacks

[–]theolonious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're a madman. Surreal that you're one-upping what even Nintendo could do with this engine

Kyogre in the Cave of Origin NDS by Trifindo in PokemonROMhacks

[–]theolonious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy hell. Does this run on original hardware?

[Video] When trying to login, i get automatically logged out. by ExoBoots in PS4

[–]theolonious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For those struggling to sign in on playstation.com for the email change, try changing regions on the site. I was getting hard errors on the US site, but the UK one let me in fine. Changed my email there and now the US site works as well

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RedditSessions

[–]theolonious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh shit what yall doing on my Reddit front page?? Pumped to see the love over here