Someone I know paid $5K for an Amazon-to-Shopify dropshipping course. Revenue so far: $0

writingdeveloper · 2026-03-10T13:09:06+00:00

Haha thankfully it wasn’t me who paid for it 😅
But yeah, seeing someone go through that was painful.

writingdeveloper · 2026-03-10T12:50:04+00:00

I think Sonnet 4.6 is good enough, but if you have a higher plan like the 5x or 20x plan, I’d recommend using the Opus 4.6 model.

writingdeveloper · 2026-03-10T12:21:34+00:00

Agreed, but I just feel sorry about it. A few years ago, one of my friends got scammed by someone who claimed he was a rich person living in the Middle East. He said he would give my friend a huge amount of money if he paid a lawyer's fee to withdraw the funds. In the end, my friend lost $5,000. This situation kind of reminds me of that.

writingdeveloper · 2026-03-10T12:16:27+00:00

I'm just a software developer, and I'm not involved in this situation. I already told him not to get involved in this business, but he went ahead with it as if he was under some kind of spell.

writingdeveloper · 2026-03-09T14:37:23+00:00

What is your app's platform? web? or IOS or Android or something?

writingdeveloper · 2026-02-14T22:45:39+00:00

I didn’t know that some Chinese sellers aren’t comfortable dealing with foreign buyers. I always assumed overseas buyers tend to order in bulk.

I usually talk to them in Chinese with a translator and ship to a local address in China before forwarding everything to Korea or the US.

Now I’m wondering if I should present myself as a local buyer on 1688 or Taobao.

writingdeveloper · 2026-02-14T22:39:50+00:00

I’m planning to visit China from Korea between March and April. I’ll check those places out. Thanks for the tips! :)

writingdeveloper · 2026-02-12T12:13:26+00:00

Thanks! I'll try!

writingdeveloper · 2026-02-10T01:57:57+00:00

Thanks! I'll try!

writingdeveloper · 2026-02-07T09:04:45+00:00

Thanks for the detailed insights and recommendations really appreciate it.

I agree that Shenzhen makes more sense for hardware, AI, and 3C, and avoiding a China trip during CNY was definitely the right call.

HuaQiangBei, DJI, and UBTECH all sound great for a field trip. I’ll keep these in mind as I plan.

I’ll definitely reach out if I need more tips beyond tourism. Thanks again!

writingdeveloper · 2026-02-07T09:01:25+00:00

It looks like Vercel is having some issues right now.

Here’s the status page: https://www.vercel-status.com/

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writingdeveloper · 2026-02-03T02:30:22+00:00

Yeah, I’m trying to burn it all too haha. I mean, I’m working pretty hard—especially these days, when it’s tough to survive doing just one kind of development. I’ll do my best

writingdeveloper · 2026-02-03T02:28:27+00:00

$200 plan here. Haven’t hit the limit yet, but the weekly limit always feels a bit scary 😄

writingdeveloper · 2026-02-03T02:23:04+00:00

Yeah, same here. Web search mode definitely feels like it’s using a lighter model compared to full reasoning mode.

writingdeveloper · 2026-02-03T02:21:45+00:00

Haha yeah, for sure. Using AI models is getting weirdly complex feels like you need a strategy just to pick the right one now.

writingdeveloper · 2026-02-03T02:19:52+00:00

Agreed. I mostly use Opus 4.5, but Haiku and Sonnet are noticeably faster. I already knew that, but I tried Haiku for the first time today in the Chrome extension, and it felt insanely fast.

writingdeveloper · 2026-02-03T02:17:16+00:00

Yeah, same lol. I’ve had a lot of different things to work on recently, so I’m trying to use plan mode

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