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davidbecerra.com
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Elixir folks, have any of you figured out how to use Codex? I can’t run mix deps.get, and I’m hoping I'm just missing something super easy. elixirforum.com/t/70961

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Successful products will always have technical debt. It’s the cost of growth. Your job isn’t to avoid it. It’s to manage it.

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Software is becoming more and more of a commodity. Selling your product is not enough. You have to sell a story, an idea, an identity, a lifestyle.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

So much of marketing comes down to emotional intelligence. It's hard to get customers when you don't understand people.

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I think I figured it out: Bluesky for builders Threads for bookworms X for shitposting/sales/news vomit

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Finally finished the most challenging book I’ve ever read: The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. It’s dense, slow, overwhelming—like a marathon for the mind. But it was totally worth it. The ideas are profound: free will, morality, meaning. It’s all here. What a ride!

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Just landed my first client for my new email ghostwriting business. Let's go! 💪

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Some news! I'm shifting gears professionally. After years as a software engineer, I'm finally stepping into something I wish I'd done sooner: writing. I've always written for fun, but making a living from it felt like a pipe dream. Well, I've decided to stop dreaming about it and start doing it.

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Best use of chat is turning myself into a cyberpunk muppet.

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AI isn’t getting rid of developers. It’s getting rid of the grind. It’ll handle 90% of the grunt work, allowing you to put more energy into more fun work.

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

This Dostoyevsky quote isn’t about AI, but it is. "It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them—the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas."

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

Most of the AI hype is overblown. But not all of it.

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Some people recommend keeping a business book or two on their desks while they work. My wife and I take a different approach… 😅

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I’d love to see the community celebrate customer outcomes more than MRR milestones. Money matters—it's a great signal—but customers notice if it's your driving motivation. Shifting your perspective to their success isn’t just better for them, it’s better for you too.

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Is building a SaaS without AI even worth it right now? I mean, you can always add something in, but building a product without AI right now feels precarious.

submitted 158 days ago • 0 comments

Got a new stamp for my books 👀

submitted 160 days ago • 1 comment

I'm not a fan of zoom for one-on-one calls, but I love picking up the phone and chatting on the phone!

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I read an article by Morgan Housel this week about the minimum levels of stress we all seem to need. It resonated with something I’ve been feeling, so I wrote a short post about it: davidbecerra.com/blog/the-voi...

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This place is old twitter. Twitter is LinkedIn. LinkedIn is Facebook.

submitted 166 days ago • 1 comment

2024 was a challenging year. It wasn’t just burnout–I was facing depression. Writing code or focusing on my business felt impossible. But art, creativity, and real-world connections helped me find my way through. I wrote more about it here: davidbecerra.com/blog/a-look-...

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Anywhere you look, you’ll find great things worthy of your attention. The problem is in accepting that we can’t choose all of them. In truth, we’ll miss out on most of them. We have to choose the ones that matter most.

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