Voidpet cofounder • ex-youtuber
San Francisco, CA
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You're 25. You work on legacy code at a startup with founders who are 28. You haven't seen a single unit test since 2014 and daily standup takes an hour. You stick around for a few years and learn nothing. Company eventually dies and you're almost 30 still coding angular.js
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Introducing VSCode Stories, the extension you've always wanted but been too afraid to ask for
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Say hello to VSCode Tinder aka VSinder:
stop swiping on bodies and start swiping on code :)
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deleting dating apps because I want to meet someone the old fashioned way (by making a pull request on their GitHub repo)
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programming used to be about how well you could google search
now programming is about how well you can write prompts for an ai system to generate code for you
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I'm trying out this new framework called HTML, I'm really enjoying how blazing fast it is
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ok let's try this again, but on a better platform
my name will update every minute based on the number of likes this tweet gets
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you become a senior dev when you realize you can't rip out every piece of legacy code that annoys you and you just have to live with it
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You don’t need therapy, you need
- typescript
- node.js
- postgresql
- react
- vscode
then you will feel cool even if your code has bugs 👍
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them: redux is great for complex projects
me: redux is great for making projects complex
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You're Googling an error and you see a Stack Overflow, GitHub, and Reddit link
Which do you click on first?
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got nominated for app of the year on google play and this is who we are competing against lol
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how to talk like a programmer:
yes → true
no → false
first → zeroth
please → sudo
not found → 404
two → 10
too high -> index out of bounds
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toxic people rarely realize they are toxic and sometimes even believe they’re being wholesome
stay safe, code in typescript
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I'm hiring a Fullstack Software Engineer to work with me at Voidpet
Stack: React Native, Typescript, Node.js, Postgres
Pay: $150K–$200K
Location: Remote
Apply below
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Started coding a new startup today
Using the robust hypebeast stack:
React
Typescript
Node.js
Postgresql
+ actually writing some tests with jest 😁
Expect a video on it in a few weeks
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I use relative imports
../../../../../../../../utils.tsx
It’s ugly, but vscode automatically handles it
Never breaks, 0 config
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The coding tutorial space looks super crowded, but it is actually a barren wasteland after the basics of a programming language
everyone is making -> "Learn Python"
some -> "API Auth in Python" or "DBs + Python"
few -> "How to build a full project in Python"
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On Twitter, even average news outlets can write articles on you 😤
On TikTok, even regular average-looking people have thirsty fans flooding their comment sections. vox.com/the-goods/22774980/t…
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your job as a software engineer is to eat the free snacks at work
the reason hackathons exist is to prepare you for this
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if you are a programmer that wants to get started making content but don't know how to do it, try making some bad content it's really easy to do and it teaches you how to make good content
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With AI, your job as a programmer is no longer to write code but to review code
ChatGPT/copilot is now your personal junior developer that you have to mentor and code review
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stop trying to find a project that will look impressive on your resume, just build something you're interested in
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One of the best investments I made was learning how to roll my own auth
It’s not trivial to learn, but you use it in every project
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I'm giving Dan Abramov a coding interview tomorrow on JS/React/Algos
What would you like to see me ask him?
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My era of programming tutorials has dwindled but is not quite dead
There will be a day where I just drop a 15 hour fullstack web dev tut on you
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dodged a bullet making our game in react native
unity's new pricing where you pay per install is brutal
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how I learn a new thing
0. read official docs
1. start building something
2. google stuff
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Stats from VSinder (VSCode Tinder) so far:
Sign ups: ~14,000
male: 11,373 (81%)
null: 1,376 (10%)
female: 1,114 (8%)
non-binary: 95 (<1%)
Goal:
love: 7,000
friendship: 6,000
Matches: 13,000
Messages: 61,000
Acquisition offers from Microsoft: 0
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🚨 New Tutorial 🚨
Fullstack React + GraphQL + TypeScript + More
I walk you through creating a backend and frontend from scratch then how to deploy the entire thing
14 HOURS of pure content, all available for free
piped.video/watch?v=I6ypD7qv…
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100% of my webdev knowledge is self-taught, college taught me c++ and assembly
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The existence of react native makes react.js one of the most useful skills to learn
Crazy that 70% of your knowledge from learning to make websites can carry over to building iOS AND android apps
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programming is a game of persistence where devs usually mindlessly scroll google/stackoverflow/github smashing ctrl-c ctrl-v until a new bug appears because we love pain
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when someone doesn't like typescript, ask them who hurt them
it was either java or c++
the trauma from CS101 can last a lifetime
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justin looks like he's about to roll up to the hackathon and win the entire thing
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How I validate my startup ideas:
I make a video about the idea and wait to see if any large tech companies copy it
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I'm considering making a fork of VSCode Tinder for jobs where people who want to hire developers can swipe through the code (or maybe resume instead?) of developers looking for work
what do you think?
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if you're a young person, ask a middle-aged developer about programming with punch cards. let them talk for 30 mins. act interested and say "oh wow that sounds harder than HTML." after that you can ask them for any favor
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a real shame that websites are the perfect project to code, but javascript is a stupid language
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how I code a project:
for feature in feature_list:
0. pseudo code it in my brain
1. code the backend part
2. code the frontend part
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I design stuff like I code, but instead of copying from StackOverflow, I'm copying from the css window in devtools
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My least favorite thing about doing a startup is having to wear multiple hats, I prefer coding in a hoodie
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Microsoft is slowly acquiring/building all the webdev tools I use:
GitHub
NPM
VSCode
TypeScript
What's next??
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I don't really hate java that much, especially with intellij
...but being able to use the same language on the frontend + backend is sooo nice
and typescript is basically more elegant java
so that's why I use node.js for everything
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for those wondering what the OG hypebeast stack is
core:
- react
- typescript
- node.js
- postgresql
addons:
- graphql
- redis
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the same people who complain about you not open sourcing your project are the ones working on closed source code at their job
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I'm launching my startup on @ProductHunt today. It's called Saffron and is everything a home cook needs—in one place:
🥘 Organize recipes
📅 Plan meals
🛒 Generate grocery lists
📖 Share cookbooks
Check it out 👇
producthunt.com/posts/saffro…
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I hate selfies
I hate even more how programmers don’t feel comfortable taking selfies
I hate Angular.js the most
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Different ways you can make an excessive amount of money if you know how to code
- work at FAANG and climb the ladder
- Quant at hedge fund
- Join a startup before it's a unicorn (i.e. Uber)
- Start your own startup/agency
- Make your own crypto coin 🤑
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Personally, I don't hate Angular
But given I'm a React developer, my religion requires me to detest it
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Companies: Why can't we find any good developers?
Also companies: We have an exciting legacy Angular.js project for you 🥕🥕🥕
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it's perfectly fine to use javascript, just don't expect it to scale smoothly past more than 10 lines of code
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When I said I'd code your entire startup for 5% equity I was kidding, I'll need at least 6%
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Launched my next startup in stealth mode yesterday
You might be on the waitlist and not even know it ;)
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