🗣️ /mer-AHT/ 👨🏻‍💻 Web Developer 🐻‍❄️ Indie Maker @polarhabits.com 🪷 Indie Maker @therapyspace.co 🛠️ Ex-Stripe Tinkererhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tthttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3mcywxh4ji42qI'm surprised to come across job postings from top tech companies still mentioning university degrees in their requirements. I can (maybe) understand the appeal of university degrees for entry-level roles, but for senior-level roles? 🤷🏻♂️22 Jan 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcywxh4ji42qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3mbep4nkgms2gNot me checking out ProductHunt on January 1st to see what habit tracking apps launched to seize the all-time high motivations on New Year's Day. Worked for @polarhabits.com twice before. Hopefully again next year!01 Jan 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbep4nkgms2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3m7im6niwp62dWhat are some lean, bootstrapped companies building software for creators?08 Dec 2025 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7im6niwp62dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3m737ng2ltc2tLet's say I reaaaally like to work at X company. No, not X. Hell no. You know what I mean… And let's say instead of interviewing with them, I offered to collaborate on a project that I'd love to work on for personal reasons, whether or not they eventually hire me full-time. Do I sound desperate?03 Dec 2025 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m737ng2ltc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3m6zh7skuw62jI said goodbye to Stripe on Friday. Working on Experimental Projects at Stripe was an incredible experience, not without challenges, but full of energy and excitement. I'm taking some time to focus on my own projects, or Humble Moonshots™ as I like to call them.02 Dec 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zh7skuw62jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3m6jvegedgk2bChatGPT's sleazy salesman tone drives me crazy… "Solid pick, Merott…" "I'd follow up, Merott…" "Alright Merott, here's…" "Short version, Merott…" "Merott, this is strong already…" "You hit the nail on the head, Merott…" Any tips on how to make it stop acting like a douchebag?26 Nov 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6jvegedgk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3m6dn4vkid22gHumble beginnings, and a full-circle moment… Sharing @therapyspace.co metrics using the latest feature I worked on at @stripe.com. https://profile.stripe.com/therapyspace/b5JAFMQ724 Nov 2025 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6dn4vkid22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3m5rkpnp7722kIt won’t be easy but we really need to come up with a new save icon. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Nov 2025 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5rkpnp7722khttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3m5luwyvtpc2wSomeone's made a habit tracker that tracks "momentum" instead of "streaks." Looks eerily similar to the @polarhabits.com system! 🐻‍❄️ I have mixed feelings about this, but overall positive! 😁14 Nov 2025 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5luwyvtpc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3m3jyivbi4c2rI used to love em dashes — now it looks like an AI agent wrote it.19 Oct 2025 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3jyivbi4c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3m3cn32yccy2eI became a new dad on Father's day this year! 👨🏻 It's an incredible gift that's shifted my perspective on life, work, and what matters the most to me.16 Oct 2025 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3cn32yccy2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3m2t6pni72k2sPolar Habits hasn't been getting the love it deserves from me! 😢 I've done literally zero marketing for almost 2 years, but it brings in a trickle of new users every day, and even the occasional new subscriber (or lifetime buyer.) Would consider selling it, but I poured my heart into it…10 Oct 2025 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2t6pni72k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3m2cc66gzvc2v🥹03 Oct 2025 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2cc66gzvc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3lysqdolryk2vBefore AI chatbots, I didn't use to scrutinise every email I wrote. I trusted myself more.14 Sep 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lysqdolryk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3lyeek3sons2s🚀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2025 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyeek3sons2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3ly6ky5lk7c2ySigning in to AWS after many many years. Going to set up SES for @therapyspace.co. If I don’t return, tell my story.06 Sep 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly6ky5lk7c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3lxhi77ay3c2pCursor Tab auto completion sometimes reads my mind too much... Creepy! 😅28 Aug 2025 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhi77ay3c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3lwu5eawqok25Claude in Cursor just said: "Would you like me to implement this approach? I can have it working in about 20-30 minutes and replace the current hardcoded system." Just an AI agent casually pretending to be a slow human.20 Aug 2025 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwu5eawqok25https://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3lwopwqkel22uI just found eagle.cool. I like. https://eagle.cool18 Aug 2025 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwopwqkel22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3lwohndq26k2dChatGPT offering up suggestions to keep the conversation going is more annoying than its excessive use of em dashes.18 Aug 2025 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwohndq26k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3lwneo726ok2bI miss the days when everything was a file on my computer synced to Dropbox. Local-first and portable, backed up and accessible on the cloud. Folder-based organisation wasn't that bad, was it? Is there a modern PKM tool that's basically files and folders under the hood?* *Obsidian overwhelms me!18 Aug 2025 02:40 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwneo726ok2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3lwml2vicfs27Whoa! 🤯 [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2025 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwml2vicfs27https://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3lvvydplq3s24I have a relatively low resting heart rate of 50-60. Apparently, an alarmingly low sleeping heart rate too! This is every night! 👇 🙃08 Aug 2025 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvvydplq3s24https://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3luloq7espc2fDon't give your readers a stretched-out spring.22 Jul 2025 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3luloq7espc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3ls4rsvwgak2cAnd this is why I called 2025 the year of "ultimate growth" for me… Little did I know it would happen on Father's Day! 🥰 [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jun 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls4rsvwgak2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3lqf4ixnzfs2sI do NOT like where humanity is headed with AI. Delegating more and more to robots might make us more “productive”, maybe even smarter, but it’s a never-ending pursuit—a bottomless pit we’re drowning ourselves in… and for what? Yes, I sound like an old grumpy man. Whatever.30 May 2025 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqf4ixnzfs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3lp7pc5pj5s2hI'm noticing that so often, using AI is a waste of time! 👎 I ask a question and get a response that sounds like hallucination, I go down the rabbit hole only to verify it hallucinated. And then I have to pull myself back up the rabbit hole to square one again. Will the hallucinations ever stop? 🤷🏻‍♂️15 May 2025 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7pc5pj5s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3lnwq34dbgc27Is it me, or is @psychologytoday.com down?29 Apr 2025 07:11 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnwq34dbgc27https://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3lnkyd76ths2nThat was fun! So much time in the day! And waking up to bird songs was just incredibly relaxing. But it also made me appreciate the conveniences of carrying around a supercomputer in my pocket and its little companion on my wrist. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2025 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnkyd76ths2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mero.tt/post/3ln6sh226kk2fMy wife and I are going off-grid for 3 days, starting tomorrow. No phones. No laptops. No screens. 🚫 📱 💻 📺 🚫19 Apr 2025 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:34a7ewohwu7srdhoenyn4ieg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln6sh226kk2f