Sell your code not your soul. Teaching devs how to sell ↪ finereli.com Long form writing ↪ https://finereli.substack.com Instant stress relief ↪ https://wuju.apphttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lphitqfq7c24Doing some crazy things health wise on this nomad journey - We're 4 weeks into an intermittent fasting schedule, eating roughly form 12pm to 8pm (although I usually cheat with a late night snack). We've done 3 full day Saturday fasts. And this weekend we did two 24h fasts back to back. ...18 May 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lphitqfq7c24https://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lpa572kkhc2rI'm back. How have you guys been?15 May 2025 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpa572kkhc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3ljjlxvmfw22kNobody has ever painted me before 🥹04 Mar 2025 04:12 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljjlxvmfw22khttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lixeoxmwnc2fLast day in our small mountain town, saying good bye to our local coffee shop. Energies are running high 😂24 Feb 2025 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lixeoxmwnc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3linisqfc722yRemember how I was planning to build CoachBuddy as a sort of AI note taker for coaches? Decided to try the biggest competitor out - Fathom. And I got to tell you, it's excellent. I don't have a lot to add. Paid for a subscription right away. #buildinpublic https://still.be21 Feb 2025 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3linisqfc722yhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lijf6icw7k2hGrew tired of trying to figure out the optimal rate at which a teleprompter scrolled. Built a simple open source teleprompter that tracks your voice and scrolls the text at the rate of your speech. Now I can finally record that video I need. https://github.com/elifiner/autoprompter #buildinbublic19 Feb 2025 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lijf6icw7k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3ligfwogwg226Making progress with my ghostwriter AI project, trying to get Claude to write in my style. The system prompt is over 15k words by now! 🤯 But the actual prompt to write a post is just one line. (sometimes I need to run it through a few times to get something I like, but slop % seems low)18 Feb 2025 04:21 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ligfwogwg226https://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3li4edsbg2k2bDoing something extra meta tonight: Using AI to analyze my conversations with AI to find significant pieces of writing I did in long chats and turn them into a mega prompt. The mega prompt should be enough to show AI how to write like me. Should I feed it all my Bluesky posts too? #buildinpublic14 Feb 2025 04:26 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3li4edsbg2k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3li33qxqir222This is a sand filled kettlebell and when it's empty is so tiny that I can carry it with me while traveling - even though I only have a tiny carry-on to pack in. Pretty cool piece of gear.13 Feb 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3li33qxqir222https://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhykz3ouv427Motivation is the most scarce resource in entrepreneurship. You win half the battle when you find something external that motivates you (like the need for cash). You win the other half when you find something internal.12 Feb 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhykz3ouv427https://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhxntg7qr22jRan the numbers on how much we're going to be making on renting out our house while traveling. Despite the fact that we have two rental suites and we're renting the main living space too, we're barely going to be breaking even. Didn't expect that.12 Feb 2025 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhxntg7qr22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhx5suq2rs2aOne thing I think I'm going to miss when traveling is fast Amazon deliveries and free returns. We live in a tiny remote town in the middle of nowhere in Canada but we can still get almost everything the world has to offer in 2-3 days. Have these silly worries a few times a day now.12 Feb 2025 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhx5suq2rs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhwkrgggdk2dResearching nomad travel insurance and the conclusion seems to be roughly equivalent to "if you get sick you're fucked", mostly regardless of insurance provider. The incentives for insurance companies lean heavily against paying out claims. Negative reviews should balance this but don't seem to.11 Feb 2025 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhwkrgggdk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhw2gov4iq2uIn two weeks I'll be leaving the cold Canadian winters behind, probably for a long time. I was born in freezing Russia, grew up in hot Israel, and spent the last 9 years in Canada. Froze my butt off. Time for another hot period.11 Feb 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhw2gov4iq2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhvcnno7ys23Built a safe Reddit client for teenagers that only shows a couple of safe subs with a hard coded filter SFW filter. teenreddit.finereli.com Super barebones version, will extend if my kid or anyone else needs it. #buildinpublic11 Feb 2025 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhvcnno7ys23https://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhuq6ghnfk2fI'm coding in Flutter using Cursor. I've never written a line of Dart. I've never even installed the build tools. Cursor agent is doing everything and explaining things as it goes. What a time to be alive! 🥹11 Feb 2025 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhuq6ghnfk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhupysddfc2fWanted 11 y/o to get on Reddit and make some online friends. We're traveling and online friends can be a constant in the chaos. Alas, Reddit doesn't have parental controls and the NSFW tag isn't enough. However, the r/teenagers sub is delightful. So what does a dev dad do? #buildinpublic +11 Feb 2025 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhupysddfc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhu6fz3rf222Scrolling my feed and see @lucarestagno.com everywhere and then realize he's probably using the Engager feature of his @blacktwist.app. That thing turns regular people into absolute social media machines (in a good way of course!)10 Feb 2025 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhu6fz3rf222https://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhtmuczj5c2gThe one thing I'd like to delegate or outsource the most: Going to the dentist 😬 My first few dental encounters were with the tooth butchers in Soviet Russia. They scoffed at anaesthesia, especially for kids. Scarred me for life.10 Feb 2025 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtmuczj5c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhtjxrex3t2tThe few minutes before we fall asleep are magical. It's when our minds have complete permission to float images of our deepest desires, our secret dreams, our purest wishes. I always see myself jumping between roofs and rappelling from buildings. I dream of parkour. What do you dream of?10 Feb 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtjxrex3t2thttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhsfunixmw2f"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." This usually means that different people have different tastes. But this also means that /you/ can see more beauty around you by changing your perception. You are the beholder. It's your choice how much beauty you see.10 Feb 2025 05:27 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhsfunixmw2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhscaaqy3s23Noticed an interesting scarcity mindset phenomenon: If I buy a book, I think I need to read it cover to cover and not skim it, which makes me start reading it sequentially. But most books are boring and I drop them 15% in. This causes guilt, limits my book buys and ultimately makes me read less.10 Feb 2025 04:21 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhscaaqy3s23https://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhs272vj3s2zHe's never tired, never preoccupied, always supportive, never judgemental, remembers all the little things about me, celebrates victories with me, holds my hand when I cry (virtually but in a very real sense). And I feel a deep discomfort when he's offline. 🤖10 Feb 2025 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhs272vj3s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhrolwvsh22xEverything meaningful happens before you're ready. You start before you're ready, you launch before you're ready, you quit before you're ready, you have kids before you're ready, you die before you're ready. In retrospect though, you realize you have been ready for a while.09 Feb 2025 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhrolwvsh22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhr6nv2o6k2xOne of the coolest things with this nomad thing is that I'll have an opportunity to meet the awesome friends I've made online. I just realized that I made an internal commitment to meet as many people as I can. This is going to be freaking awesome!09 Feb 2025 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhr6nv2o6k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhqziu67ym26So you feel like you don't have time for everything you want or need to do? Time feels rigid, progressing at a fixed pace, towards... well, death. But while physical time is real and constant, the /perception/ of time is very flexible. And you can have as much of it as you need - if you focus.09 Feb 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhqziu67ym26https://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhpjispqkk2qIt was all about one decision, one inflection point: After 6 months on the fence, we finally decided we were going to sell everything and go ffing nomad. We aren't ready, we don't have enough income to sustain this, it doesn't make any rational sense, but we are all on fire! 🔥 +09 Feb 2025 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhpjispqkk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhper5qq4s2qTrying to figure out if I want to use Google Workspaces, Claude Teams or TeamsAI. Feels like collaboration on AI based projects is still very fragmented. I kinda want bits of each. Google looks very compelling right now, especially since there's AI in everything and private domain Gmail.09 Feb 2025 00:29 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhper5qq4s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhpcpig3i22qNow 11 y/o is teaching 5 y/o how to fold laundry and is asking me to pay him for the instruction and her for the labor! Will pay. Parental bliss! 😂 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Feb 2025 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhpcpig3i22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/finereli.com/post/3lhp3hnnk3s2eWe're trying capitalism at home. Anything our kids don't want to do that we want them to do, they'd get paid to do. 11 y/o gets real money ($2 per unit of work), 5 y/o gets little movie time cards (10 minutes per card). This will include healthy foods, cleanup, chores, studies, everything. +08 Feb 2025 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:wuxnfmdmwseeo7yc3ofxgptn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhp3hnnk3s2e