I appreciate the take, but imho the value and sharpness now will come from architecture

That LeetCode is not a good way to test wether you should employ someone. That being good at LeetCode doesn't mean being good at the job.

Thank you for the good words 🙏🏻

> going into an engineering position from devrel, I feel like I finally have some extra time to create my own content I think it's because dev rel requires a lot more context changes and it's taxing. Engineering, you can avoid meetings, get in a flow state, code a lot of stuff quickly and be done with your day earlier. Does that sound like what has happened to you? > Sticking to a schedule and being consistent is the thing that will actually ensure the content actually benefits me I hate schedules, lol. I just try to do something regularly. I also like to structure my life the way Jack Dorsey did, in Apple notes (well, Bear notes actually, cause it has .md support). Check this out: www.perplexity.ai/search/how-did-jack-dorsey-lead-twitt-994S7aRLRZaYI6vqeDcGaw > I’ve been watching what you doing and it’s inspiring. Thank you 🙏🏻❤️ > But even with a good plan it’s hard to stay steady and consistent. I think one thing that helps is to just put stuff out there and accept that it won't be perfect. I like what Jason Fried and DHH are saying, that they write when inspiration strikes, they write quickly and do minimal editing. I think at some point Jason said that if he can't write it in 30 minutes, it means the thoughts aren't well formed in his head yet. Soo, just do that. Talk about what's on your mind when it's there. Accept imperfection & blunders and move on.

I think it's also important to keep cost of production low. You see I do not really edit things, my thumbnails are simple, and I usually speak unscripted and don't do multiple takes for a video, etc. Cheap cost of production = I'm more likely to do it. It also feels more authentic to me honestly.

That's the way it seems to me right now. I can see AI make a lot of processes more efficient. I can also see it make NPCs in games so much more fun. Crypto is cool and I think we're better off for having created it, but it seems to be stuck to finance (a thing which David Nix also said on a previous episode). Which isn't necessarily bad, crypto fixes huge problems there.

Please do. I really need to invest in this stuff but there are too many choices out there 🙏🏻

Yeah, I really need to buy a mic one of these days. I'm sorry :(

This sounds interesting to me. I don't have a lot of xp in this field, but I just built a rudimentary chatbot using RAG to "teach" it about testosterone and TRT from medical studies. I'm publishing a video about it tomorrow actually. But it was super fun to build. I'd love to learn more about the field.

I'm surprised to see the algorithm recommend me. I thought most of my views come from me sharing videos on my socials. Cool! Thanks for watching and I'm glad you learned new things.

You stuck around for PHP at least, lol. I wouldn't use jQuery myself right now to be completely clear. But it worked for me when I started out. It got me rolling and it felt a million times easier than React or even plain JS on the client side. And this is kind of the whole point for beginners imho: "get rolling, stick to it for long enough to get better". And, to play devil's advocate, jQuery is still good enough for the likes of etherscan.io

I'm glad you enjoyed it and learned some useful from it. I think a lot of what we talked about applies to crypto startups as well.

He's awesome

Glad you think so!

"Mastering Ethereum". There's an O'Reilly version I think, but it's also free on GitHub github.com/ethereumbook/ethereumbook/

Glad you did too

I think a lot of that is easier nowadays as it's already handled by infra providers like Digital Ocean and so on. But, to be fair, the title of the video is a hyperbole. I don't really think self-hosting will take over or even be mainstream. I just think it can and should be more common.

I agree about the cross-over point. And I do believe that self-hosting doesn't always make sense. But I think your points afterward about doing it yourself apply more in the context of building custom solutions rather than self-hosting. When I say self-hosted I strictly refer to buying “off-the-shelf” software and hosting it on either rented or owned infra. It’s easier than ever to do that so the cross-over point is lower. I totally agree about the cross-over point being much much harder for building your own solutions tho.

@@_alexlazar_ coolify is making it easier and easier. you should check that out

Thx. I don't really know what the channel is about either, lol. When I was talking about compliance I was thinking more along the lines of “we need to have this hosted in X region because of Y rule”. Assuming the SaaS doesn't offer full enterprise support, self-hosted is a solution. Finding a new product is perfectly viable too. If by self-supporting legacy software you mean “further developing on it”, I agree that scenario probably sucks more than changing vendors. But there are products out there where, at some point, it feels finished and doesn't need more development. For the rollback point, I think it’s a perfectly valid scenario that you liked V2 of a product but hate V3 🤷🏻‍♂️ as for the “support”, I again have to say “some software just feels finished at a certain point” not all, but some. Owning software allows you to customize it, allows you to do what you will with your data too. Not a negative Nancy at all. I appreciate the discussion. I 100% don’t think self-hosted is for everything or everybody. I also don’t really believe it’s the future, that’s just hyperbole. I do think it should be a tiny bit more of the market share tho.

I have no idea who that is

So I googled who that is and this is quite funny

@@_alexlazar_ 😂😂

😂😂🤣

Awesome!

Plz share w/ your pals!

Sure Vic !!!

@@gilbertmpanga1547 you the man Gilbert!

The talk with Ben was impactful for me too. It put me down a rabbit hole of research, which made me realize I may not want to get into M&A after all. At least not soon.

Thank you too! 🙏🏻

Any time Matthias! Can't wait to have you in a part 2 haha

I'm hoping to get more auditors on the show in the future. Let's see 👀

Thanks for watching! He really has a very inspiring journey.

Thanks for the good words! 🙏🏻 "we typically don't get to hear their stories" that's precisely my thought. Growing into my career I never got to see the stories of non-influencer people and I think it stunted my growth.

@@_alexlazar_ No matter what it is, development, trading, crypto there are few people I really still learn from and they are the ones being authentic, telling real stories and interviewing interesting people. Not, let me show you a dev trick that will solve all your problems, here's a trading technique or token that will earn you 100x, this stuff is pure fantasy and not even entertaining. I know it may not go viral or be monetizable, but it's honest and valuable content. Keep doing it man. Hoping to get back to either streaming or interviews myself. When I do it will be to share stories and provide valuable info rather than worry about views and viracity.

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻 If you actually go to stirlingcooper.com right now, it's a version that has been built by his current developer. I only made the one in the video. As for my web3 work, I think I might have 1-2 blog posts about it, but no videos. I intend to start making more web3 content both on my personal channel here and on the ToucanProtocol channel though. I've been neglecting my YT lately 😞

​@@_alexlazar_ Makes sense, I noticed the one in the video looked different, I was wondering about that. Yeah interesting client and job for sure. I remember my freelance days and I had a wide variety of clients. i was watching some of his videos, kind of funny and interesting dude.

@@DevRel1 He's a great dude. One of my best clients in my freelancing days. Literally always on time and super prepared. His current dev is lucky to have him.