a *realistic* day as a startup founder in london

[@marcus0477]

Hey you dropped this 📌 Can I have it?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Oops

[@RodrigoCrespin-j3h]

I remember watching your first videos when you were still in NZ. What a journey has been to this day. Watching your happiness after checking that Whatsapp integration was working smoothly in prod and feeling like a god.. man.. it's what every software developer feels after struggling for hours/days with an issue and after finding the solution reap the rewards. Morover it's your own creation, your startup. Happy for you, congratulations! Keep it going💪

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Hell yeah dude!!

[@PizzaGoat323]

@@JacobSucksAtCodei miss the tuna and rice lunches

[@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384]

ok but why is he in london instead of ny. does anyone know why?

[@AlbaniiiAcm]

@@PizzaGoat323 Re-heating the coffee in the microwave? Hell yeah dude!

[@gpaoletti]

thank you for the subtitles, they are a great help for those of us who do not have a great level of English. Great video

[@LukeMadeIt]

the man pulled up with the cinematics! 🔥

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Yessssssir

[@raymondmora7120]

This is the first video of yours i've seen and i'm very excited about your project, you really convey the excitement of building a really great product. Keep it up man!

[@laghavmohan7210]

So inspiring bro.. watching every video since your first

[@peiw.5768]

I no longer lived in London, but I still go to that WeWork every few months. It's so surreal to see you in there! Good works Jacob!

[@AngeloMutti]

testing and having it working in prod is such a unique feeling

[@bhavyakantawala19]

You are the motivation man you are the motivation!! 4-5 weeks on one thing. I remember watching it from when you were new to USA and from then I am your devoted subscriber!! I just man love your videos!

[@salildiassabir3076]

I had no idea what subbb is but i did find this video very relaxing to watch! thank you!

[@VanosTurbo]

Crazy flow :) Start to look like a real product!

[@0xnpctim]

I typically hate videos like these, but everything, including the ad was incredibly engaging. Since he's the founder, he's in a unique position to decide what information to reveal about his company. That is gives him a crazy advantage to employees who cannot do this. Videos that actually have real challenges and information in them are infinitely more engaging than those without them. Really nice aesthetics and attitude too. Very inspiring. Well done.

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Appreciate it! ❤️

[@kingwoodbudo]

You've got that upgraded life from NYC! Congrats, you're doing awesome!

[@Wttk189]

LOVE your london vlogs, crazy how much work you can do in a morning. I would consider that a solid week to be fair lmao

[@zhacks_admin]

Hermy making the scenes for me 😂😂😂 Loving what youre doing Josh. You actually dont know how much I look out for your video. Keep going bro.

[@_simplejack]

great video man and the edit was slick!

[@Cidermeister]

Love the energy and passion you have for this. Great idea too, can see it working well not just for paid communities but in corporate environments where access could be controlled by employment (rather than subscription) status. One of the two issues large institutions have with whatsapp is the lack of centralised access management. It sounds like you may have this solved.

[@Danolboy]

Youll be fixing this every week

[@daikennett]

Great stuff on the forgotten password user enum! Small touches like that bring together quality and save future headaches! Doing great and +1 sub

[@WhoNeedsKeyboard]

Love the longer vids

[@xluats]

The progress happening between vids lately is phenomenal Software engineer here and will be in London the later half of August, would be keen for the dev meetup!

[@yuriyborodin2019]

Jacob, your videos inspire me and charge for work

[@wajdpixel4558]

Jacob, thank you so much ❤❤❤. Your videos are make me studying hard to achieve my goals and dream and studying computer science in USA or england ❤😊😊😊.

[@florindobinciuc]

Awesome! Let's gooooo!

[@ItzCherry000]

U progressed alot since last year 🔥

[@KarimGutermann]

Great Video! Thanks for sharing.

[@peeper2070]

Good luck, let us know when you find the startup

[@BobRossRightHand]

Pro tip from someone who went to London for the Travis Scott concert a few weeks ago, go into your phone settings, Wallet, and then add your card as an "express card". Makes it so you don't have to unlock your phone when paying for the underground

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Sounds like a security hazard hahaha

[@arandotdev]

Use to go to the Waterloo WeWork once a month and would head over to Lower Marsh on other side of the train station each day for lunch. Loads of great street food vendors worth checking out

[@HenryAllen-hf7ut]

The waterloo wework is so goated

[@karpediem365]

One day I think it would be cool to see you collab with Daniel Dalen. Both working on startups, growing businesses and documenting the journey on YT. Cheers mate!

[@procheeseburger_2]

TMW you've already seen the linkedin photo.. but now you get to see the back story of it happening!

[@sunnysetia]

Hey Jacob, been really enjoying your content, keep including bits of technical information in the vlogs those are my favourite parts. I would love to know more about how you handle your deployment workflow. From the videos I've watched of yours so far it looks like you are hosting your Next.js frontend on Vercel, Nest.js backend on Railway. I am curious to know how you have got your staging env and your production env and the steps you follow when pushing out updates. e.g. db migrations, any automatic testing, setting up different environments, what db you use in development vs prod etc. I feel like this part of the process is often skipped over by a lot of KZbinrs and could be very beneficial for me and others to learn from you.

[@Hnetan]

Thanks for the content! Super inspiring 🎉 Looking forward to the next dev club meeting in Iceland 😂 .. sometime in the future

[@pH7Programming]

Stunning!🔥

[@CrispMagic]

Hey mate, when you start considering scaling and looking into cloud infro monitoring/visiblity and you're in the market for an SRE, I'd love to chat!

[@Federico-Granata]

Great upgrade from the NYC apartment!

[@martinsmaslovs]

wake up babe, jacob just dropped a new vid

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

😂

[@ItzD3fW1sH]

Dunno how you do it. I simply feel like I don’t even know how to use a laptop if not docked on two 4k screens to code with 😂

[@yehansiriwardhana3733]

Hey bro congratz for the new integration. Cheers 🍻

[@fersaysrelax]

awesome! how do you deal with the scenario where both bots get banned?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Appeal to WhatsApp. They’ve unblocked my bots multiple times. Also, the onboarding service is auto disabled when they’re banned

[@solar.andrea]

Wait, it was Maddie holding the camera this whole time?? The reveal!!!

[@fergusoh5092]

Is that Tom Gilbey on the sofa behind you at 7:07?

[@crystalkewe]

Well, well, well - I'm typically late to such news; can't believe you've left NYC. It's been a while since I've seen one of your videos. Better start catching up now! Brother, can't believe your journey so far since the NZ and Blockchain videos. Fyi heading to Auckland and Wellington in September 😊 Any recommendations on cool dev spots to checkout?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Not sure on dev specific spots but defs get over to Waiheke island if you can!

[@crystalkewe]

@@JacobSucksAtCode Cool, shall do!

[@smyk9557]

New vlog lets go

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Yessssssir 🤝

[@AmsNl2BcnEs]

Hope you have built in contingencies if WhatsApp changes their access or functionality with no notice. As a minimum make sure any terms and conditions for Subb accounts for this, otherwise you can be sued for breach of contract if the service fails if/when WhatsApp changed their code.

[@fadl2009gh]

Really Inspiring :)

[@markthomas9181]

First of all yes to longer videos 🔥🔥🔥. Second, how could would it be if Pave was the developer coming on board 😂😂. Third, it's really cool seeing everything coming together from the backend to the frontend 🔥🔥🔥 💪🏾

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Haha imagine if it was pave

[@markthomas9181]

@@JacobSucksAtCode in this startup story, we can't rule out anything 🤣

[@REXTECH9]

LETTSSSSS GOOOOOOOO!!!

[@egesa_michael]

New Zealand, New York now London been following your vlogs you've inspired me to apply to Antler lol

[@AngeleneKala]

Jacob what camera and mic are you using nowadays???

[@randomthoughtstech]

Let's goooooooooooooooooo! 🎉

[@RohanKadam-f3r]

Hey a Quick question , So you had entered a dummy number 99999999, afterwards it also propmpted you to use that same number to get inside that group or you will be removed, But that did not happen. Just curious if i missed something.

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

It does, it’s just a manual notification. The creator will be notified there’s someone with an incorrect number now there

[@BenLinfordUK]

You are so flow. ❤️ it.

[@DorcasDiaries]

I really enjoyed watching this video. I'm curious to know the protection offered to creators who have chosen to use subb. For example, if a writer chooses to publish their novel in a serial style using your platform, can their subscribers steal the contents by "copying and pasting" or by taking a screenshot? Or even downloads. What's the protection you offer to these types of creators?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

It’s the internet. It’s impossible to protect completely.

[@jaweki]

Awesome vlog Jacob. Quick question Would you share your thoughts in a video, what is your thought if you did all your frontend-backend apis with graphQL, as compared with the rest apis. Would that be safe from ddos. I ask this because you recommended employing throttling in a code base.

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

I used to use graphql. But all my endpoints are 100% typesafe with Openapi-cli client generation. So there’s no need to request specific properties 💪🏼

[@jaweki]

@@JacobSucksAtCode Nice choice, I actually learnt about openApi now. I have never used it. Also I appreciate that you mentioned instead of returning negative feedback to a user forgot password, a positive feedback is always safe for the app 👌

[@AmsNl2BcnEs]

Are you integrating with Telegram? Lots of people in UK/Europe are moving away from meta products include WhatsApp.

[@mattcarey8111]

That’s York Road isn’t it? I’ll be in tomorrow.

[@mateusbarbosa9934]

Jacob how did you get started in programming?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Jumped on KZbin

[@Mike-eh5gt]

I really enjoy these videos. I got a question, how much do you pay for the office space?

[@AmsNl2BcnEs]

What’s VC? Oh, and more Hermy!

[@victoryasokomeh]

Hi Jacob, i've been following your story and I must say big ups. Any tips on improving your marketing skills as a software engineer?

[@imdova]

couldn't help but notice that the apartment you're in is WAY bigger than the one you guys rented in NYC. Is it because NY rent is crazy expensive or is because you're in better position financially now?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

This apartment is significantly cheaper than our apartment in NYC haha

[@imdova]

@@JacobSucksAtCode Damn

[@NisanGurung]

such an inspiration dude, I work is London swell. would love to hangout :D

[@ijon007]

Need to try out your vs code theme man 😂 What is it called? (forgot to ask properly the first time😅)

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Night owl

[@Eitrii]

Hope to see a special appearance by the good old tuna rice sometime soon

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

😂

[@sergedev6369]

Hi, Jacob! Why don't you use a full home workplace with a separate monitor, keyboard and mouse?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

I used to, I like simplicity!

[@sergedev6369]

@@JacobSucksAtCode It makes sense when you move from place to place. I recently moved to another city and had to hire a truck to move all my stuff including my workspace with table monitors etc

[@opencode1]

on which language do you code front & back ? am a subscriber of yours

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Mainly typescript!

[@opencode1]

@@JacobSucksAtCode and in backend? am literally watching your video lool

[@VelocitySix]

Honest question. Why do you go to a CoWorking space? Can’t you just work from home? Or are there benefits I don’t know about?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

I just like the vibe

[@MarekWGDvorak]

Well done YOU! Love it! Just one thing here: It said in that email, "You must use your WhatsApp number, or you will be automatically removed..." Me asking here: Okay... When? How much time do I have from this point then...? Or is it not time-dependent, and it is just contextualising the correctness of the number I used there - in such a case how do I correct potential typos in my number I used there ? If it's solely QR Code pairing based, we don't have to solve number correctness there though..... or maybe I got that email wrong in my mind though... :-)

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

The creator would have to update the number for you otherwise you’ll be kicked

[@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz1g]

that's a long integration, why not just use open-wa from which you can create the group, change the permissions then transfer the ownership to the client?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Many people have existing large communities they’re manually managing

[@simonluckhoff]

Out of interest, how do you code with one laptop screen? Just a preference?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Yeah just the laptop!

[@adamustek]

Hey neighbour! Fellow business owner here. See you around in the power station.

[@rafaelfrancisco1150]

Dude is living the dream

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Trying!

[@tplilsby5719]

Thanks for showing me Scrimba. I've been coding for the past few years and have been struggling to make progress, but over the last 13/14 days, things have changed, and I've found the right way to learn coding. You have inspired me to move forward, and because of you, I am taking on a challenge I never thought I would be capable of. I am about to start my own project. Keep up the good work. All the success you've achieved is well deserved, and i know i'm not the only one saying that.😀🙏

[@ShaneCurtis-nl2ev]

Do you use an authentication library? and if so what library?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Normally just run my own auth

[@yarbas89]

For some reason the discord memberships are paused and I really want to attend this London meetup. Help? Edit: Forgot to say, amazing video as always!

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Go check again! You can join ❤️

[@JheezeItsFeez]

7:09 is that Tom Gilbey Wine? 😅

[@avgJoe123]

roughly how much do you make from your startup to be able to live like this in London?

[@hibrunocosta]

Should it have kicked you out of the group since you didn't join with the 99999999999 number? Also, what happens if someone has two phones, and accidentally joins with the wrong number, What is the procedure to rejoin if the link is a one-time use?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

It’s currently a manual flow!

[@Recko_j]

haha so funny, for our startup we also didn't have the forgot password flow and had to do it last minute.

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Hahaha

[@pranavraj5698]

how did you raise 400k usd man!!

[@vincentpohlmeier-5421]

What tech steck do you User?

[@vincentpohlmeier-5421]

Are you a fullstack enginier?

[@wimvangeyt3866]

Haa you know Whatsapp regulations.... Thats why all the big companies stear away from integrating whatsapp ;). They straightforwardly say, "don't integrate that, its too difficult".

[@russoangelo]

what theme do you use on vs code?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Night owl

[@ergunvehbi2179]

Which courses do you suggest to learn backend ?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Check out the Nest.js courses!

[@adokana_]

Hello from Barcelona 🤗

[@tomr1486]

same sofa club ✋

[@hrizwaldieos8239]

Someone know what vsc theme Jacob uses?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Night owl

[@hrizwaldieos8239]

@@JacobSucksAtCode thx alot

[@ZDL679]

Honestly the cost of living in London is terrible and the tax rates.

[@JoshGledhillTech]

Does anyone know Jacob's VSCode theme out of interest?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Night owl!

[@JoshGledhillTech]

I need to apologise, I heard your mention it months ago but I can't find the video where you say it :(

[@JoshGledhillTech]

@@JacobSucksAtCode Thank you!

[@friendly__drone9352]

Early gaaaang innit

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Let’s goooooooooo 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@tconroy]

Why did you leave NYC?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

Visa

[@matthewoconnor1690]

what in fact is a flat white?

[@willballentine5362]

is that a door to nowhere on your balcony? lol. one long fall

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

😂

[@kshitijk14]

Haha so happy to see WhatsApp Integration finally

[@FaizanNabi-2001]

Are you MERN stack developer?

[@JacobSucksAtCode]

I know it but don't often use it

[@mtehamazento2767]

You look like Cole Palmer 😂

[@markthomas9181]

Bro 😂😂.

[@FernandoMansur10]

Apartment better than NY!!