2 years: 80% coding, 20% marketing → $0/month Switched to: 20% coding, 80% marketing → $1,000/month Build less. Sell more.

about yesterday, 🇨🇭🎆

Your startup doesn’t need: •TypeScript •Prisma •CI/CD •100% test coverage It needs a Stripe link, one feature, and a lot of marketing.

JSON Web Tokens (JWT) are everywhere in modern web apps. But what exactly is a JWT and how does it work? A JWT looks like this: xxxxx.yyyyy.zzzzz → 3 parts, base64 encoded: Header – algorithm & token type Payload – user data like ID and email Signature – proof the token

To validate your idea, you don’t need: – a logo – multiple features – OAuth You just need: – a landing page – an email input – a price tag

npm install – downloading the entire internet... – 2,137 packages added – still doesn't work

JWT vs. Session Cookie Do you know the difference? Both are used to keep users logged in, but they work very differently: JWT (JSON Web Token): – Stored on client (e.g. localStorage, cookie) – Sent with each request (usually via Authorization header) – Backend doesn't store

Startup: You deploy code Big company: You open a ticket to request a ticket that allows you to ask someone to open another ticket so you can deploy code.

OAuth Flow visualised New blog post is online :) patrickc.dev/blog/oauth-exp…

"Scrum in real life" They told us Agile would make us faster. Now we spend Monday in planning, Tuesday in refinement, Wednesday in alignment, Thursday in review, and Friday in retrospective. But hey, at least the Jira board is moving.

Ever wondered what `useEffect` really is in React? It’s just a plain JS function that takes: 1️⃣ Another function (your effect) 2️⃣ An optional array of dependencies If the effect returns a function → this function is run during cleanup. // Example plain js useEffect fn:

Everytime a new gpt Model comes out everyone complaining :D

Great work. nothing better than starting the new week with a clean screen Pauline Cx 🤙

"Hiring in big companies" Hiring process at BigCorp: 1 intro call 1 take-home assignment 4 rounds of interviews 2 culture fit sessions 1 final presentation ...then the role gets frozen for budget reasons

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