I think we don't talk enough that in the terminal you have white... and bright white.

Vibe coding is productive gambling.

What would you prefer:

When building local-first apps, search is the final boss

Javascript tip: When a `map` returns null values, we often want to filter these values out. Most people use `map` + `filter`, but it's good to remember that you can also use `flatMap` and return `[]` instead of null.

Today I've implemented import/export for bookmarks and feeds at Fika. I was positively impressed that exporting all my ~6k bookmarks worked instantly, when most cloud-based applications take forever (if they implement export at all). Another win for local-first!

Distribution is king. No, most engineers don't use Cursor, but Copilot. The same as most companies run on Teams, not Slack. Never bet against MSFT.

Today I've done something new: I've recorded myself while building a feature. One take, no edits. Watch me build tag suggestions + summarization in one sitting. youtu.be/R17l5j_-itA

I think it's a good time to remember ARR != MRR * 12

This was not on my bingo card

Twitter/X is so useless for exposure nowadays. My last article (fika.bar/paoramen/ai-is…) had more than 10k views in total, from which only 134 came from Twitter. Either you do video, and arguably there are better places to promote video, or you are wasting your time.

Fuck. Today I the hard way that Gmail does not support WebP transparency. groups.google.com/a/webmproject.…

If you’re evaluating local-first, here’s my journey implementing search on that architecture: Postgres, Typesense, Orama, and how I landed on FlexSearch. A tale of frustrated dreams, utopian user experiences and calculated tradeoffs. fika.bar/paoramen/local…

AIconomics in a nutshell: The last hour I sold $120 (I really did!) A day has 24 h. A year has 365 days. $120 * 24h/d * 365d/year = $1.051.200/year That's 1M ARR in one hour!!!

I'm swimming on an ice-cold river in the alps. It's all waterfalls and rapids, and yet, a fish swims next to me. There is no way that fish, or any of its ancestors, climbed up that river. Fish are not real. Someone is dropping fish from the top of the rivers. How? Why?

Looks like perhaps synthetic data can overcome the data wall. If so, the ad-based web will prevail.