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Thanks!

Fair question. Honestly, the Million Dollar Homepage delighted me twenty years ago and I've had this idea in my head ever since. It was fun (maybe even therapeutic?) to finally see it take shape after all these years.

Hi HN. This is a homage to the Million Dollar Homepage, twenty years on, but instead of a flat grid of pixels it's a tower of exactly 1,000,000 bricks.

You can purchase a single break and engrave up to 20 characters, or purchase multiple bricks and upload a photo to create a mural. Just like the OG, every order can carry a link and a short description that show on hover.

Thanks for the suggestions! I hadn't seen the cart permalinks before, but that might work well for us.

I have a site (https://familytreechart.com) with a similar integration with Shopify but one thing I've never figured out is how to send someone to Shopify's checkout page with a preconfigured cart. It looks like you are managing the cart on the nextjs side. How are you generating the checkout page with the right items? I've resorted to creating a DraftOrder, but those don't allow for discount codes so I also had to handle that on my end when creating the draft order. Email in profile if easier.

The article is a beast but there is a lot of good information in there. I find that I try to do as much as possible from the keys when I'm doing programming related tasks. An IDE like vscode is a good mix of UI and CLI for me.

That being said, I've been excited in the past seeing a new take on IDE's with things like LightTable (I'm not positive that's the name...) which have pushed the needle even further on the UI/CLI balance.

Shameless plug for https://heyhabit.com (I'm the dev). It's meant to be used as a chrome extension that takes over the new tab in Chrome, but you can try it from the website. I've been using it for ~2 years now and it works really well off and on. I've discovered that it's really helpful for getting me back on track when I fall off the horse. Because the calendar maintains what a "successful" week looks like for me, it eliminates some of the mental energy required to regroup.

I developed a chrome extension, Hey Habit (bit.ly/heyHabit), to help me with this. I add my long term goals as projects and then set up reoccurring tasks to make them happen.

There's also a web version at heyhabit.com.

This looks really nice! I'd love to see it include the mpaa rating and be able to filter by it.

This is awesome! I've been really frustrated with music lately and have been wanting something like this. Thanks for making and sharing.

Good thought. The freedom of working for yourself can promote laziness and reduced productivity since you don't feel accountable to anyone but yourself.

Same post on Medium... just in case. https://medium.com/@keslertanner/i-quit-my-job-today-is-day-...

I have to be honest in saying I don't know the science here. I just personally know that I feel a difference in my mental capacity when I switch from programming to writing. That's all that point is about it.

I'm the founder of FreelanceInbox.com, you can sign up for the service and it will help you in finding potential jobs. You still have to do all of the work landing the job, but it will at least help you to know who is looking for freelancers.

Thanks for the feedback guys. It is supposed to make tweeting easier, but apparently it's not doing a very good job (although it probably does make you want to tweet nasty things about me :)

I'll look into a better solution.

That is epic. Needs to belong to the wall behind my monitors.

That's awesome and I completely understand :) Best of luck and feel free to reach out anytime.

I added caching to my blog, but in case there are issues, I posted to Medium again as well. https://medium.com/@keslertanner/e6eeeb60360c

Thanks!

Due to the overwhelming response tonight and your feedback, prices have changed. I look forward to addressing more of your feedback in the near future.

Yes, I have been thinking about adding .NET. Just want to be sure that there are enough leads. Shoot me an email and I'll let you know when/if I roll them out.

Haha, couldn't help but crack up on that last line. Glad I at least went 2 for 3.

You raise a lot of good points. I'll be in touch.

Thanks! Appreciate the solid feedback. Will you shoot me an email with more information about #3? kesler@freelanceinbox.com

I'm actually completely unfamiliar with the project...

I agree with you, but I also realize that if the service is to be valuable, it can't grow too large. I've intentionally set a cap on the number of developers that can be part of the community so it can remain valuable.

Each member also gets to specify what leads they are interested in, so that spreads leads around as well.

Thanks for pointing this out, I'll fix the typo. The real time is 10:30am (PST).

Founder here.

That's a really fair question. It's a little interesting that someone posted this today as in the very near future, some of these concerns are going to be addressed...

The goal is to create a system whereby those developers who are willing to pay and become quality members of the community are greatly benefited. I realize this can only happen though if the community isn't too large. The community will have two caps, one for basic members (200) and another for pro members (150). When the community is full, anyone who wants to signup will be put on a waiting list.

Community members have the advantage of having a continual fresh stream of leads gathered from throughout the internet. For these leads, the competition is completely open. They also, however, have exclusive first access to leads posted straight to the community, as well as well as other benefits which will be revealed soon.

This isn't a very thorough answer, but if you check back in on Thursday, you'll find more details. Or if you can't wait, shoot me an email kesler@freelanceinbox.com and I can give you greater detail.

It offers a 30-day money back guarantee, so you can try it if you want without any worries. Shoot me an email though, and I'd be happy to give you a look at some sample leads. kesler@freelanceinbox.com.

*On Thursday, Freelance Inbox will have a big announcement that will alleviate concerns like yours going forward. As fair warning, you might want to claim a spot early :)

FreelanceInbox.com can help with the finding clients and some of the jobs are small enough you wouldn't need a large reputation to successfully land one. Without a nice portfolio though you would need to work on a polished pitch. Completing personal projects is also a good way to pad your portfolio and show you're passionate about development. *Full disclosure: I'm the founder of FreelanceInbox.

Wow, that is quite the coincidence. Good luck with your endeavors as well!