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You won't be doing much if any any electrical engineering if you end up doing software engineering, but it can be useful if you're hacking on side projects, e.g. Arduino. And as other mentioned, the best way to learn computer science is to build stuffs on the side, that will give you a huge edge when entering the job market too.

Very cool! The keyboard warrior routine looks a lot like my yoga handstand warmup routine, will be interesting to apply to keyboard as well.

Clean-up + open-source side projects you don't want to monetize, they'll be your portfolio.

Apply to jobs, show your GH, get hired.

The lack of empathy in her voice is chilling

> I think successful musicians already know this struggle so luckily I kept struggling through the hard parts.

Love the analogy, it does feel like that with music indeed!

Yasss! I love how this illustrates the fact that anyone can get into coding.

I've tried helping career-stuck people learning to code and build apps, but I've found it difficult teaching them everything from the ground up.

As a mostly self taught developer, I do believe it's just matter of dedication and sheer will though, and thank you for proving that right.

couchmate is looking good! Does it generate any revenue?

My ongoing projects include a web app (https://cover.yoga - WIP), a mobile app with a website (https://sheepdiary.com - WIP), another mobile app (https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/beat-yoga/id1505203964 - revamp ongoing, although I forgot to renew the domain name beat.yoga and lost it), and a few non-technical projects (an online business bootstrapping YT channel, i.e. how to do it all yourself without raising money, and a yoga classes YT channel). I also want to start learning ethereum development and build something there. That's in addition to a full-time job. Hard to finish everything, but also hard to just focus on one thing.

Really enjoying this thread, feels like we're a community sharing the same problem.

To second that I think Discord's been publishing stuff about high scale concurrency so I'd think they spent quite some time and intelligence getting that right, and it's not trivial.

This will be a new business from scratch, built with the community. I'm thinking about using a sleep diary app I've already mostly built

That's a good idea thanks! I'll get in touch

I'll be starting a Youtube channel shortly about solo bootstrapping a tech business around a mobile app and everything that's involved, from idea validation to implementation, launch and marketing. Let me know if that's everything you're interested in

Not much it seems. Concepts like logarithmic and exponential growth can be found everywhere, maybe one just needs the right approach to grasp them. I can't think of much more that's needed to become a decent programmer.

Got a Sony hybrid camera that's basically plug and play after you install some software. It does 4k and event though most video conf tools only allow 720p, the image comes out stunning.

I see a bright future for Linux.

I think Anki helps build the necessary knowledge base to make such connections, but actually making those connections comes with putting that knowledge into practice.

I've lived my 20s far away from home, and having moved back in in my 30s now, even if it took some time amd awkwardness, my parents understand I've grown and changed and they respect my need for space and intimacy.

This looks great! Too bad it gives me a headache.

Can you disable horizontal scrolling on the menu on mobile please

That's how I noticed as well. Shouldn't take too long to fix I imagine.

Good point, they don't! I've updated the post

* product name: boomroom

* product description: music with friends - everyone can tune in to boomroom and add songs to the shared queue

* market research/validation: tried it with coworkers and they found it fun - someone's kids ended up taking over the queue and adding tons of fun. No regular use besides that

* number of users: a few users came by but no returning or regular users

* business model: none

* product implementation stage: launched v1

* tech stack: React, WebSocket, Django

* cost of running: $7 for heroku worker + pay as you go for now.sh front-end hosting

* domain name(s) owned: boomroom.co

* available platforms: web (boomroom.co)

* patent(s): none

* next steps: add multiple rooms, try to get events to use it. business model could be ads

* minimum offer: $2500

* product name: beat.yoga

* product description: yoga music recommendations (no playlist)

* market research/validation: people think the app look good but and it seems like yoga teachers could use it because making good playlists takes a lot of time, but the idea hasn't taken off

* number of users: a few downloads but no regular users

* business model: none

* product implementation stage: working app launched

* tech stack: React-Native/Django

* cost of running: 7$ for Django worker, requires an Apple Developer account

* domain name(s) owned: beat.yoga

* available platforms: iOS (https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/beat-yoga/id1505203964)

* patent(s): none

* next steps: reach out to yoga teachers and yogi who self practice to try to the app. business model could be subscription based

* minimum offer: $5000

That happens with lightning cables too sadly.

There's no going back.

Sounds like messaging would be the next logic iteration for this app to grow indeed. It's async and not too intrusive to solve this issue.

Regardless, very neat project and execution, hope it gets where you want it to!

Music together: https://boomroom.co

Yoga music: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/beat-yoga/id1505203964

The good thing is you already have the H1B, so it's easier than having to go through the lottery.

My advice would be to hope for the best but expect the worst. In other words, keep applying to jobs super aggressively, but at the same time, start packing to leave, if there aren't other options.

Indeed, funding is going to be frozen for a while.