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simonhfroston How to Start a Ruby Meetup

One of the best meetups in Ōtautahi!

simonhfroston London's Free Roof Terraces

First CTA is to signup. For what? 'From the Community' section reports 'Failed to fetch'

simonhfroston Ask HN: As an Australian, is it possible to get a remote US role?

Remote roles mean you're not just competing with other Americans, but the rest of the world, which likely means a lot lower pay.

Also seems like Aus/US have barely any work hour overlap, what's your plan there?

simonhfroston Anyone else having a terrible experience with Claude Code's remote control?

Yes. My chats don't get new messages without exiting and entering, I'm assuming because it's still in research preview...

simonhfroston Afroman found not liable in defamation case

Are you white?

simonhfroston Where can I find startups looking for fractional product leads?

Your network

simonhfroston Claude Memory

> Update, Expanding to Pro and Max plans, 23 Oct 2025

simonhfroston Ask HN: Preferred Next.js Alternatives?

I'm planning on using tanstack start in my next project. Seems to have had a lot of good press recently

simonhfroston Best area of AI to focus on for a front end developer?

It's the same as with any other new tech, start using it.

Use Claude Code, Figma MCP, Supabase MCP, Lovable, v0.dev.

Find where your interests overlap interesting tech, and who knows, you might be able to build a business from it

simonhfroston Couchers is officially out of beta

What's changed? Did you get older?

simonhfroston How do you store and maintain your CV/resume over time?

HTML + CSS + Github. Save the webpage as PDF in repo after any changes

simonhfroston Is it possible to write plain C iOS app in 2025?

Definitely. Just find a use case where you need the performance

simonhfroston Ask HN: Hacker Houses in Europe

C-base in Berlin

simonhfroston Ask HN: Are AI dev tools lowering the barrier to entry for creating software?

I'm sceptical that you can create entire apps. It might be good to get an MVP off the ground, but once you need to modify code it gets exponentially complicated because: 1) you're not familiar with the code AI wrote and 2) what it writes is generally more complicated.

simonhfroston Ask HN: What type of Auth are you using on your side projects?

Amazing initiative! After hearing this I'm definitely keen to try out Clerk for my next project

simonhfroston Ask HN: How did you improve your ability to do deep work?

Identify all the elements that sap your attention and either have a way to prepare beforehand or a strategy to avoid them.

Example: I make sure to choose music beforehand so I don't have to choose something adhoc, and put my phone away to minimise social media distractions.

simonhfroston Ask HN: What type of Auth are you using on your side projects?

Lock in is definitely a valid concern, I emailed customer support and they replied with this:

Certainly understandable to worry about lock-in! We do try and make data exports as easy as possible. You can use our Backend API directly to retrieve all data for your users except for passwords: https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Users#opera...

If you need encrypted passwords in the export, you can contact our support team who will verify your account and provide a link from within your Clerk Dashboard to download the complete export directly.

simonhfroston Ask HN: What's the Alternative to Agile?

The first line from the agile manifesto: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

It's all about communication and hiring. I've found agile to ensure the bottom 10% participate in important discussions (stand-ups, refinement meetings, feedback on process in retros).

If you hire the right people that take initiative and over-communicate, a lot of process suddenly seems unnecessary.

simonhfroston Ask HN: How Are People Designing Apps in the Age of AI?

Magicpatterns.com. It's similar to v0.dev but seems to just produce better looking UI.

Midjourney for stock images, or branded content. Sometimes it's even useful for icons.

simonhfroston Ask HN: What is your experience with Cursor?

Amazing. I've tried co-pilot and tabnine extensively and I think it solves one of the major pain points both have: not having an easy way of inserting/modifying code it generates by providing an interactive patch style interface.

That, and the autocomplete is more accurate and faster (I think it has access to recent history and clipboard?)

simonhfroston Ask HN: Tips for managing burnout while balncing fulltime work and side projects

If you're seriously worried about your health, the only solution is to reduce your working hours. If you're making decent progress with side projects and you have the financial means (no dependents, no debt, savings) I would quit your job if you think you prevent overwork :).

simonhfroston Ask HN: How to shift mindset from goal-oriented to progress-oriented?

Use lead indicators instead of lag indicators. Focus on measuring your day to day focus instead of some long term goal.

simonhfroston Ask HN: High Quality JavaScript Code Bases?

Although it's not my stack of choice, it's generally a good starting point:

https://github.com/ixartz/SaaS-Boilerplate

simonhfroston Ask HN: Where to Find Tech/ML Meetups in the Bay Area?

Luckily I was just sent these recommendations today by a friend! Here you go:

* Y Combinator

* Stanford’s Accelerator StartX

* Berkeley’s Accelerator Skydeck

* 500 Start-Ups

* Alchemist