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Shanghai
Joined July 2022
The Viggle AI seems good. But it has one hilarious (and brutal) limitation. It falls apart if the source and target body shapes don't match. I took a classic Jackie Chan scene and swapped the characters with a cat and a dog. The result is pure nightmare fuel.
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Your new YouTube video is stuck at 0 views? Don't delete it. Try this 60-second fix: → Change visibility to Unlisted → Wait for 1 hour → Change it back to PublicThis forces the algorithm to re-index and kickstart the push it missed.
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Created my very first AI generated video on my new YouTube shorts channel. got 1400 views and 1 subsciber. Not too bad.
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Who the hell designed the tab bar of @cursor_ai ? Can you make the selected tab even less obvious?
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Ever feel lost between beginner and intermediate tutorials? You're not alone. I hit this wall learning Python. The solution? Exploring multiple resources and filling knowledge gaps one concept at a time.
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I’m intentionally capping my coding time at 4 hours a day. As a developer, that feels like a sin. But it’s the most important strategic decision I’ve made to break out of the low-engagement bubble and actually grow my SaaS.
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"You absolute idiot. Now think hard about why I'm yelling at you." This is my new favorite prompt when an AI keeps failing the same task. For my coding assistant (Cursor), this unhinged prompt breaks its failure loop and fixes the code correctly about 30-40% of the time.
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Most people get garbage results from AI. It's not the AI's fault. It's yours. You're giving it data, but you're forgetting the most important part. 🧵
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I almost learned this the hard way. I'm building ClarityDeck.app (a site to turn old phones into personal dashboards). For market research, I found a Reddit post: "I turned my old tablet into a clock/weather display." 1,000+ upvotes. I fed the post to gemini 2.5 pro.
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The AI's response was instant excitement: "This is massive validation! People love this idea! Your product has a huge potential market!" The dopamine hit. But then, something felt... off.
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anyone remember digg? it seems to be dead.
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That old phone in your drawer is a $0 desk clock waiting to happen. But most web clocks have a fatal flaw for this: they're riddled with ads, can't stay on, and aren't mobile-friendly. I reviewed 7 of them to find the clear winner. claritydeck.app/blog/what-to…
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Next time, it will start watching anime
AI is having an identity crisis. I'm in Cursor, prompting Gemini 2.5 Pro in Chinese. It starts replying perfectly... then suddenly, it switches to fluent Japanese. Not sure if this is the beginning of Skynet or just a very confused language model.
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AI is having an identity crisis. I'm in Cursor, prompting Gemini 2.5 Pro in Chinese. It starts replying perfectly... then suddenly, it switches to fluent Japanese. Not sure if this is the beginning of Skynet or just a very confused language model.
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X is a better LinkedIn for indie hackers
When I feel low, I just come to X to see the indie hackers here Some are quitting their job today Some are trying to get to ramen profitability today Some have reached their MRR milestones today Some exit their SaaS today Regardless of their journey, I always get inspired!
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I just found an absolute cheat code weather API: Open-Meteo. It’s free and no key needed. I went from discovery to pulling live data in under 5 minutes for a new widget in my app, ClarityDeck. This literally saved me a day of work. (UI work still in progress)
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AI-generated roadmaps are usually garbage. Vague, generic, and useless. I spent the last month refining a prompt framework that forces it to give me a precise, day-by-day action plan for my SaaS, ClarityDeck. Steal my system: 🧵
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This system would have saved me months of founder-anxiety in my last company. The goal isn't just a plan. It's to eliminate the "what should I do today?" paralysis that kills so many indie hackers. It's a system for clarity.
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TL;DR on forcing AI to create a killer roadmap: Provide deep Context, Data & Constraints. Give it a specific goal & task list. Interrogate & refine the first draft. Execute with clarity. What's the most game-changing prompt you've used to accelerate your work?
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