I think as other comments allude to scheduling can be really hard so its a good idea to start sending out invitations 2-3 weeks in advance. Also don't be afraid to invite old friends - I reconnected with some friends I haven't talked to in 7+ years and it was great

* Create a notepad in your phone and throw any and all ideas in there whenever they come up

* Choose one to work on this weekend - whichever excites you the most

* When working on the project, be careful of scope creep. Accept your project will do one thing, and one thing only. Also accept your project will probably be crap - that's ok, you just need to something to start with so you can begin building on top of it next weekend

* Start with technology you're very comfortable with - whatever that may be. Then learn whatever else you need to learn as you work on the project

* Reuse code from past projects

* Force yourself to launch by the end of the weekend. This restraint will force you to be creative with your approach to building, and launching is always a great morale boost

* it helps event planners improve their events

* gives event planners data points to attract more/higher quality sponsors

Imagine what your local dev meetup organizers could do if they had more funding (free arduinos? Fly out Woz? Hand out AWS credits?)

I designed the feedback form to be completeable in under 15 seconds, while giving good data to event planners. You don’t even need to provide your name. I don’t think it’s unreasonable for an event planner to ask 3 questions in order to provide some photos - photos you can use to build your personal brand, post on dating sites, cherish as memories, etc.

I think it’s a win-win situation for everyone

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34306636

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You can text updates on things you get done throughout the week, and then generate a (.PNG) text conversation with Elon Musk stating what you got done

Just a fun project, feel free to poke around!

[0] https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/1575598387335901190

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34134326

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This sounds really interesting! I find it fascinating that Twilio was willing to do such a personalized project with a relatively small company. Would you be willing to share the story?

Specific curiosities:

* Did you reach out to them, or did they reach out to you?

* Who were you working with there? (someone in a business unit, or someone in engineering?)

* Twilio is huge with (I imagine) big reputation risk. Why were they okay with being such early adopters?

* What was the process like working with them through this campaign?

EDIT: never mind, I see you answered this in another comment:

> The original film is around 10TB of mpeg2 1080p 25mbit/sec 25 frames per second.

> We later transcoded to h264, it now clocks in at about 2TB.

Maybe eventually I'll have to explore other options, but for now my projects are still small enough where their feature set meet my needs. I think $25/mo is well worth it, knowing:

1. I can spin up a db & auth for a new project without having to spend hours on configuration & deployment

2. I can sleep well at night not worrying about one faulty line of code bringing down my entire app

IMO don't use Medium as its tough for content exploration as a user.

I think the best option is to setup a static site generator using whatever tool works for you - ideally a tool that allows your users to search for blog posts, and filter posts by tags.

I would probably start with Wordpress to quickly get started, and explore other options as needs arise.

[0] https://www.engineeringblogs.io/

I received 7 inbound emails, some more personalized than others. 1 Twitter DM.

Surprisingly, I even received emails into the last week of February.

For context, I'd call myself an intermediate full stack JavaScript developer. I don't think I did anything special; here was my comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30173273

Mix that with him being popular, well connected, and generally well respected, I can see why big names in tech would be eager to go on his podcast

Here though, I'm not so sure - maybe they try to sell intellectual content creators on a Gumroad alternative via Stripe Checkout? Seems like too small of an opportunity to be worth pursuing

Edit: honestly, could just be a recruiting play. IMO they have the brand "our founders are incredibly intellectually curious, and some of the smartest people work here", and this acquisition could help strengthen that brand. I think this could be the most plausible reason.