Derek Duban

I've never had a problem with posts being removed. My requests just seem to be ignored.

There are AI tools out there that can learn your personal writing style. Train one of those tools with your writing, then give the agency your trained tool to use so they can write like you. Google this phrase "is there an ai tool that can learn my writing style?"

Don't give up an asset.

Sadly, I can't even explain it to a 50yo. It's a serious problem.

Right there with ya. I've been programming for 30+ years and feel completely unemployable. I had a friend who warned me once, "don't leave the system" (meaning to not got independent). I left the system.

I burn out. Then I recover, and start again. But lately there isn't much motivation because on August 14 my website hit a record number of visitors and on August 15 Google changed its algorithm and by Aug 16 my traffic was halved. Burn out to me is directly tied to seeing results but, lately, I no longer see hard work as paying off. I'm starting to get back into it because last week a close...

I think it was on Reddit that people were discussing that it would take them months to just get their first order on Gumroad (or maybe it was Fiverr). I can understand that for people starting up without referrals, but if someone with existing clients asked their client to pay via one of these platforms, they can have early success (with immediate, positive, reviews) What are you...

I'm considering this question now. Google is the killer. The algorithm updates over the past year is killing small sites like mine. I'm watching my business fail live now, for the past 3 weeks. Google search results used to be great for sending most of my traffic with 20K daily search impressions a year ago to 38 yesterday. It's over. I came back to PH a couple weeks ago not realizing this is...

Inertia

Animation templates people can easily extend and share... for gifs, or presentations, etc.

Blocking

The trouble with SEO is that Google changes its algorithm and all your hard work is in the trash. The August 15th update immediately crashed my search impressions by 87% overnight. My traffic is down 40%. I really don't see the point of climbing that hill again. Now for the good news: Yes, you should do all the basic SEO things, like titles and all the tag recommendations. The most amazing...

Plain old SEO

Bad design. I don't just mean in software. Example: in hardware, like a ps4, the buttons are hidden in the bevel, and the label icons are sooo tiny they can't be read in the dark which is how you often have a room in which you are gaming. I mean, why are they trying to hide the buttons? Everybody know devices have buttons - it's nothing to be ashamed of - just make them easy to find and press....

Make my bed.

When possible, code against unit tests (each function should do only one thing and do it well). Throw exceptions with as much detail as possible. Don't repeat yourself - everything that needs to be said should only be said in one place. If any infrastructure or architecture makes testing awkward, then create mock-up architecture for testing. And whatever language you are using: read up and know...

I don't like remote work at all. I hope it ends. That said, I would like to see satellite offices all over a city instead of centralized to downtown or business districts. That way commutes are short (walk, cycle) and you still have to/get to work in the presence of others. (I'm dreaming, I know it's impossible)

Hi Priyanka, I've seen something like this before. Someone on twitter had a SaaS for beautifying screen captures. I don't recall the product or know if they are still around. I thought it was a good idea a few years ago. Additionally, I have my own screenshot product that might work well with yours. I add animations to screen captures in my animation studio. For example a moving arrow points to...

Up until last year I exclusively used publicdomainpictures.net for images. Now I mostly use Leonardo.ai but since they've been purchased, I worry their policy around free for commercial use (for free users) might change. I don't need much for my pics so I can slide through as a free user. Lately I've noticed creators on publicdomainpictures.net are now posting AI generated images as well.

Music. Sometimes I find myself with youtube distracting me (thinking I can just listen to it in the background) and I realize I'm watching more than working. So I come to my senses and switch to music only and can get back to working effectively again.