I think I’ve perfected my cozy gaming setup. I’ve been reeeeeeally loving this gyro controller setup, and it’s genuinely been awesome to have fun gaming without being at my desk (which is the LAST place I want to be at the end of my workday!)
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The Power Hour
When I have something that I need to do consistently, I break it into a small chunk and make sure that I do that thing every day first thing in the morning. Like…early early. Early enough that most people around me are sleeping. For me, that’s 6AM. I have ADHD, and this has been one of the single biggest unlocks to help me do something consistently simply because that golden hour happens at a time where there are fewer distractions. For that one glorious hour, nothing is happening, and in that nothingness over the years I’ve have repeatedly been able…
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How to Use an Affiliate Program to Create a Content Marketing Engine
According to Alex Standiford from Siren Affiliate, affiliate programs should be much more than just discount systems or referral links in the modern era. According to him, companies particularly those that provide courses and software should consider themselves to be media and education enterprises that require ongoing content, collaborations, and audience trust in order to expand. Alex advises locating niche specialists, bloggers, podcasters, influencers, and producers who already cater to your desired audience and offering them incentives to produce worthwhile material about your product or sector rather than attempting to produce all of the content yourself. He refers to these…
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Alex Standiford
I’m looking for some podcasts that talk about web development and are looking for people to talk about AI-centric frameworks.
I really want to just nerd out about PHPNomad and the things it’s doing for my development workflows and how it’s also reducing my AI token usage.
Any takers?
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Alex Standiford
I’ve been using AI to do about 95% of the actual execution of my work for the past 3 months or so, and I’m learning a lot about when AI is not the right tool for the job.
Which honestly when I think about it is the biggest reason why I have been so obsessively using it lately. For me it’s not about replacing myself or whatever, it’s more about understanding the ever-changing limits of the technology, and making sure I’m optimizing my work around what it can do, but more importantly what it cannot do.
That’s the thing about things that are trendy and being hyped like crazy…you get a lot of hyperbole, and anecdotal evidence, but the only way to truly know the truth is to use it, and use it a lot. Discover its limits, and figure out when you should just do it yourself.
I think the people who are going to come out ahead in this era are going to be the ones that are using AI, obviously, but it’s not just using it, it’s actually integrating it as a multiplier instead of a replacement.
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Alex Standiford
Okay, so credit where credit’s due. Codex correctly assessed a very obscure issue deep in PHPNomad’s codebase this week with a Siren client on a specific type of host.
It correctly nailed the actual problem in 1 session, and a week later I was finally able to prove it, and get the bug fixed.
Not saying Claude couldn’t do it, but it felt like it had more…tenacity, maybe?
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Alex Standiford
I often just need to spin up a quick WordPress install to test something very, very specific, and then tear it down when I’m done.
So I had AI whip up a little utility for me. It loads a fresh WP install in your /tmp directory, and has a way to quickly remove the install when you’re done (but of course if you don’t it’ll just go away because it’s in tmp.)
Nothing too flashy, and obviously built specifically for my use-case, but I figured I’d share it publicly just in case it would be useful to someone else.
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Alex Standiford
And with that, we officially have so many testimonials for Siren that I have to redesign my reviews layout on my product page. 🎉🎉🎉
