Alex
Alex
@alex@www.alexstandiford.com

Founder of Novatorius & creator of Siren Affiliates. WordPress engineer and partnership advocate helping businesses grow with flexible incentive programs.

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  • Everyone’s giving backlash on GPT5. I like it, personally. I hated how sycophantic previous versions were. The last thing I want is a “yes man” in my ear all-day.

  • So Iโ€™m in a hospital. Apparently they have to sedate me to get this brisket thatโ€™s thoroughly lodged in my esophagus out. Best Saturday ever!

  • When to Pull in an Outside Tech Partner

    I used to think I was doing developers a favor by keeping them out of the early planning. Turns out, I was just setting them up to fail. Hereโ€™s what Iโ€™ve learned about when to actually bring in outside help, and why timing makes all the difference.

  • Stop hiring heroes. If your agency is juggling complex builds and you keep solving delivery problems by bringing in a โ€œrockstar freelancerโ€ to save the day, youโ€™re probably making things worse. I know, because I’ve done it, and I’ve also been the hero in this example. I brought in someone great, experienced, fast, trustworthy. Things…

  • If you have a blog, I strongly recommend that you take some time to let ChatGPT do deep research on your website and audit your writing style and turn it into a style guide that helps match your writing tone. It never gets it perfect, but does get it a little closer.

  • It occurred to me this morning that the 418 “I’m a Teapot” response no-longer has the punch it used to have because it could theoretically be literally sent as a response by a teapot. In which case it would need to be a 200 response. ๐Ÿ˜‚

  • Does anyone actually LIKE the email-based sign in flow? It enrages me ๐Ÿ˜…

  • I just discovered Firefox finally added support for tab lists in the side instead of on-top. As an ultrawide monitor person, I’m very very pleased by this development. Although I have to admit, a lifetime of tabs being up-top is hard to break. ๐Ÿ™ƒ

  • I always laughed at how many open tabs people had open in their browser. I’ve always been a “one tab” kinda person. And then I started running my own business. That uh…that humbled me a bit.

  • Y’ALL IT HAPPENED. ChatGPT’s research feature just referenced me in its own research while generating a report…for me. This feels a lot like when I used to search Stack Overflow for an answer to a question…only to find that I was the one who previously answered that question. Does this mean I made it? Am…