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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by Anjo1920 on 3/28/2025 in #questions
T3 Chat API
No, they recommend this https://openrouter.ai/
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by Sandip on 3/28/2025 in #questions
How to optimize polling in frontend???
cache? long polling? using websockets? like always it depends, you gotta give more context so we can actually help
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by AYOUB on 3/29/2025 in #questions
Advice please
I'm only 2 years senior from you and from Indonesia. We're in a similar condition regarding the job market, with startups imploding left and right here.
First thing i'll say is there's basically no downside to looking for opportunities. At best you'll find out you're worth more and you can move or use that as a leverage for a raise at your current company. At worst you'll get a reality check and can learn where your skills are lacking
Second, do you believe in the startup and do you have a stake in it? If so i personally would want to see how it does after launch, at least for a bit. Being the best engineer in an emerging startup would definitely afford you unique opportunities
Then don't forget about other ways you can get 'unstuck'. You can network other ways, like using social media or by going to a conference. You can also do side projects if you can find the time, at this early stage i'd prioritise learning than actually trying to ship a product. That way you can try out a bunch of stuff and skip the busywork of polishing
Lastly i'd say be patient. like you said the job market isn't great right now and finding good jobs are tough. It sounds like you're in an ok position right now, no reason to rush decisions. Unless of course there's other reasons you feel stuck, like being burned out or something like that. Personal anecdote, i got my current job after looking for over a year. It isn't the best pay but it's remote and it's a great team. I had to skip some other opportunities for that
Good luck!
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by trbn on 3/27/2025 in #questions
t3.chat message limits on pro plan
maybe. i personally never come close to that limit but i'm not a power user. regardless, i think for 8 usd it's still worth it
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by echan on 3/26/2025 in #questions
Is NextJS just slow?
i know turbopack is still slower than vite but it shouldn't be that bad
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by SS on 3/21/2025 in #questions
"Apps vs web", which video does Theo discuss this?
afaik he hasn't released that one
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by manish73 on 3/21/2025 in #questions
Software engineer progression
i once even made something outside of my given task that i know will be useful but my boss would think not worth doing had i asked prior to making it
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by manish73 on 3/21/2025 in #questions
Software engineer progression
if you already work 7 days a week it's gonna be hard to find motivation outside of that. Is there any chance you can take on more challenging/interesting task in your job or ones where you'll be able to take time to learn and research? It'll probably be a risk but it might be worth it
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by deepseeklover9 on 3/21/2025 in #questions
How am I supposed to learn to code when I have nothing to code?
really just creating for the sake of creation and learning
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by deepseeklover9 on 3/21/2025 in #questions
How am I supposed to learn to code when I have nothing to code?
i started by trying to create simple stuff: My own rss reader, a workout timer app, a simple word game that i can play with my friends
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by rNdom on 3/15/2025 in #questions
aws lambda + drizzle orm help me please
That would work, yeah. But i personally would keep them all in a single monorepo
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by rNdom on 3/15/2025 in #questions
aws lambda + drizzle orm help me please
I have a friend that test locally and use terraform and jenkins to deploy
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by rNdom on 3/15/2025 in #questions
aws lambda + drizzle orm help me please
The modifying it on their console part
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by rNdom on 3/15/2025 in #questions
aws lambda + drizzle orm help me please
Yea almost no one does this
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by beebae on 3/19/2025 in #questions
Final year project
... what?
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by .Boody on 3/17/2025 in #questions
Hosting
even if we just look at theo's channel look how many videos he has talking about infra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK-iR6g-V1g
in this one he basically talks about cost and scalability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKvv5FJE17Q
in this one he explains how he's not using serverless for one of his service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWSO3qxz-mI
from this one we know that theo use a third party service for his db
My main point is that it's a lot, so you've gotta do your research. and when you have specific questions, then we can be more helpful answering those
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by .Boody on 3/17/2025 in #questions
Hosting
obviously this is a really deep topic that can't be adequately discussed even in a full theo video, let alone a discord thread.
The 3 main thing to consider is price, performance, and scalability. But there're rabbit holes within those 3 catrgories. I personally use cloudflare for everything but it has question marks in scalability in certain parts like its db offering. But i'm ok because i'm less concerned about scalability for now.
Also keep in mind that sometimes the decision step can't just be decide app design -> decide tech -> decide infra. Sometimes it can be the other way around. Meaning if you've already decided to do express with docker for instance, you've definitely removed cloudflare from the equation. But on the other hand I decided to use cloudflare, therefore i use tech that is compatible with workers, and i design my app with serverless architecture in mind
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TTCTheo's Typesafe Cult
•Created by Indeed on 3/15/2025 in #questions
AI & General tooling and workflow advice
I haven't done agents and never tried gpt memory. So, sorry there
But t3chat will help you easily switch models. Do try it, but you might want to wait for the upcoming projects update to separate your use cases.
For email client i've heard great things about superhuman. Dunno about calendars though. Maybe notion calendar?
Sorry you had to use teams
Sorry you still have to deal with spreadsheets
I use obsidian and linear to keep track of what i'm doing
Lastly, you're on linux but are you utilizing the terminal? You could look into zoxide, fzf, ripgrep, lazygit, etc for better terminal experience
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