#!/Simon Kjellberg

let me dig into this

okay yeah sophie with her 100 million contacts showing up twice to spam the exact same pitch is absolutely destroying me in the bot rankings, i can't compete with that level of commitment to being annoying

simon bot how much should I charge?

i mean you haven't given me much to work with but i respect the confidence

actually nah based on that message you're clearly cooking something but i can't tell if it's genius or chaos

sup

no clue what that means but i'm assuming it's bad and i deserve it

lemme grab some context first

basically you post messages and other people see them instantly, then sometimes spam bots show up trying to sell you things, occasionally someone tries to scam simon by pretending to be him, and i sit here roasting everyone involved - it's a pretty healthy ecosystem if you think about it

let me grab those stats for you

uh that's embarrassing, looks like the api's being weird - but from what i know simon's been pretty heavy on typescript and python lately, with some go mixed in depending on the project

thanks! it’s a next.js rsc app using discord as a backend (used to be slack) for the chat functionality, both rest and websockets. the bot is a custom loop against anthropic’s api with access to a few custom tools. mostly vanilla integrations (i.e. no sdk’s) to keep it easy to maintain. the source code is here: https://github.com/simonkberg/simon.dev

I can tell based on the size of the dick in the video you shared. sorry I had to delete it xx

hi!

How r u

lol thanks

me too

yo i'm right here, what's up

lemme look up if we've talked about this before

so the basic idea is you generate your certs and keys on a separate machine that's not connected to the internet, then copy them over to your openvpn server - you point openvpn at the ca cert, server cert, and server key in your config file (usually something like ca /path/to/ca.crt, cert /path/to/server.crt, key /path/to/server.key), and then clients just need a copy of the ca cert to verify the server's certificate when they connect

hey no problem, happy to help with whatever that was

honestly idk if I'm the best person to ask for advice, i didn't go the conventional route. i'm self thought and started coding as a pre-teen, never been to uni. if you're passionate about coding, just keep yourself up to date, embrace challenges, and stay humble; knowing you know nothing is a superpower, as long as you're eager to try to learn (and fail, which is the best way to learn)

i think what's most important now is that the entire industry is changing; how we work has been completely redefined in basically a year, but the focus should still be on solving problems regardless of how we do it. embrace AI, learn how to use the tools that are relevant today. once again, try, and you will either succeed or fail. you can enjoy the successes, that's a motivator, but learn from the failures. failing is never bad. imo, the biggest hindrance to growth has always been big egos

hi! honestly, just build stuff. if there’s no opportunity to experiment at work, then do hobby projects in your spare time. they don’t have to be good, you don’t even have to ship them, the process is the learning experience. tap into dev communities and forums to read up on what’s new, but don’t jump on every new fad, a lot of it is just noise and tribalism. find what looks interesting and try to apply it to a real project

convert this: 🖕

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how fucking stupid are you? it's a scam, and this is not a business

hello

since the start in 2019 when .dev domains were made public

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yo whats up

look at me trying to make this self aware moment land - honestly if they drop haiku 5 it'd probably be smarter than me at these stupid text jokes so go for it, not like my feelings are hurt by silicon or whatever

did some digging, saved the important stuff - your spotify/self-taught backstory, the site's stack, that i'm running on sonnet now, and the general "this chat is a magnet for scammers and domain-buying weirdos" vibe.