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👋 Quit my job and moved to Asia. Building a new language learning app: https://yakk.app
🌍 Bangkok
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It just cost me £1.58 to fill up my bike, which is now good for about 200km. Now that's a version of capitalism I can get behind.
💬 0 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 7 months ago
Today was peak life: Had a great sleep. Jumped on the motorbike and shot over to the coworking space. Finished a new vlog edit. Met some new people. Got stuck due to the flash storm. Hung out chatting to cool folks. Cruised home on the fumes of petrichor. Dinner and a book.
💬 2 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 7 months ago
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." Travel by itself doesn't change you much. What does change you, however, is an openness to engage with the sometimes huge differences in culture, attitudes, daily life, etc., that you often find via travel with that mindset. Vietnam has been a great teacher so far.
💬 1 Reply · 1 Thumb · 7 months ago
This weekend was one of those that’s just good for the soul. I spent it on a remote island with a bunch of new friends I’ve made here in Vietnam. 10/10.
💬 4 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 8 months ago
I just learned about recency bias and it's already my new favourite.
💬 2 Replies · 7 Thumbs · 8 months ago
I'm shutting down a project I built and ran for 7 years, serving ~3,000 people. It's bittersweet. On one hand it's amazing to contribute something valuable for so many. On the other, our attention and focus are so important, and we have to allow them to take on new things fully.
💬 3 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 8 months ago
The root race conditions of all evil are.
💬 0 Replies · 5 Thumbs · 8 months ago
My favourite part of last night was having a BBQ with everybody at the coworking space in the dark, because the electricity burned itself down. If you know life in SE Asia, this makes total sense.
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What I'm doing now: https://martinrue.com/now
💬 3 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 9 months ago
A few weeks ago I moved to Việt Nam. Why? 1: To challenge myself and experience life somewhere very different. 2: To live more cheaply and have more time for Yakk and other projects. Since 13 is so lucky in Asia, here are 13 reflections from my Vietnam experience so far: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/martinrue/7a45d3d5fcd47f643993be4dbb7ac272/raw/f710acdbe0dd16d309ff219c7740687c39bf8b8d/Vietnam.txt
💬 2 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 9 months ago
So, after spending the first 2 weeks of this adventure in Hanoi, we're finally in Da Nang. The contrast is massive. Da Nang is like the LA of Vietnam – miles of beach, lots of newer buildings and a very chill vibe. Air is way cleaner too. Loving it in this city and planning on staying a good amount of time.
💬 2 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 9 months ago
It's almost 10pm and I'm sat in a little coffee shop in the middle of Hanoi writing code as part of a little experiment. Could not be happier. Passing along the positive energy. ⚡️
💬 0 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 9 months ago
A little video update from Dubai. https://youtu.be/WdNrDEDMvhM?si=Dwv1Sk8E4CHNvDuD
💬 3 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 9 months ago
Arriving into Hanoi after being in Dubai is, well, different! Happy to finally be here and looking forward to seeing what Hanoian life feels like.
💬 0 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 9 months ago
Today's the day. I'm leaving the country. I made a video about what's in my bag: https://youtu.be/qGASvcfcQUg?si=XUgmK_EGhl78ywpP
💬 5 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 9 months ago
Belief is a funny thing. Sometimes you need to hold onto one against all further examination simply because it helps you. Belief doesn't always have to correlate with the known facts – some beliefs give you focus and direction, and that's a useful reason to keep them.
💬 0 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 9 months ago
Listening to a new reggae album in Esperanto with my neighbours (probably). No, *you're* weird.
💬 6 Replies · 5 Thumbs · 10 months ago
An old man sat next to me in the coffee shop. He ordered a coffee and just sat there drinking it. No newspaper, no phone – just sat there on his own with his thoughts. Honestly, that's goals. I feel bad even writing this now.
💬 2 Replies · 5 Thumbs · 10 months ago
A consideration when reaching for GPT to write some code for you: yes it'll save time, but it'll take from you some problem solving. It's that same problem solving – sitting with a challenge and working through potential solutions/trade-offs – that made you a good problem solver.
💬 1 Reply · 6 Thumbs · 10 months ago
I can't believe it's already Friday again. This week I got started on a new new project with a short launch window, and I'm ~40% done. It feels great to be in the zone for 5-6 hours daily! What has been your biggest achievement this week?
💬 4 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 10 months ago
Me: perfection is the enemy. Also me: that loading state causes the button height to increase by 1px, which must be fixed immediately.
💬 1 Reply · 3 Thumbs · 10 months ago
Today's blog post was inspired by my hair cut. https://martinrue.com/tune-in
💬 2 Replies · 1 Thumb · 10 months ago
So, the girlfriend and I quit our jobs to follow our own path and work full-time on our own ideas. We're sharing all the details over at: https://thediscoveryfund.com. Follow along!
💬 5 Replies · 7 Thumbs · 10 months ago
The one where the gf and I debate which side of the street to walk on and visit Colony – one of the nicest co-working spots in the city. https://youtu.be/Tir4H2-zWTA?si=82xhiNVexTMYuDLF
💬 0 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 10 months ago
1300 people on Station. That's cool!
💬 7 Replies · 12 Thumbs · 10 months ago
I just want people to know that I definitely haven't just spent an unspecified amount of time trying to remember a good solution to a problem that I forgot because I got lost for too long in the joy of having had it.
💬 0 Replies · 1 Thumb · 10 months ago
I set my local timezone to Madrid to test some timezone code I was working on last night. Unsurprisingly I totally forgot, and I've only just realised! Massive win. I just got a whole hour of my day back!
💬 0 Replies · 1 Thumb · 10 months ago
Spent my Saturday evening coding a little static web app in vanilla JS with no build tools whatsoever. It's so nice having such a simple workflow, rolling everything myself, and having a lightning fast feedback cycle. That's exactly what "the zone" is made of. ⚡️
💬 0 Replies · 1 Thumb · 10 months ago
Language learning is dangerous. I’ve just nearly fallen off a treadmill while trying to check a conjugation in Spanish. Ironically it was the verb “morir”.
💬 0 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 11 months ago
Here's the latest vlog of my trip to the Dominican Republic with some 2023 reflections + 2024 plans: https://youtu.be/VGUgoV-Cro0