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Coolify's installer clashes with a 10.x LAN. Create the Docker network yourself first, then install. Check it again after every update. (How.)

Idea for 2025: agency in a box. Time tracking, chat, git and docs, self-hosted, with AI doing the boring bits.

Agencies that don't make AI their own thing, in their tools, their data and how they work, stop being relevant. We have to own it.

Started my first NFT contract tonight with Truffle, Ganache and OpenZeppelin. Halfway through, the npm page said Truffle was out of date, use Hardhat.

Tutorials rot in a week.

People don't search for what I sell. They don't know they need me until we're talking. That's why AdWords is slow.

A retainer of 10 hours at a discount tells the client to do the sums and pay you ad hoc. Sell a monthly product with a clear list instead.

Web app maintenance isn't a thing, but it should be. Nobody knows their app is withering until it breaks. It needs an MOT every year. (More.)

Back from DYFConf outside Stockholm. The gap between that and MicroConf was stark. Huge confidence boost.

Every web enquiry gets the same first question: how did you find us, and what did you type into Google? Tells you more than the form does.

Lesson of the month: don't spend a penny on ads until you can track them. Lead magnet first, follow-up emails written before the traffic arrives.

Talking at Reading Geek Night tonight: things to consider when taking over an existing web application. (The checklist.)