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jack friks

@jackfriks

27 days

my silly little app to help people scroll less on tikt0k just hit $1,000 in revenue

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jack friks

@jackfriks

7 months

@crazyclipsonly deadly

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jack friks

@jackfriks

3 months

if you just do stuff, and tell people often, and then get better, you can quite literally shift the world around you and bend the future to your will. just do stuff.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

7 months

@NoahKahan i hope someone is recording it when you play it

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

Over the last week I read @visakanv 's 1st book FRIENDLY AMBITOUS NERD. It's an amazing book, one that -if you take the messages to heart- will make you a person others love to have around Below are a collection of some of my favorite snippets (there's a lot of golden nuggets):

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jack friks

@jackfriks

7 months

@beehiiv idek tbh

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jack friks

@jackfriks

7 months

@the_wilderless it took me a lot of time to realize 1) these are two different bathrooms, 2) the original poster did this and... 3) the green bathroom is actually amazing and definitely the superior option. (if you were to be casting a bathroom for an art museum)

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

first 10 official retail copies are in of my first ever book 🥹🥹🥹

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jack friks

@jackfriks

3 months

@allgarbled there is literally 0 benefit to dunking on someone learning something for the first time on the internet there is infinite upside in literally any other direction

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jack friks

@jackfriks

22 days

my silly little app to help people scroll less on tikt0k just hit 10,000 installs

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jack friks

@jackfriks

1 month

@devon_loerop @Tesla good info to know, will buy my own tesla used when the time comes (at this rate)

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jack friks

@jackfriks

2 months

curiosity is not a sexy word, but it's probably the most underrated trait of the last 25 years

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jack friks

@jackfriks

15 days

@levelsio 10 people told me my app was just a chat gpt wrapper with extra steps turns out the extra steps (that solve a problem) are worth a good deal of money :)

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jack friks

@jackfriks

16 days

my app to end doomscrolling just hit ramen profitability MRR

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

HOLY S**T NO WAY!??! i made money today???

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jack friks

@jackfriks

8 months

@daraladje BroTrustMeGPT

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

@naval programmers are good problem solvers with adaptation to context and knowledge of many relevant contexts those kind of ppl will always be needed

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jack friks

@jackfriks

5 months

You Were Built to Create Cool S**t 🌊💙 - the book, my first ever book, IS OUT NOW!!! below is a thread of reviews and social proof. (buy here: )

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jack friks

@jackfriks

8 months

@coldhealing "and they held their own misfortune above their head and called it a trophy"

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jack friks

@jackfriks

7 months

@SchrodingrsBrat date to marry or why date at all? (this does not mean you marry the first person you date)

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jack friks

@jackfriks

7 months

@visakanv one man has touched into 100s of millions brains with such imagery

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jack friks

@jackfriks

3 months

@willdepue bro i tried to tell you

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 days

today is day 200 of me logging my progress to make an app that will "end doomscrolling" app is looking better and better each day, helping more people each day too!! gunna go celebrate with sushi for lunch with my beautiful girlfriend here's to 200 more days :) 🎉

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

holy s**t you can get paid to solve problems???? also: dear mom, my rent $$ is coming 🙏

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jack friks

@jackfriks

9 days

youtube is a beast. this video has gotten me 1,000+ installs and it took me 10 minutes to make. - no editing - no script - just me talking about what im building I make these videos daily to log my journey and its the reason i've gotten 200+ downloads a day this month

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

@0xgaut not just one, but two $15k bikes

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jack friks

@jackfriks

7 months

@timkawakami literally this IRL

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jack friks

@jackfriks

7 months

i just wish more people knew that not only can they create some really cool sh*t, but they were literally built as a human to do so.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

huge big super cool thing 🥳 my first ever book coming soon!!

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jack friks

@jackfriks

5 months

It would appear, again, that I've under imagined what I am capable of... and I've also underestimated the kindness of other humans. Book launched today: #7 in Creativity Self-Help and #2 in Inner child self-help!! BONKERS! thank you to all the kind humans out here 🫂💙

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jack friks

@jackfriks

3 months

@simonsarris mess around and find out (as you go) = all of life

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

The first bits of encouragement: the book starts off right away with a loving spirit, it's been infectious in my own writing and presence these last few days too.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

this is a slight spin off of one of my top quotes from @visakanv "You are likely under-imagining what you can become capable of" , I have this sticky noted on my wall in my bedroom, twice.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

merry christmas internet friends 🎄🫂♥️ guess it’s time to get off the internet for the first time this year?

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jack friks

@jackfriks

8 months

How I fumbled $500,000 last year at 22 years old. This is the very-real-tale of how my wealth eluded me.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

15 days

@levelsio this often comes to mind

Sahil Lavingia

@shl

3 years

“You’re doing it all wrong,” said someone doing nothing at all.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

@sama brb i have to find my nearest silica gel pack to test something…

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jack friks

@jackfriks

25 days

@marc_louvion their hero — my hero

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jack friks

@jackfriks

2 months

woah launched app last night and up 600 users when i wakeup 5600 users now!!! and i made $20 gunna go celebrate with brunch and then get back to building

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jack friks

@jackfriks

3 months

my book "You Were Built to Create Cool S**t" is now available on the Cardano blockchain!! 250 copies sold in the first 5 minutes (insane) that's 400% more than i've sold on amazon in the last 1.5 months, and I keep a way larger % cut.

Book.io

@book_io

3 months

Super excited about today's mint from @jackfriks2 . Turns out... You Were Built To Create Cool Sh*t! Congrats to Jack. I've always loved how he brings a positive attitude to the #Cardano ecosystem. Mint Details: Volume: 500 Chain: Cardano Price: 29 ADA/ 19 ADA for Gute…

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

4 months and 2500 users into making an app to destroy tikt0k and i'm thinking its finally time to actually make it an "app" and not just a website app What do you think? I think this is the only way to truthfully destroy scrolling addictions.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

who do you want to become my friend? you can become good, better, great; for if only you allow yourself to try.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

7 months

@IAmMarkManson imagine this: you and your wife have been married for 50 years and she's your best friend

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jack friks

@jackfriks

5 months

good morning @shl just wanted to thank you for writing such a helpful, friendly, and insightful book. that is all, have a great day.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

8 months

@KevinNaughtonJr i can reverse a linked list with chatgpt

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

i dare you to write that book you've always wanted to write, i dare you to write it this year.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

3 months

hit my first $100 day making money on the internet helping people get off the scroll and on a roll BONUS: already paid rent this month so this can be invested back into adding more confetti animations

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jack friks

@jackfriks

3 months

The more time I spend in creation, the happier I become. The opposite of this is also true.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

me balancing 10 copies of my 1st book on my head: (also talking about how you can and should create cool s**t)

jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

first 10 official retail copies are in of my first ever book 🥹🥹🥹

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jack friks

@jackfriks

8 months

@visakanv what do you think made people such a way? and for it to be such a non-trivial %... i wonder also what would make someone choose love > hate in the future

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

A tiny nudge of encouragement costs nothing, but it has made all the difference in my life.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

what cause are you a warrior for? do you really need enemies? - can you fight your battle without hurting others?

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

is it not odd that the term "agency" is basically a group of collected people doing stuff, but the trait of having "agency" in one’s own life is really about thinking for one's self? this is weird, right?

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

"be friends with yourself"

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jack friks

@jackfriks

12 days

i don’t understand this, i have made an app where the core app is free with 3 total ads. I spent 100s of hours doing so, and it is expected to essentially be 100% free??? should i make $0 and go work a paying job to support my free users?

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

"Kindness nourishes (not coddles) fragile things and makes them strong" -- this hits a cord with me now, i've been trying to make an application with a gentle idea, and sharing it has resulted in some shaking and some coddling: of which I can see is more progressive right now.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

10 days

after 9 months I'm finally (officially) launching my tikt0k destroyer app. scroll less and do more of the things you *actually* enjoy - we will destroy tikt0k, we will revive curiosity. go check it out ⇣

Curiosity Quench - Turn your interests into action plans | Product Hunt

Curiosity Quench helps you explore your own unique interests with a list of 1000+ "curiosities". Allowing you to get a custom daily plan to take action on what YOU are interested in. Less screen...

www.producthunt.com

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jack friks

@jackfriks

2 months

man went and asked the time master for more time the time master told him he could not give him more time man was distraught, all of his hope lost the time master told him the real secret to mastering time was not altering its flow, but to focus on what you want to see more of

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jack friks

@jackfriks

2 months

I made an app to END doomscrolling... Today is Day 131, Month 5: and it is FINALLY OUT!!! RT and share with your mom pls <3

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jack friks

@jackfriks

20 days

this progressed nicely 3 months later: mobile app is live with ~11,000 installs

jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

mobile app progress for my web app with 2500 users: bought a boilerplate

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

my first ever book & amazon kdp account were banned from amazon less than a week ago now. i appealed, today i got back a template decline to my appeal if anyone has contacts to help please let me know, i really just want to stick with self-publishing. RT to spread ❤️‍🩹

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

reading a proof copy of my book and i’ve started highlighting bits like i was just normally reading it 😂 is this what they call narcissism?

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jack friks

@jackfriks

8 months

@matthew_d_green i once was at a fish and chips place and one of the regulars (i presume) was there saying how he's saving up to put an ad in the newspaper to assassinate justin Trudeau lol i thought to myself, the waitress laughed too... then the guy went in, to say how he was not joking. he…

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jack friks

@jackfriks

2 months

MY APP TO END DOOMSCROLLING IS LIVE ON ANDROID NOW!!!

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

without people creating cool shit there is no cool shit so... create cool shit.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

We are always capable of much more than we can concurrently imagine.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

7 months

@thekitze cant wait honestly. also, have you seen this one in the lineup? probably will be the best disney programmer film since its clearly parody.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

7 months

@He2real__ it took me a lot of time to realize 1) these are two different bathrooms, 2) the original poster did this and... 3) the green bathroom is actually amazing and definitely the superior option. (if you were to be casting a bathroom for an art museum)

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

mobile app progress for my web app with 2500 users: bought a boilerplate

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jack friks

@jackfriks

1 month

i finally made $100 in a single day on something I BUILT, YES I CREATED SOMETHING MYSELF THAT PROVIDES VALUE! it's an insane thing, turning $0 to $100 with my own two hands, ears and eyeballs. time to keep going

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jack friks

@jackfriks

8 days

the market has spoken: this was a very good decision

jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

4 months and 2500 users into making an app to destroy tikt0k and i'm thinking its finally time to actually make it an "app" and not just a website app What do you think? I think this is the only way to truthfully destroy scrolling addictions.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

7 months

so many gems in @visakanv 's books. (his own writing & related material)

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

made $60 today and decided to celebrate by spending $120 on apple developer and $180 on other mobile app related things time to takeover the word and end doom scrolling. time to destroy tikt0k 2500 users on web, how many will we get on mobile? @curiousquench

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

@sashachapin i think this is what you're referring to: "portable tubes that require zero effort dogs"

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

im making an app to get you off of this one (part 96)

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

friendship is really important (also the show visa talks about here is amazing, i watched the first episode after reading this with my girlfriend and we belly laughed and felt much more optimistic for humanity by the end of it)

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

oops i had an infinite loop in my app for the last month so thats why i had 500,000 requests in 24 hours every day i really thought ppl were just QUENCHING IT hardcore

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

I love this framing: don't compete, COLLABERATE!

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jack friks

@jackfriks

5 months

My book "You Were Built to Create Cool S**t" comes out in 1 week. but... today I want to give a few people it for free if you're genuinely interested: just like/rt this tweet

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

the fridge light is always on, isnt it? have you ever checked and it was off?

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jack friks

@jackfriks

10 days

@sweatystartup at first I read this as if you were hoping for your nephew to literally be your own son next year 😂

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jack friks

@jackfriks

1 month

after 8 months of building, almost hit a $100 day yesterday :)

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jack friks

@jackfriks

3 months

“Get off the scroll and on a roll” – something I’ve told myself more than a few times, but not in a harsh way, in a loving way.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

5 months

2 years ago: - I was a dreamer thinking I could never write a book. 6 months ago: - I wrote the title of my book in a word doc (i changed it later) Today: -My first book come's out in 12 days, and I have a 4 book plan with over 80,000 words already written Lesson: do the thing

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jack friks

@jackfriks

5 months

writing a book just to express your own life philosophy will undoubtedly change your entire life philosophy and many others its fun.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

me 4 months ago: lost & stuck me today: helping 2000+ people scroll less and do more of the s**t they actually want to do how? do the work, every day --> little by little a little becomes a lot. Today I launched the official version 1 of @curiousquench , go check it out! :)

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jack friks

@jackfriks

2 months

couldn't find a sound effect i wanted for my timer end alert so i made this:

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jack friks

@jackfriks

3 months

4 days of lostness 17 hours of feeling stuck normally i would have give up but this week i didn’t. we must learn always, struggle is progress. we must destroy tikt0k addictions. it’s almost time: @curiousquench

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jack friks

@jackfriks

7 months

@visakanv it is after working hours, a weekday, they are all dressed semi casual, and you can here them bantering about well "work".

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jack friks

@jackfriks

4 months

breaking free from what you want to break free of (conquering your internal battles):

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jack friks

@jackfriks

21 days

tikt0k does not like it when i tell people im making an app to help them be on tikt0k less

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jack friks

@jackfriks

6 months

the smartest people aren't afraid to look like a fool, they are more concerned with genuinely being one.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

21 days

wtf 400 people downloaded today now cause of me announcing that 10000 people downloaded

jack friks

@jackfriks

22 days

my silly little app to help people scroll less on tikt0k just hit 10,000 installs

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jack friks

@jackfriks

22 days

@thepatwalls last month i made an app to help ppl scroll less on tikt0k :) this month it hit $1k and 10k installs

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jack friks

@jackfriks

3 months

"you really think you can make money on the internet?" "you really think you can build something of value that helps people?" "pftttt yeah right" |-> this was the type of thoughts I embedded against myself fast forward 4 weeks: I've helped many people scroll less + made some $$

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jack friks

@jackfriks

2 months

single comments like this are worth their weight in gold.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

24 days

The truth is, no one who ever did anything prolific was just, at one moment, ready. No one just waits around and comes to feel that one day they are ready to do something great, it’s always in being bad at something that one finds nuggets of greatness in themselves.

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jack friks

@jackfriks

3 months

a swamp of failure is the best progress for the last 3 weeks i've been in a constant state of failure. this has been a great thing for me I've been trying to make my application to "end doom scrolling" more accessible by turning the web version into a mobile app. First: i…

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jack friks

@jackfriks

2 months

am i dreaming? #176 on day 1 🫡

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jack friks

@jackfriks

3 months

can now officially get a plan to fart more through @curiousquench i am on the bleeding edge of tech here i can feel it there is no way i don’t destroy tikt0k at this rate

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