CSS at 9AM display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; CSS at 4AM position:absolute; left: -18.… https://t.co/cqQFEb2RxI

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When Elon Musk launches a fucking car into orbit and you still can’t vertically align shit in CSS https://t.co/bofaVMZNcD

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Pro tip for anyone who makes things: 1. Make the thing 2. DON'T ship it – yet! Just sit back, take a break 3. Co… https://t.co/e3Jda7OSIS

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Serious pro tip I wish I had internalized in my teens/early 20s: FINISH. THINGS. Starting something is easy, but… https://t.co/7yQkLq85bs

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Building a site on Carrd + need some super nice images/videos? Photos 👉 https://t.co/ZSXAPdKj4R (free, Unsplash li… https://t.co/pnkGe7xUpt

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

1998: <blink><marquee>My Home Page</marquee></blink> 2002: <table><tr><td><table><tr><td><table>.... 2006: <div c… https://t.co/wujqkfT1b9

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Beginner devs: if you find yourself routinely looking up seemingly basic things like remove last character from st… https://t.co/ncgysElo81

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

My biggest work mistake was forcing myself to build stuff I truly didn't give a shit about My best work decision w… https://t.co/SJnw6Rs0J1

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Interesting changes since I've gotten older (though not "old" ... yet): - All nighters 👉 Early mornings - 12-hour… https://t.co/N3P7dVSx0O

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Behind every smart person is a search history full of "dumb" questions

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Random life pro tips that have helped me / might help you ✅ Delete facebook ✅ Unsubscribe from outrageporn ✅ Cut t… https://t.co/BZ5LMEAaJM

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Nothing fulfills you like constantly creating Nothing hollows you out like constantly consuming I've said variati… https://t.co/wBR3TI3Vcn

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

If this is you: "Wow I've been following your work for a while and it's inspired me soooo much I'm gonna quit my s… https://t.co/EWq9EjLGvr

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

If you want to become a developer, stop asking: "how do I become a developer" and start asking: "what do I really, really want to build"

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Look at the person to your left Now, look at the person to your right By next week, both of these people will lau… https://t.co/oDCwtRXkOQ

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Pro tip (2008): Learn to code Pro tip (2018): Learn to *make*

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Pro tip: build things you truly, personally, actually give a shit about Cause "don't give a shit" leaves a very di… https://t.co/yn0CiksrJL

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

How to ship daily w/o burning out: ✅ Set a finite/realistic goal for the day ("add feature X" or "implement part Y… https://t.co/un92BvNS3g

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Life pro tip: don't be afraid to say "I don't know enough to have an opinion"

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Beware of actions that feel like progress but actually aren't, eg. - Making to-do lists with tons of filler items… https://t.co/kzsWwxonNM

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

2018: Where someone with a good idea, a cheap ass laptop and a halfway decent internet connection can learn to code… https://t.co/8tykPKWlLF

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Pro tip: try doing things you think you'll suck at Generally, you'll suck a lot less than you think Sometimes, yo… https://t.co/hqYM4BU91r

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Dev pro tip: - Eat well - Sleep well - Take breaks and do non-dev shit Dev shit tip: - Pound energy drinks - Pul… https://t.co/LxKquXTZpP

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

As I get older I'm learning it's less about "work for someone" vs "work for yourself" And more about "waiting to… https://t.co/Z03eTfdJoP

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Ah programming, where accidentally using = instead of == will cost you half a day and push you to the brink of an existential crisis

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Things I've learned bootstrapping, building, maintaining, and supporting a product by myself ✅ You can absolutely… https://t.co/2dU6eTz5Of

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Uh so, about Carrd Sites built in 2017 = 31,968 Sites built in July 2018 *alone* = 31,130 Fuuuuuuuuuu

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Advice that took me a long time to figure out: Separate what you do/make from who you are Do this, and you’ll beg… https://t.co/UgxkAJOWYA

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

TWO YEARS AGO today, Carrd officially launched with this tweet 👇 Since then, it's grown from zero to: 🙋 55k users… https://t.co/QsqabWPVAp

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

In programming there are no beginners or experts just varying degrees of wtf

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Good = build things Better = build things that help people Best = build things that help people build their *own* things

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Person: How do i build something like Carrd Me: Come up with an idea you like, do a quick/cheap MVP to validate it… https://t.co/fvUZc2KJum

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Carrd = now serving 100,000 sites (!!!!!) (actually hit this a few days ago, but I exclude "lol just testing" type… https://t.co/c3u5KmNpTF

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

What you ship matters, sure, but the fact that you're shipping at all means you not only put in the time/effort to… https://t.co/6vtZq8sAo2

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Normal brain: Should designers code? Should developers design??? Cosmic brain: Lol nobody cares what you call it just make shit

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Pro tip: if you find your Twitter feed regularly makes you feel ✔ Outraged ✔ Angry ✔ Sad Then ffs UNFOLLOW people… https://t.co/92finA9FkT

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

3 years ago (!!!) I scribbled down my first notes for what would eventually become Carrd 👇 ... and the strangest,… https://t.co/EmceYkP8GC

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Realizing you can build your own tools to solve your own problems is one of the most pivotal and empowering moments… https://t.co/IdoQb6uHTF

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

How to deal w/new side project ideas when you're already working on one: Don't fight it – get out a notebook and m… https://t.co/oZPDfljXSC

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Sometimes last night's big problem ends up being today's 5 minute fix you do while casually eating a burrito Sleep ftw

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Failing at something you enjoy will always beat succeeding at something that makes you miserable

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Waiting for DNS changes to propagate is the DMV line of web development

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Design is spending half a day trying to decide between two nearly identical sans serif fonts and wondering what poo… https://t.co/VZX3f6Flzq

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Disturbing yet strangely empowering thing you learn as you get older #242: The barrier to entry for most things is… https://t.co/fI2IWy4SNr

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

"It's already been done" ... but I can bring something new to the table "I don't know how to code" ... but I can… https://t.co/JCBrIzBzg6

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Fixed a longstanding Carrd bug that I could see in error logs but never reproduce Turns out TEEN users were simply… https://t.co/8IiaLDa5oc

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Dad: Hey son my printer— Me: Dad we go through this every year me being able to write the javascripts doesn't tran… https://t.co/8fSgJmmu4w

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

3 YEARS AGO (!!!) I shipped Carrd's alpha and emailed some friends to give it a go - Name wasn't final b/c I hadn'… https://t.co/sO2oysWCLA

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Any time I start feeling burned out, I think back to how I felt when I - Built my first (awesomely bad) web page -… https://t.co/bxDoaEEKNb

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)

Me: builds complex web app from scratch Also me: googles how many days there are in september ... you know, just to be sure ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

— ajlkn (@ajlkn)