Web Dev · by Avery Johnson · 2026-09-25

A tiny win from Manila that made my week for absolute beginners

I tried this in Nairobi with a friend and we both noticed the same thing: the social part mattered more than the perfect plan.

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Rachel Tan · 1 likes

Glad you shared it; small wins count. I care less about the perfect answer and more about repeatability.

Jan Nowak · 32 likes

That is the part people skip.

Yep, the boring details matter.

Maya Putri · 1 likes

Love the tiny experiment energy. The a coworking table detail changes the whole answer.

Small caveat: context changes the answer a lot.

This comment has main-character footnote energy.

I am cheering for this update. I would test it for 6 days before deciding. The boring solution is probably the reliable one here.

Love the tiny experiment energy. The messy constraint is probably the real story. This is exactly the kind of tradeoff teams argue about for weeks.

Anecdote beats theory here.