Sean

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Draft Party – The game I built because the New England Patriots suck Since 2019 my friend (a Broncos fan) and I (a Patriots fan) have played a game on NFL draft night where we try to predict the first round of draft picks. The original game was built with a very delicate spreadsheet with 200+ line equations involving dubious scoring math. But we enjoyed the game nonetheless and have always pondered out loud "There should be an app for this". I decided it was time to turn off yet another "draft talk" podcast and slogged away on Draft Party, replacing those dubious spreadsheet equations with real code. I built Drafty Party for myself and my friends but I also built it for other fans of bottom dwelling teams everywhere. When your team sucks, you need hope and the draft represents hope. And when your team's front office also sucks at drafting and stomps that hope into the ground, you can at least have some fun among friends. https://www.draft-party.com/

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Vanilla latte cake. Latte art on a cake is so much easier than latte art in a latte.

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If you hate store-bought plastic wrap as much as I do, treat yourself and get this commercial foodservice film. It's huge but it works brilliantly. My wife thinks I'm insane but I've never been happier. Life is too short to deal with shitty plastic wrap.

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If you want your bot to seem human, you need to dial down the positivity. These comments sound like they were written by a golden retriever.

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My 2024 resolutions: 1. Design a board game 2. Host the very first Indie Party event #1 probably won't happen. Le sigh. #2 starts next week! 🎉 🎈

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The most flattering thing a stranger has ever said to me on the internet.

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Because it's the ONLY way to raise a world tyrant properly.

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I have not found a magic formula for delivering effective PR feedback. Everyone is different, so the delivery depends on the recipient. Some people respond better to terse feedback, some people need long explanations. Some people are very defensive, some are too willing to change things they don't need to and should stand their ground. Some people want to get better and learn, some just want to get their thing done. This is what forever makes collaborative coding both challenging and rewarding.

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Skill gap is more pronounced in Res Arcana than in any other game I know. After playing with me one time, nobody wants to play anymore. Nobody. Res Arcana is a soul crusher.

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Live look at Bill Belichick creating his Instagram account.

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Settlers of Catan, Stone Age, Dominion, Ticket to Ride, Roll for the Galaxy, Kingdom Builder, Splendor, Terraforming Mars, Pandemic, Sagrada, Azul, Unearth, Everdell, Takenoko, Wingspan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Citadels, Res Arcana.

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5 Indie Party ideas that caught my eye: 🎛️ A consulting company for live music, visual design and performance 💻 An open source Next.js starter kit 🎤 Bring LIVE beatboxing to web3 🔵 Finish a hackathon project built on @base 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Start a local support group for entrepreneurs Apply by September 8, 2024 if you want to join: https://party.indie.win

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Inertia is underrated. A body in motion tends to stay in motion. So if you're having trouble starting a hard thing: 🏎️ Get going on something else that's easier. 🏃 Keep moving - stay in motion. ⛷️ That hard thing will feel like it's downhill, because you're already moving.

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For anyone out there interested in game design, I really enjoy following Justin Gary's newsletter and podcast. His team at Stone Blade studio is running a mastery course and I bet it's 🔥 🔥 🔥 I'd do it but September is a super busy month for me. https://justin-gary.lpages.co/tlagdcourse/

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Kids: Can we...? Me: I'm busy. Kids: Can we...? Me: I'm busy! Kids: Can we play a game? Me: (Drops everything) What do you want to play?

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Pineapple and jalepenos for pizza night. May my Italian ancestors forgive me.

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The Wayback Machine is a gold mine for researching the history of a brand. 1. Find a brand that's where you want to be in 3-5 years. 2. Plug their domain into the Wayback Machine. 3. Walk through the evolution of their messaging, value props, everything. You'll learn a ton.

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TFW your Farcaster boost comes to an end.

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When I asked my wife if I could eat the tomatoes from the garden, she fell in love with me all over again.

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We grew our own San Marzano tomatoes in the garden this year and I can tell you these tomatoes in your pizza sauce are 🧑‍🍳 🤌

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