Gus Fune
@gus.fune.uk
Making online shopping feel amazing. I’ve scaled an internet business before the 🌥
That feeling you did something wrong. Something out the norm. Statistical outlier. What did I do? I wrote a post with my bare hands. No AI. Like a medieval scribe. I even left a typo in. On purpoise. #noaipost #claudeisasleeep #artsandcrafts #handmade
Hey @scottishtechnology.club the link in the footer for speaking/mentor form is broken 🫥
I shared a bit on how we do things (not only without breaking, but by breaking a lot of things) on the latest episodie of The Ecommerce Toolbox. 👉 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/3YJ3HhO 👉 Spotify: bit.ly/3YK93JK 👉 YouTube: bit.ly/42YHEpZ
From Chaos to Composable: Inside Baerskin's Tactical Rebuild with Gus Fune
Podcast Episode · The Ecommerce Toolbox: Expert Perspectives · 05/14/2025 · 21m
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AI Protection (in case you want to protect your codebase from Vibe coding): Change the default vim bindings Set up rules that AI need to code using VIM Set up a rule that AI needs to leave vim at each edited file There you go, you trapped the machine. #win #suckitskynet
If you spoof your user agent to something random, your Google results will be ad-free.
If @notion.com get me a quick invite to Notion Mail I will immediately cancel my Superhuman subscription. That's an interesting stunt (me hyping without testing it first)
If a vendor announces a 50% price hike on April 1st. Can you claim it's a prank and carry on? Asking for a friend...
The thing no one is talking about AI in Software Engineering is probably the one detail that we should be paying more attention: communication skills. AI is not going to replace jobs, but engineers that can't communicate well, they are going to lag behind. #ai #sdlc #engineering #skills #skynet
100% Uptime is just like 5 star uber eats reviews: either it will drop a little, or it will massively sink Ain't paying to see.
One of my favourite tools for Multiplayer features is now on Product Hunt. Go give the folks at @liveblocks.io an upvote lblcks.io/upvote
Liveblocks AI Copilots - Enable your users to collaborate with AI inside your product | Product Hunt
AI Copilots is a ready-made feature that enables your users collaborate with AI directly within your product.
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My fave back-end stack at the moment is BED Stack: @bun.sh + @elysiajs.com + @drizzle.team #typescript
Scammers keep blocking me because I answer them with: "I'd love to hear more about your scam"...
please stop suggesting I solve my problem by changing my behavior. I do not want to do that
What sort of masochist would design a calendar picker with the week starting on Friday
I'll be telling our Black Friday story to @netlify.com next week. Tune-in! www.netlify.com/webinars/bla...
Black Friday Unwrapped: Solutions and Insights for Building Resilience in Ecommerce
Join us for a webinar exploring how a D2C brand transformed its ecommerce platform with composable commerce to ensure resilience during high-demand shopping days like Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
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In the latest issue of DirectorPlus, CTO @gus.fune.uk shares the story behind reverse engineering a monolithic e-commerce platform following MACH principles at DivBrands. @leaddev.com leaddev.com/technical-di...
Migrating to microservices at MACH-speed
Successfully leading a microservices migration includes trusting your instincts, optimizing, and putting faith in developers.
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How to solve infrastructure bottlenecks on Black Friday: 1. ADD MORE RAM/CPU/INSTANCES 2. Go back to step one
A happy thanksgiving for all those celebrating today. For those who are not, I'll send you the proper congratulations next month.
3 weeks ago I broke my arm. This is what I learned about B2B sales: absolutely nothing
I got a 275 points knowledge score on this year’s #StateOfReact survey! I have used 24 features, and knew 7 more, placing me in the top 3% of all respondents. Can you beat my score? survey.devographics.com/survey/state...
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