It's incredible how fast people we all went from "keep your data safe from big tech" to "MCP all the things."
Onur Ozer
@onurozer.me
Marketer turned bootstrapper. Learning Ruby and building internet businesses. cogrid.com - competitor tracking for SaaS meetlars.com - your AI marketing strategist apacagencies.com - discover top agencies in asia I also play drums and bake pizza.
Is it just me, or does Claude really, really love using the word "shape"?
For the past 3 months I've been running Hackapura, a community for people building bootstrapped SaaS businesses in Singapore. We co-work every Thursday: sharing goals for the day at 10am and doing demos at 4pm. Record 15+ turnout yesterday, so encouraging to see the independent scene here growing!
Super crisp and clean design system for Singapore Government websites. www.designsystem.tech.gov.sg
Home – Singapore Government Design System
Unifying Government through Design and Code.
designsystem.tech.gov.sg
I'm at the "speak to a computer" phase of turning into a vibe-coder against my will. handy.computer
Handy
Handy is a cross platform, open-source, speech-to-text application for your computer
handy.computer
The words “overwhelmed” and “underwhelmed” imply that there’s just the right amount of whelmed to be somewhere.
If you could watch one video this week, let it be this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWnU...
Keynote: After the AI Hype – What’s Real, and What’s Next - Richard Campbell - 2026
YouTube video by NDC Conferences
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One of the best purchases I did in recent years was buying these Kanto Ora desktop speakers. Surprisingly high quality sound and good bass in such a small package. kantoaudio.com/powered-spea...
ORA Reference Desktop Computer Speakers | Kanto Audio
ORA bridges the gap between computer speakers and studio monitors giving you studio-grade sound in a compact package that fits on your desktop
kantoaudio.com
24 hours until the first Stripe Brighton meetup. Room for a few more people if you want to join… …and still time for me to include your dietary preferences in the meal order :) luma.com/0zakatid
Stripe Brighton Community meetup #1 · Luma
Join the Stripe Brighton Community for casual conversations about small businesses making money online. Food and drink will be provided to keep the…
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I guess I could stay on my existing, perfectly functional home automation setup instead of moving to Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi, but where's the fun in that? Rabbit-hole, here I come.
Grateful for the opportunity to give a talk at @balkanruby.bsky.social, hosted at an actual mineralogical museum in beautiful Sofia, and to meet so many cool Ruby people.
It's Balkan Ruby week, and everything is coming together. We are waiting for you amongst the gemstones at the Museum of Earth and Man in Sofia on the 15-16 May. We'll do a few pre- and post-event activities: balkanruby.com/activities. Tickets are still available. See you in Sofia! 🙌
Balkan Ruby is about the hot takes
AI agents are easier to manage than people. Fact! React IS actually better. Types are good. PHP is fine. SOLID is not solid. We are NOT solving the real problems and are just adding bloat. Yes, we're ...
balkanruby.com
This video should be a case study for companies on how to work with influencers. Everything from the shooting to the storytelling is top notch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9K-...
Making a Wall Organizer, ft. Bambu Lab X2D
YouTube video by Scott Yu-Jan
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The speed with which the zeitgeist has moved from "digital transformation" to crypto and blockchain, from metaverse to now "AI" in a decade is just staggering.
"If I worried about a fraction of the stuff I should be worried about, I'd never get anything done" – Sterling Archer. Words to live by.
Gave my first talk at a Ruby conference yesterday! 🎉 I talked about my personal journey of becoming a Ruby developer after two decades in marketing, building SaaS products and the hard lessons I had to learn along the way. Based on the response, it seems to have resonated with quite a few people.
Good Morning, Bangkok! RubyConf Thailand just kicked off! Looking forward to the first Ruby Conference of 2026! 🙌🏼 #rubyconfth #rubyconfth2026
Of all the cringe trends I despise, "broetry" is definitely in the top 3, right next to Studio Ghibli style AI imagery. fenwick.media/rewild/magaz...
Broetry: Why is everyone suddenly writing in single line sentences on LinkedIn?
In this article, we’ll explore the phenomenon of broetry. Where did it come from? Why is it so popular? Most importantly—how can a form of writing so objectively bad be effective? Do we owe it any cre...
fenwick.media
"If you’re using SQLite, use SolidQueue.... If you’re using Postgres, use GoodJob." - great post from @bensheldon.bsky.social on the state of Active Job backends in 2026.
Since meeting @jot.is at @friendlyrb.com last year, we've been working on cogrid.com, a competitor research and tracking tool for SaaS founders and marketers. We're launching the MVP in a few weeks. Join our mailing list to follow our progress and get early access!
CoGrid
Automated competitive intelligence for SaaS teams
cogrid.com
We're having our first meetup of the year! Come join us if you're in Singapore. luma.com/wss7unyx
RubySG January Meetup · Luma
Hey everyone! 👋 Join us for our January meetup with a talk about Comparable from a member of our community, Ted. Ruby’s standard library is packed with…
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Thoughtful lessons from a Google software engineer. “The punchline isn’t ‘never innovate.’ It’s ‘innovate only where you’re uniquely paid to innovate.’ Everything else should default to boring, because boring has known failure modes.” [addyosmani.com]
21 Lessons From 14 Years at Google
Lessons learned from 14 years of engineering at Google, focusing on what truly matters beyond just writing great code.
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