Jon Yongfook

@yongfook

Rails hacker, digital nomad, and serial entrepreneur. Ex-finance industry. Launching 12 startups in 12 months.

Singapore
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Joined August 2007
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Sep 2

    After a long hiatus, I need to practice building and shipping products again. Starting today, I'll be launching 12 startups in 12 months, aka the challenge :)

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  2. 20 hours ago

    There is a distinct "first day of school" feeling when entering a new coworking space. Awkwardly finding a seat, not knowing anyone, strangers glancing at you. Coworking spaces: how about in addition to free coffee and snacks, you also NOT trigger my elementary school PTSD

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  3. Oct 7

    Yes this too!

    Replying to @yongfook
    And possibly strain on the back as well. Sitting long hours and stuff.
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  4. Oct 7

    As an older coder (38) my biggest obstacle to productivity isn’t the beach, or booze, or women, or partying, or new ideas. My biggest obstacle is RSI 😅

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  5. Oct 5

    In my 60s ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD

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  6. Oct 5

    In my 50s the AI civil war destroys most modern technology and web servers. A Fortran port of MySpace becomes the next big thing.

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  7. Oct 5

    In my 40s all code will be written by my AI slave, while I laze by the beach all day.

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  8. Oct 5

    Yup design work begins in Sketch but I tend to switch to code when designs are 60% complete and finish tweaking as I go. Code is all Ruby on Rails.

    Replying to @yongfook
    Just for curiosity, what are you using for design and code? Sketch? HTML/JS/PHP?
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  9. Oct 5

    Wat happens in my 40s doe.

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  10. Oct 5

    In my 20s I would code until 5am. In my 30s I wake up at 5am to code.

    Interesting changes since I've gotten older (though not "old" ... yet): - All nighters 👉 Early mornings - 12-hour marathons randomly hacking on stuff 👉 3-hour sprints focused on specific tasks - Half-assing a bunch of projects 👉 Whole-assing just a few Kinda digging it tbh
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  11. Oct 5

    No book can substitute getting hands on experience in various types of working environment.

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  12. Oct 5

    For my 12 startups challenge I’m doing all the design and code myself... but I’ve done everything from working in teams, to managing multiple teams, to being a solo dev.

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  13. Oct 5

    If you haven’t already, get some experience working with a dev team and learn the process. Any team worth their salt can distill high level customer problems down into feature-level user stories.

    Replying to @da5idma @yongfook
    Same questions. Also, any recommended books or sites to learn about the best approach for user stories?
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  14. Oct 5

    I’m now beginning to think that Bali is a terrible place for digital nomads given that I’ve spent the last few days surfing, partying and writing zero code.

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  15. Oct 3

    Oh thank god it’s back. Resuming head at 90 degree angle.

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  16. Oct 3

    😎

    Replying to @yongfook
    And it’s you stuck on my feed 🤣
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  17. Oct 3

    Instagram is down and I have looked up from my phone for the first time in 7 years. My neck hurts.

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  18. Oct 1

    Yes, if I think I can execute better. First mover advantage is overrated. My tweet was more about my buzz being killed at the realization that my ideas aren’t original. Doesn’t mean I won’t follow through on them :)

    Replying to @yongfook @ProductHunt
    If you did see an idea you thought of on , but it still fits all the columns in your spreadsheet, would you still build it ?
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  19. Oct 1

    Woah this is a blast from the past!

    We've got something interesting to share today. A presentation on Growth Hacking by published 5 YEARS back which is more relevant than ever even TODAY! And the underlying theme is what we talk about all the time- AUTOMATION!
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  20. Oct 1

    When you think of a brilliant startup idea then you browse and find 17,000 people already launched the same idea.

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  21. Oct 1

    The "Funding secured." tshirt has reached the minimum order goal and is now guaranteed to ship. Campaign ends in 1 day 12 hours!

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