Eli Finer
@finereli.com
Sell your code not your soul.
Teaching devs how to sell
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Long form writing
↪ https://finereli.substack.com
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Teaching devs how to sell
↪ finereli.com
Long form writing
↪ https://finereli.substack.com
Instant stress relief
↪ https://wuju.app
I haven't been around lately but took a quick look and that's much more engaging writing for sure!
July 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I haven't been around lately but took a quick look and that's much more engaging writing for sure!
You don't need friends for this, just a popular Twitter account. But if you ever end up in a spot like this, I'll send you some money.
The bigger problem is having the courage and humility to ask.
🤷♂️
The bigger problem is having the courage and humility to ask.
🤷♂️
May 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
You don't need friends for this, just a popular Twitter account. But if you ever end up in a spot like this, I'll send you some money.
The bigger problem is having the courage and humility to ask.
🤷♂️
The bigger problem is having the courage and humility to ask.
🤷♂️
I think this is nuts too, but I feel it calling to me.
I wonder what I'm supposed to discover doing this.
I wonder what I'm supposed to discover doing this.
May 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I think this is nuts too, but I feel it calling to me.
I wonder what I'm supposed to discover doing this.
I wonder what I'm supposed to discover doing this.
But for some inexplicable reason we want to push further.
We're going to try one meal a day for a while, see how it feels. That means a 22 hour fast each day.
And to make it even more interesting, we're going to do a pushup challenge - 5000+ pushups in 30 days - up to 800+ a day.
We're going to try one meal a day for a while, see how it feels. That means a 22 hour fast each day.
And to make it even more interesting, we're going to do a pushup challenge - 5000+ pushups in 30 days - up to 800+ a day.
May 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
But for some inexplicable reason we want to push further.
We're going to try one meal a day for a while, see how it feels. That means a 22 hour fast each day.
And to make it even more interesting, we're going to do a pushup challenge - 5000+ pushups in 30 days - up to 800+ a day.
We're going to try one meal a day for a while, see how it feels. That means a 22 hour fast each day.
And to make it even more interesting, we're going to do a pushup challenge - 5000+ pushups in 30 days - up to 800+ a day.
Salamis, the one closest to Athens. We're on the far side of it though so it's a tiny village with a beach and virtually no people this time of year. The way is warm enough for our Canadian skins for the most part though so we swim quite a bit!
May 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Salamis, the one closest to Athens. We're on the far side of it though so it's a tiny village with a beach and virtually no people this time of year. The way is warm enough for our Canadian skins for the most part though so we swim quite a bit!
Oh that's so cool! Where is the house? Country side somewhere?
May 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Oh that's so cool! Where is the house? Country side somewhere?
I'm doing great! We started out nomad journey and after 3 months settled into a sort of routine on an island in Greece. Can't stay here much longer l, visa is only for 3 months so we'll be moving around again soon + first Israel and then Albania.
How about you?
How about you?
May 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'm doing great! We started out nomad journey and after 3 months settled into a sort of routine on an island in Greece. Can't stay here much longer l, visa is only for 3 months so we'll be moving around again soon + first Israel and then Albania.
How about you?
How about you?
decided to raise my prices more than 3x. I'm now charging a whopping $1000/hour and actually feel I'm worth that amount (transitioned first client from $300 for $600 per hour and that was a "discount") 🤯
I think we should keep talking 😂
I think we should keep talking 😂
March 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
decided to raise my prices more than 3x. I'm now charging a whopping $1000/hour and actually feel I'm worth that amount (transitioned first client from $300 for $600 per hour and that was a "discount") 🤯
I think we should keep talking 😂
I think we should keep talking 😂
It was a great chat man, and unlocked some really cool things for me too. I did the 101 exercise too and realized I was avoiding selling because I was fearing rejection, and once I broke through that and got back into selling mode, I had another breakthrough this morning where I
March 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It was a great chat man, and unlocked some really cool things for me too. I did the 101 exercise too and realized I was avoiding selling because I was fearing rejection, and once I broke through that and got back into selling mode, I had another breakthrough this morning where I
Reminds me it has been a a while 😂
March 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Reminds me it has been a a while 😂
Chats with me will always go deeper than you plan.
March 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Chats with me will always go deeper than you plan.
I think it might just be the event horizon. We just can't quite punch through what would happen with the next leap in capabilities (or perhaps just humans adjusting to existing ones) so we're stuck having the same optimism/pessimism debate with little progress.
March 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I think it might just be the event horizon. We just can't quite punch through what would happen with the next leap in capabilities (or perhaps just humans adjusting to existing ones) so we're stuck having the same optimism/pessimism debate with little progress.
Those books are 1% about reading them and 99% about doing what's in them which always feels counterintuitive and sometimes feels insane.
And yes, there is opposing advice in different books because different people need different things at different times.
And yes, there is opposing advice in different books because different people need different things at different times.
March 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Those books are 1% about reading them and 99% about doing what's in them which always feels counterintuitive and sometimes feels insane.
And yes, there is opposing advice in different books because different people need different things at different times.
And yes, there is opposing advice in different books because different people need different things at different times.
To be fair, I think we've achieved and surpassed what we would have considered AGI back then.
In 2021 GPT could barely string a few coherent sentences together.
These days I ask for, and carefully consider, Claude's advice on my most important decisions.
In 2021 GPT could barely string a few coherent sentences together.
These days I ask for, and carefully consider, Claude's advice on my most important decisions.
March 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
To be fair, I think we've achieved and surpassed what we would have considered AGI back then.
In 2021 GPT could barely string a few coherent sentences together.
These days I ask for, and carefully consider, Claude's advice on my most important decisions.
In 2021 GPT could barely string a few coherent sentences together.
These days I ask for, and carefully consider, Claude's advice on my most important decisions.
It's such an incredible experience watching her paint my facez there's so much love in every stroke of the paintbrush.. I was watching captivated for the entire hour she did this.
March 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's such an incredible experience watching her paint my facez there's so much love in every stroke of the paintbrush.. I was watching captivated for the entire hour she did this.
My life is learning water colors. It's her first attempt. Made me look sadder than I feel 😂
March 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
My life is learning water colors. It's her first attempt. Made me look sadder than I feel 😂
Pricing is a bitch. Always get pulled towards to low and too high, because it's a trilateral decision between you perception of your own value, the specific audience you're targeting, and what they think it's worth. All aspects are malleable which makes it a crazy three body problem.
March 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Pricing is a bitch. Always get pulled towards to low and too high, because it's a trilateral decision between you perception of your own value, the specific audience you're targeting, and what they think it's worth. All aspects are malleable which makes it a crazy three body problem.
That's a great take. It's hard to generalize with B2B, which is why a lot of B2B companies combine a product with some kind of white globe service.
March 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
That's a great take. It's hard to generalize with B2B, which is why a lot of B2B companies combine a product with some kind of white globe service.
One a month, eh? That's quite a schedule. What have you learned so far?
March 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
One a month, eh? That's quite a schedule. What have you learned so far?