Matt Reid
matt-reid.co.uk
Matt Reid
@matt-reid.co.uk
🔨 Bootstrapping Solo
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Dev (12yrs) | Cyclist | Dad
Cut to today, codex is working as I type this skeet 🔥
Workflow:
- @steipete.me agents md file as a base
- Scope minimal refactors for codex (move navigation, add exit button etc)
- Leave it to do it's thing, check and commit manually

Eating the ugliest frog was never so easy 🐸
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Solopreneurs also have tech debt but they only have to explain the issue to themselves so are a lot more reasonable to reason with.
September 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Anyone who tells you they don't have that problem is likely piling more tech debt on top to make a quick change (delaying the pain until later).
September 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Devs love startups because there's so little tech debt, those conversations become someone else's problem in a few years.
September 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
There's no way I'm taking my two children on that 😂. Luckily I've found an alternate route. It would be perfect if there was an actual cycle path there!
July 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I was thinking of doing the same (smaller membership). I'm moving back to Norwich (which has a distinct lack of bootstrappers) from Berlin so it's nice to see your review.
June 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don't think developers in general wouldn't be interested in referrals.
June 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
We're here, it was great.
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We were in Málaga for the nationwide blackout yesterday. The response was exemplary. No traffic chaos, police worked through the night at busy crossings. The metro was shut down but buses carried on as normal. The market was going, cash only.
April 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Even a local Chinese restaurant near us was coming up noodles on their gas burner. Workers stopped to have a beer and chat, no sense of panic at all.
April 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM