Mark Wilcox
banner
mwilcox.bsky.social
Mark Wilcox
@mwilcox.bsky.social
Nearly 25 years building software for mobile devices. Ex-agency tech director. Found my happy place as a tech lead. Currently preventing food waste for the climate impact @ Olio.

Dad to two amazing girls.

Cloudflare & Windsurf for side project.
Pinned
👋 I’m a tech lead @olioapp.bsky.social.

Interested in tech for good, particularly climate and health tech.

Building mobile apps since before the iPhone. Serverless enthusiast & am a little bit of a Cloudflare fan right now.

Dad to two girls.

Glad this place is taking off and I can leave X.
Sad to see the crypto pump & dump brigade are here already. Had 2 slide into my DMs today. ☹️
December 3, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Windsurf editor added image support, so it can build UI from screenshots.

codeium.com/changelog

Now we just need to be able to include web docs pages in the context and the stuff I’m missing from Cursor will all be there.

Next wishlist item is having Cascade open its terminals in the bottom pane.
Windsurf Editor Changelogs | Codeium · Free AI Code Completion & Chat
Latest updates and changes for the Windsurf Editor.
codeium.com
November 30, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Reposted by Mark Wilcox
Starting out as a solopreneur or with a side hustle and want to find kindled spirits?

Or do you want others to find you and your ideas?

Reply in the thread and I'll add you to my starter pack!

bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app
November 26, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Any experienced native component builders for React Native out there?

Is there any established pattern for managing multiple props (some optional) that are all needed for one native SDK call?

I can make it work but it feels ugly and potentially inefficient.

#reactnative
November 28, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Follow along for a slow motion #buildinpublic of a translation management SaaS.

I’m scratching my own itch and experimenting with Windsurf editor and Cloudflare Pages/Workers/D1/AI.

Currently trying to build without writing the code, just prompting the Cascade agent like I’m coaching a junior dev.
November 26, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Reposted by Mark Wilcox
93 digital platforms where you can find paying users for your startup 👇
November 26, 2024 at 6:04 PM
I just heard about this excellent news today:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Not my usual tech, but a great hack. Spread the vaccine by using the carrier that spreads the disease.

Like DM’ing people BlueSky invites on X.
This malaria vaccine is delivered by a mosquito bite
Bites from insects infected with modified malaria parasites boosted immunity and stopped people from contracting the disease.
www.nature.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Just when your company is about ready to pay for Windsurf, Cursor drops the first version of their in-IDE agent:

changelog.cursor.sh#043---new-co...
Cursor - The IDE designed to pair-program with AI.
Cursor is an IDE designed to pair-program with AI. You can chat, edit and use agents specifically designed to help you code with codebase-wide understanding.
changelog.cursor.sh
November 25, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Josh’s courses are really well done. The interactivity is spot on.
Psst! 🕵️

The Black Friday sale on my courses starts tomorrow, but I secretly just launched part of it right now! 😮

You can get my two flagship courses in a brand-new bundle, and save 50% in the process. ✨

I made a landing page for it and everything:
www.joyforjs.com
Joy for JavaScript Developers • Josh W. Comeau
Grab both of my flagship courses — CSS for JavaScript Developers and The Joy of React — in one delightful bundle 😄
www.joyforjs.com
November 25, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Mr BlueSky
Please tell us why
There were no makers here for so long (so long)
But now X has gone wrong

Hey there Mr Blue
We’re so pleased to be with you
Look and see what we all do
Everybody smiles at you

Mr Blue, you did it right!

(Could not get the tune out of my head)
November 24, 2024 at 11:43 PM
👋 I’m a tech lead @olioapp.bsky.social.

Interested in tech for good, particularly climate and health tech.

Building mobile apps since before the iPhone. Serverless enthusiast & am a little bit of a Cloudflare fan right now.

Dad to two girls.

Glad this place is taking off and I can leave X.
November 24, 2024 at 10:49 AM