01. building
I finally got around to a blog post about how I built emoji.mattpalmer.io. It was a fun project that taught me lots about unicode and emoji
02. learning
Lulu <> Palmer: an excellent interview of Palmer Luckey by Lulu Cheng Meservey. I think there are some really great takeaways for anyone trying to build a brand
Strudel: A javascript-based language for making music
GitHub MCP Server: It’s a misunderstood MCP! LOTS of tools, but also lots of interesting ways to use them
03. thinking
There are only 100
Finding your place can be intimidating—even a niche like “developer relations” can feel saturated, especially in a startup environment where a new launch video is live every other hour
But if you can find your niche and scope down to a reasonable surface area, you might find a smaller community than you once thought
There are ~100 developer relations professionals in the SF Bay Area. There are ~10 that work in AI coding agents. There’s 1 that lifts weights and is on twitter all the time 😉
I moved to the Bay Area two years ago to set myself apart. That turned out to be a good decision, but your decision might look different.
What actions can you take today to move towards “That Thing” where you are 1 of 100. What about 1 of 1?