52: This episode is mostly technical
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52: This episode is mostly technical

In this episode, we go mostly technical - Mitchell migrates the SixSides dashboard from Vue to React, moves the database to PlanetScale, and outlines the plan for proper preview environments that go from Linear to Cursor to live. Along the way there’s a fitness check-in, a disrupted Canberra trip, Project Hammer running without us on-site, and a new plan for an event manager success playbook.

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Chapters
  • (00:00) - Intro, billionaires, and the Christmas present
  • (05:00) - Anniversary trip recap - escape room, Harbour Bridge nope, ice cream mission
  • (08:50) - Fitness updates - gym habits, 75 Hard halfway, and easing into running
  • (14:20) - We’re a React app now - why we moved from Vue
  • (20:05) - PlanetScale migration - ditching RDS and simplifying the database setup
  • (25:05) - Cost reduction and scaling globally into other regions
  • (27:30) - Import issues, support fixes, and the “metal instance” workaround
  • (32:50) - Linear to Cursor to live previews - the new dev workflow
  • (41:30) - Project Rendezvous, CCF Magazine, and external deadline pressure
  • (48:25) - Canberra trip disruption, Project Hammer lessons, and mailing out the dice

In this episode, we cover:
  • The “billionaire” Christmas present (Zimbabwean dollars, obviously)
  • Anniversary trip vibes, escape rooms, and bailing on the Harbour Bridge walk
  • Fitness updates - 75 Hard progress, running blocks, and sore feet
  • Why SixSides is now a React dashboard (goodbye Vue)
  • Using Cursor to accelerate a React rewrite and why popularity matters for AI tooling
  • Moving the SixSides database from AWS RDS to PlanetScale
  • Consolidating global and regional databases into a simpler model
  • Data sovereignty trade-offs (and when it’s worth paying for)
  • Big cost reduction for adding regions (from hundreds to tens per month)
  • The plan for preview environments: Linear tickets - Cursor agents - live preview links
  • Replacing Laravel Vapor with Terraform for better automation
  • Project Rendezvous update and what “due diligence” could look like
  • CCF Magazine editorial deadline pressure
  • Canberra trip disrupted, then Sydney trip pivot
  • Project Hammer ran without the founders on-site - lessons learned
  • Building an event manager success playbook
  • Mailing out SixSides dice to leads - and a review-for-dice offer

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