Alan Barlow

Alan Barlow

I once ran away from writing code
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After co-founding and building proworkflow.com for 14 years, I ran away from all things 'tech' in 2012... I bought an RV and travelled around New Zealand selling crystals and handmade jewellery at gypsy fairs and markets. It was an amazing 12 years exploring this amazing country, surfing amazing waves, finding natures hidden treasures, and learning a whole new way of life. The only device I had the entire time was a basic mobile phone. And then a year ago I bought a laptop. I discovered AI and vibe coding. My brain went nuts and I started building stuff... lots of useless stuff... And then I created AgentBuy.

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13d ago

New member... Hi!

Hi everyone, I'm Alan and something to know about me is I ran away from all things 'tech' in 2012... I bought a house truck and travelled around New Zealand selling crystals and handmade jewellery at gypsy fairs and markets. It was an amazing 12 years exploring this incredible country, surfing perfect waves, finding natures hidden treasures, and learning a whole new way of life. The only device I had the entire time was a basic mobile phone.

And then I bought a laptop.

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2mo ago

What are the 5 tools you simply couldn't do your work without?

This could be related to your industry, or even a side project you're working on.

Here are my 5 (I couldn't function without them):

  1. Grammarly proofreading my texts, not just posts, but also client communication

  2. ChatGPT / Claude mostly brainstorming, help with copy, and summarising

  3. Figma I can put the basic graphics together quickly.

  4. Translator sounds incredibly old-school, but English is not my mother tongue

  5. Gmail and not only for communication, but also for storing ideas and sending myself email reminders for posts

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