Sophie Banks' profile on Product Hunt

About

I work across both frontend and backend development, building reliable web applications. I enjoy solving problems that involve both user experience and system design. I like improving performance, structure, and usability across projects. My focus is on building practical systems that are stable and easy to maintain.

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Tastemaker

Gone streaking

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p/runevr

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13d ago

⛔ Do personal problems affect your work?

The last two days, I had some personal problems and spent basically the whole time trying to solve them.

And during that time I did no work, no posts, no ideas, no inspiration, nothing... =D

Just me, solving my own puzzle !

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15d ago

I said "I don't know" and it helped

I used to think I had to have answers. As a founder, as a builder, as someone people looked to. If I didn't know something, I'd fake it. Deflect. Change the subject. Pretend.

Then last month someone asked me a question about my own roadmap and I just said "I don't know yet." Out loud. To their face.

They didn't lose respect for me. They didn't think I was incompetent. They just said "okay, let me know when you figure it out" and moved on.

I've started saying it more. "I don't know." "I haven't decided." "I'm not sure yet." It's uncomfortable every time. But it's also honest. And people seem to trust me more, not less.

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29d ago

How are you handling real-time state and race conditions when vibe coding?

Scaffolding frontend layouts, Tailwind components, and basic CRUD forms through natural language prompting is remarkably smooth now.

However, once an app requires dynamic, competitive state like handling real-time bids, managing race conditions when two events trigger simultaneously, or verifying payment webhook signatures pure conversational generation starts hitting walls.