Building out dashboard with Clerk (Good freelancing call)

all right welcome to day two of my built all right welcome to day two of my built all right welcome to day two of my built and public and public and public log uh to start things off I just want log uh to start things off I just want log uh to start things off I just want to First explain something why is day to First explain something why is day to First explain something why is day two on Wednesday December 11th um so my two on Wednesday December 11th um so my two on Wednesday December 11th um so my original plan was to start this in original plan was to start this in original plan was to start this in January and do it all year long do do a January and do it all year long do do a January and do it all year long do do a daily log every single day for the year daily log every single day for the year daily log every single day for the year but I thought why wait like it but I thought why wait like it but I thought why wait like it let’s let’s just go right now I’m just let’s let’s just go right now I’m just let’s let’s just go right now I’m just going to start now start today not next going to start now start today not next going to start now start today not next week or whatever you know three weeks week or whatever you know three weeks week or whatever you know three weeks from now so I decided to just do it so from now so I decided to just do it so from now so I decided to just do it so here here I here here I here here I am uh so a random story so everything is am uh so a random story so everything is am uh so a random story so everything is AI now and everyone’s scrambling to AI now and everyone’s scrambling to AI now and everyone’s scrambling to figure figure figure out uh everything like what’s a good out uh everything like what’s a good out uh everything like what’s a good framework what you know what languages framework what you know what languages framework what you know what languages should you write agents in what are the should you write agents in what are the should you write agents in what are the best ways to do agents um you know best ways to do agents um you know best ways to do agents um you know there’s a lot of open questions and there’s a lot of open questions and there’s a lot of open questions and everyone’s wrangling to figure out the everyone’s wrangling to figure out the everyone’s wrangling to figure out the best approach but one thing I’m seeing best approach but one thing I’m seeing best approach but one thing I’m seeing uh one one approach I’m seeing that’s uh one one approach I’m seeing that’s uh one one approach I’m seeing that’s very popular which I’m interested in is very popular which I’m interested in is very popular which I’m interested in is using a tool called in8 in so in8 in uh using a tool called in8 in so in8 in uh using a tool called in8 in so in8 in uh I’ve used this for years like I I’ve I’ve used this for years like I I’ve I’ve used this for years like I I’ve always told people about this I’ve always told people about this I’ve always told people about this I’ve always said this is like amazing um they always said this is like amazing um they always said this is like amazing um they have like triple down on the AI stuff so have like triple down on the AI stuff so have like triple down on the AI stuff so everyone’s making everyone’s making everyone’s making agents agents agents here and in a no in a no code tool so here and in a no in a no code tool so here and in a no in a no code tool so I’ve been a huge fan of this thing for I’ve been a huge fan of this thing for I’ve been a huge fan of this thing for years and I and like I literally I have years and I and like I literally I have years and I and like I literally I have a video on my main Channel my first a video on my main Channel my first a video on my main Channel my first video was converting the a workflow to video was converting the a workflow to video was converting the a workflow to using this three years ago so I I mean using this three years ago so I I mean using this three years ago so I I mean there’s just proof that I’ve used this there’s just proof that I’ve used this there’s just proof that I’ve used this forever so forever so forever so um at my last job things were not going um at my last job things were not going um at my last job things were not going well and we already went through one well and we already went through one well and we already went through one head of engineering and the new the next head of engineering and the new the next head of engineering and the new the next new guy was was new guy was was new guy was was in it wasn’t looking too good with this in it wasn’t looking too good with this in it wasn’t looking too good with this guy so um I’ve never had I never spoke guy so um I’ve never had I never spoke guy so um I’ve never had I never spoke to this guy ever before finally a face to this guy ever before finally a face to this guy ever before finally a face to face and he was like incredibly to face and he was like incredibly to face and he was like incredibly hostile and uh you know you know the hostile and uh you know you know the hostile and uh you know you know the conversation was not going well and I conversation was not going well and I conversation was not going well and I was like I’ve never talk to you in my was like I’ve never talk to you in my was like I’ve never talk to you in my life how do you know anything about me life how do you know anything about me life how do you know anything about me um and things were really not going well um and things were really not going well um and things were really not going well at this job a huge time sync was uh with at this job a huge time sync was uh with at this job a huge time sync was uh with customer support we had to customer support we had to customer support we had to like spend a huge amount of time helping like spend a huge amount of time helping like spend a huge amount of time helping the customers and I proposed this tool the customers and I proposed this tool the customers and I proposed this tool and this was this was kind of right when and this was this was kind of right when and this was this was kind of right when chat GPT came out chat GPT came out chat GPT came out um and they didn’t quite have the agent um and they didn’t quite have the agent um and they didn’t quite have the agent stuff built into this yet but I said hey stuff built into this yet but I said hey stuff built into this yet but I said hey we should really look at this tool I we should really look at this tool I we should really look at this tool I think we could automate so much like think we could automate so much like think we could automate so much like look at look at look at on their damn look at look at look at on their damn look at look at look at on their damn landing page um is a bot to a customer landing page um is a bot to a customer landing page um is a bot to a customer service bot I said I think we could service bot I said I think we could service bot I said I think we could automate so much with this tool like we automate so much with this tool like we automate so much with this tool like we we there’s so much manual work happening we there’s so much manual work happening we there’s so much manual work happening at this company you know processes uh at this company you know processes uh at this company you know processes uh dealing with the with the customers I dealing with the with the customers I dealing with the with the customers I really think we should double down not really think we should double down not really think we should double down not double down we should start investing in double down we should start investing in double down we should start investing in I’m using this tool and he looked at me I’m using this tool and he looked at me I’m using this tool and he looked at me like I was crazy he he looked at me and like I was crazy he he looked at me and like I was crazy he he looked at me and said what are you talking about why why said what are you talking about why why said what are you talking about why why why why are why would we waste our time why why are why would we waste our time why why are why would we waste our time on this what are you even talking about on this what are you even talking about on this what are you even talking about and and hindsight I was dead and and hindsight I was dead and and hindsight I was dead right yeah dead right I was wait right yeah dead right I was wait right yeah dead right I was wait I was I was uh right too early as I I was I was uh right too early as I I was I was uh right too early as I usually am usually am usually am um we absolutely should have used this um we absolutely should have used this um we absolutely should have used this tool to pull in all of our um document tool to pull in all of our um document tool to pull in all of our um document ation internal chat J GitHub and made a ation internal chat J GitHub and made a ation internal chat J GitHub and made a bot we could have automated so much so bot we could have automated so much so bot we could have automated so much so one of my goals with this channel is to one of my goals with this channel is to one of my goals with this channel is to become better at become better at become better at um communication talking expressing my um communication talking expressing my um communication talking expressing my ideas because this is not the first time ideas because this is not the first time ideas because this is not the first time I’ve been dead right like hey here’s I’ve been dead right like hey here’s I’ve been dead right like hey here’s this trend in technology let’s go like this trend in technology let’s go like this trend in technology let’s go like go focus on this do this thing you’re go focus on this do this thing you’re go focus on this do this thing you’re going to you know you’re you’re not going to you know you’re you’re not going to you know you’re you’re not going to regret it um so I need to get going to regret it um so I need to get going to regret it um so I need to get better at explaining the why the how better at explaining the why the how better at explaining the why the how like why why why should they have um like why why why should they have um like why why why should they have um invested in trying out this tool um so invested in trying out this tool um so invested in trying out this tool um so I’m hoping to do that here so that’s my I’m hoping to do that here so that’s my I’m hoping to do that here so that’s my random story for the day um so I’m just random story for the day um so I’m just random story for the day um so I’m just going to do a quick update uh for going to do a quick update uh for going to do a quick update uh for yesterday I I was busy with freelance yesterday I I was busy with freelance yesterday I I was busy with freelance work busy with the bankruptcy stuff work busy with the bankruptcy stuff work busy with the bankruptcy stuff um still not 100% over my cold but I’m um still not 100% over my cold but I’m um still not 100% over my cold but I’m feeling better today uh some family feeling better today uh some family feeling better today uh some family stuff stuff stuff [Music] [Music] [Music] um um um but I did more work on AI chat so uh but I did more work on AI chat so uh but I did more work on AI chat so uh what am I working on so I’m working on what am I working on so I’m working on what am I working on so I’m working on the the signin so like I said I’m adding the the signin so like I said I’m adding the the signin so like I said I’m adding clerk to to the clerk to to the clerk to to the tool um it won’t let me sign in for some tool um it won’t let me sign in for some tool um it won’t let me sign in for some reason in Incognito that’s really reason in Incognito that’s really reason in Incognito that’s really pissing me off I don’t know pissing me off I don’t know pissing me off I don’t know what’s going on there so here’s the non what’s going on there so here’s the non what’s going on there so here’s the non Incognito Incognito Incognito um obviously this is not my email so um obviously this is not my email so um obviously this is not my email so don’t spam me I’m I’m building out a don’t spam me I’m I’m building out a don’t spam me I’m I’m building out a dashboard so you you sign in um you this dashboard so you you sign in um you this dashboard so you you sign in um you this is not the onboarding this is a really is not the onboarding this is a really is not the onboarding this is a really weird onboarding flow for this for I’ve weird onboarding flow for this for I’ve weird onboarding flow for this for I’ve never seen an onboarding like this so I never seen an onboarding like this so I never seen an onboarding like this so I think it’s cool maybe it’s going to think it’s cool maybe it’s going to think it’s cool maybe it’s going to maybe I’m shooting myself in the foot maybe I’m shooting myself in the foot maybe I’m shooting myself in the foot but when you when you go to the page you but when you when you go to the page you but when you when you go to the page you get a unique email get a unique email get a unique email address address address um yeah that’s the staging one this um yeah that’s the staging one this um yeah that’s the staging one this expires after 15 minutes actually expires after 15 minutes actually expires after 15 minutes actually locally it expires in 1 minute so you’re locally it expires in 1 minute so you’re locally it expires in 1 minute so you’re this is long expired it won’t work um so this is long expired it won’t work um so this is long expired it won’t work um so there’s some anti-bot stuff built in but there’s some anti-bot stuff built in but there’s some anti-bot stuff built in but you land on this you send it an email you land on this you send it an email you land on this you send it an email and you’re onboarded like how and you’re onboarded like how and you’re onboarded like how easy you even click this button and it easy you even click this button and it easy you even click this button and it opens the compose in your email client opens the compose in your email client opens the compose in your email client and your your your you’re onboarded I and your your your you’re onboarded I and your your your you’re onboarded I think that’s slick I I love it I want think that’s slick I I love it I want think that’s slick I I love it I want easy frictionless um onboarding like easy frictionless um onboarding like easy frictionless um onboarding like that for more that for more that for more apps okay so I’m building this I I don’t apps okay so I’m building this I I don’t apps okay so I’m building this I I don’t know what the hell to put I’m I’m kind know what the hell to put I’m I’m kind know what the hell to put I’m I’m kind of scratching my brain I’m I’m figuring of scratching my brain I’m I’m figuring of scratching my brain I’m I’m figuring it out as I go but anyways here is going it out as I go but anyways here is going it out as I go but anyways here is going to be a to be a to be a dashboard yeah that’s not working yet dashboard yeah that’s not working yet dashboard yeah that’s not working yet uh yeah I don’t know there’ll be uh yeah I don’t know there’ll be uh yeah I don’t know there’ll be settings you can manage your your plan settings you can manage your your plan settings you can manage your your plan you’ll be able to manage your your your you’ll be able to manage your your your you’ll be able to manage your your your billing and stuff change your credit billing and stuff change your credit billing and stuff change your credit card whatever blah blah blah I don’t card whatever blah blah blah I don’t card whatever blah blah blah I don’t know what I’ll put here so uh I don’t know what I’ll put here so uh I don’t know what I’ll put here so uh I don’t know what to put here either other than know what to put here either other than know what to put here either other than this this is real this is actually um this this is real this is actually um this this is real this is actually um connected to the database so I got that connected to the database so I got that connected to the database so I got that working uh there’ll be like little working uh there’ll be like little working uh there’ll be like little notifications here documentation dark notifications here documentation dark notifications here documentation dark mode change your information uh so I got mode change your information uh so I got mode change your information uh so I got that done um good progress but I I just that done um good progress but I I just that done um good progress but I I just wasn’t productive uh yesterday I haven’t wasn’t productive uh yesterday I haven’t wasn’t productive uh yesterday I haven’t been very productive this week with so been very productive this week with so been very productive this week with so much going on so next week will be much going on so next week will be much going on so next week will be interesting I am going to uh a little interesting I am going to uh a little interesting I am going to uh a little vacation with my girlfriend she’s coming vacation with my girlfriend she’s coming vacation with my girlfriend she’s coming from London I don’t know how it’s going from London I don’t know how it’s going from London I don’t know how it’s going to go for these updates while I’m away to go for these updates while I’m away to go for these updates while I’m away on vacation uh we we’ll figure that out on vacation uh we we’ll figure that out on vacation uh we we’ll figure that out and be like a real sketchy you know hold and be like a real sketchy you know hold and be like a real sketchy you know hold the camera and do like a hey I didn’t I the camera and do like a hey I didn’t I the camera and do like a hey I didn’t I didn’t do anything um nothing to report didn’t do anything um nothing to report didn’t do anything um nothing to report revenue or user wise uh there’s some revenue or user wise uh there’s some revenue or user wise uh there’s some eyes on on on my things I’m building but eyes on on on my things I’m building but eyes on on on my things I’m building but no um no no signups or anything no um no no signups or anything no um no no signups or anything unfortunately not even a sign up to try unfortunately not even a sign up to try unfortunately not even a sign up to try it for free so uh what else it for free so uh what else it for free so uh what else um tomorrow what’s next uh more um tomorrow what’s next uh more um tomorrow what’s next uh more freelance I had a great call right freelance I had a great call right freelance I had a great call right before this about a potential freelance before this about a potential freelance before this about a potential freelance project uh I’m excited it’s it’s an AI project uh I’m excited it’s it’s an AI project uh I’m excited it’s it’s an AI thing I don’t want to say too much more thing I don’t want to say too much more thing I don’t want to say too much more really really cool product right on the really really cool product right on the really really cool product right on the bleeding edge of kind of what’s possible bleeding edge of kind of what’s possible bleeding edge of kind of what’s possible what people are doing there’s competitor what people are doing there’s competitor what people are doing there’s competitor tools but they’re going down um they’re tools but they’re going down um they’re tools but they’re going down um they’re trying to do an approach I haven’t seen trying to do an approach I haven’t seen trying to do an approach I haven’t seen with the few competitors I’ve seen with the few competitors I’ve seen with the few competitors I’ve seen really cool stuff I I I hope to work on really cool stuff I I I hope to work on really cool stuff I I I hope to work on this project actually but that would this project actually but that would this project actually but that would take up a lot of my time um but that’s take up a lot of my time um but that’s take up a lot of my time um but that’s fine I need money I’m a bankrupt broke fine I need money I’m a bankrupt broke fine I need money I’m a bankrupt broke guy who has a failing business uh what guy who has a failing business uh what guy who has a failing business uh what else oh yeah I’m dealing with um a lot else oh yeah I’m dealing with um a lot else oh yeah I’m dealing with um a lot of stuff with moving over the the of stuff with moving over the the of stuff with moving over the the newsletters unfortunately newsletters unfortunately newsletters unfortunately um um um that uh has been a little little bit that uh has been a little little bit that uh has been a little little bit more painful than I wanted it to be my more painful than I wanted it to be my more painful than I wanted it to be my fault I I blame myself but moving over fault I I blame myself but moving over fault I I blame myself but moving over complicated web app with multiple complicated web app with multiple complicated web app with multiple websites and you know using tons of websites and you know using tons of websites and you know using tons of services uh it’s it’s actually quite a services uh it’s it’s actually quite a services uh it’s it’s actually quite a painful process I will remember that the painful process I will remember that the painful process I will remember that the ne all the future productss I build like ne all the future productss I build like ne all the future productss I build like one of the things that I’m going to keep one of the things that I’m going to keep one of the things that I’m going to keep in mind you know people say don’t try to in mind you know people say don’t try to in mind you know people say don’t try to uh scale don’t do like premature uh scale don’t do like premature uh scale don’t do like premature optimization to for like optimization to for like optimization to for like scaling early like it why spend hours scaling early like it why spend hours scaling early like it why spend hours like building this thing with kubernetes like building this thing with kubernetes like building this thing with kubernetes to to be a to scale you know to infin to to be a to scale you know to infin to to be a to scale you know to infin you know Infinity when you have like you know Infinity when you have like you know Infinity when you have like your mom using it and your friend like your mom using it and your friend like your mom using it and your friend like just chill out but in the future I will just chill out but in the future I will just chill out but in the future I will build things with that in mind of build things with that in mind of build things with that in mind of selling it later because holy I I selling it later because holy I I selling it later because holy I I really messed up this is this is just really messed up this is this is just really messed up this is this is just this whole thing is a shut show and it’s this whole thing is a shut show and it’s this whole thing is a shut show and it’s my fault I I made it so overly my fault I I made it so overly my fault I I made it so overly complicated and it was always on my complicated and it was always on my complicated and it was always on my to-do list to go consolidate and make it to-do list to go consolidate and make it to-do list to go consolidate and make it much much um much more of a complete much much um much more of a complete much much um much more of a complete package and not all these things spread package and not all these things spread package and not all these things spread out everywhere so it that’s that’s my out everywhere so it that’s that’s my out everywhere so it that’s that’s my fault but anyways fault but anyways fault but anyways um uh if you’re watching this and you’re building agents please this and you’re building agents please this and you’re building agents please comment uh it will help me get some comment uh it will help me get some comment uh it will help me get some views I’m I’m sure like no one’s going views I’m I’m sure like no one’s going views I’m I’m sure like no one’s going to see this but if you do just please to see this but if you do just please to see this but if you do just please comment um tell me your thoughts on AI comment um tell me your thoughts on AI comment um tell me your thoughts on AI agents especially like what do you find agents especially like what do you find agents especially like what do you find painful what’s painful about AI agents painful what’s painful about AI agents painful what’s painful about AI agents building them deploying them using them building them deploying them using them building them deploying them using them whatever um that would help a lot but whatever um that would help a lot but whatever um that would help a lot but anyways that’s all I have for today I’ll anyways that’s all I have for today I’ll anyways that’s all I have for today I’ll I’ll shut up I’ll shut up I’ll shut up uh yeah we’ll see how it goes this next uh yeah we’ll see how it goes this next uh yeah we’ll see how it goes this next week because um I’m going to be kind of week because um I’m going to be kind of week because um I’m going to be kind of away from the computer but we’ll get to away from the computer but we’ll get to away from the computer but we’ll get to that later