Luke Morton
@lukemorton.dev
Founder of firststage.co — hire better, faster, cheaper with AI.
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Luke Morton
@lukemorton.dev
· Nov 20
New here, so thought I'd do a quick intro 👋
I'm founder of FirstStage, an AI recruitment tool. I'm a kid of the web, self taught programmer, coding since 13. Began building in Web 2.0 / XHTML era. Built lots of software for startups, global e-commerce and UK Gov.
This is me and blue sky...
1/5
I'm founder of FirstStage, an AI recruitment tool. I'm a kid of the web, self taught programmer, coding since 13. Began building in Web 2.0 / XHTML era. Built lots of software for startups, global e-commerce and UK Gov.
This is me and blue sky...
1/5
Vibe coding has probably bought my startup 3-6 months of extra runway… but not in the way you think.
I suspect it will slow down most new entrant disruptor / YC style startups in the short term. This gives me an advantage.
Long term I’m less confident!
I suspect it will slow down most new entrant disruptor / YC style startups in the short term. This gives me an advantage.
Long term I’m less confident!
March 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Vibe coding has probably bought my startup 3-6 months of extra runway… but not in the way you think.
I suspect it will slow down most new entrant disruptor / YC style startups in the short term. This gives me an advantage.
Long term I’m less confident!
I suspect it will slow down most new entrant disruptor / YC style startups in the short term. This gives me an advantage.
Long term I’m less confident!
Oooo just got preview access to Copilot Workspace.
Anyone already using it?
(Especially with VS Code.)
Anyone already using it?
(Especially with VS Code.)
December 17, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Oooo just got preview access to Copilot Workspace.
Anyone already using it?
(Especially with VS Code.)
Anyone already using it?
(Especially with VS Code.)
This week has been a real week.
In a massively good way.
But boy I’m finishing early and spending some time with my daughter.
In a massively good way.
But boy I’m finishing early and spending some time with my daughter.
December 6, 2024 at 1:49 PM
This week has been a real week.
In a massively good way.
But boy I’m finishing early and spending some time with my daughter.
In a massively good way.
But boy I’m finishing early and spending some time with my daughter.
Does anyone care that DMs on Bluesky are centralised?
December 5, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Does anyone care that DMs on Bluesky are centralised?
I guess you can’t argue that this wasn’t expected from the budget that focused on taxing business.
But what about creating a growth economy? What’s the plan for that?
But what about creating a growth economy? What’s the plan for that?
December 5, 2024 at 10:08 AM
I guess you can’t argue that this wasn’t expected from the budget that focused on taxing business.
But what about creating a growth economy? What’s the plan for that?
But what about creating a growth economy? What’s the plan for that?
So easy to spend money, so much harder to make it.
It’s too easy to fall into unintelligent spending,
whereas every bit of revenue is hard won and fast to lose.
It’s too easy to fall into unintelligent spending,
whereas every bit of revenue is hard won and fast to lose.
December 4, 2024 at 1:40 PM
So easy to spend money, so much harder to make it.
It’s too easy to fall into unintelligent spending,
whereas every bit of revenue is hard won and fast to lose.
It’s too easy to fall into unintelligent spending,
whereas every bit of revenue is hard won and fast to lose.
Mildly impressed that IASME uses blockchain tech for their cyber essentials certifications.
Also: FirstStage is now cyber essentials certified 🥳
Also: FirstStage is now cyber essentials certified 🥳
December 4, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Mildly impressed that IASME uses blockchain tech for their cyber essentials certifications.
Also: FirstStage is now cyber essentials certified 🥳
Also: FirstStage is now cyber essentials certified 🥳
Street is organising a community leaf clearing effort next weekend.
I’ve definitely reached the age where this feels heartwarming and good*
*Rather than an impossible task with a hangover
I’ve definitely reached the age where this feels heartwarming and good*
*Rather than an impossible task with a hangover
December 1, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Street is organising a community leaf clearing effort next weekend.
I’ve definitely reached the age where this feels heartwarming and good*
*Rather than an impossible task with a hangover
I’ve definitely reached the age where this feels heartwarming and good*
*Rather than an impossible task with a hangover
This is probably because I’m a Bluesky n00b but is it just me or do the notifications come through really slowly?
November 28, 2024 at 3:28 PM
This is probably because I’m a Bluesky n00b but is it just me or do the notifications come through really slowly?
Diabetes maintenance slowing me down today, perhaps gladly. Not sure.
Two hospital trips for regular check up and prescription pick up with a couple of hours in between. Kinda ruins the flow!
Should be seeing it as recovery time… last couple of weeks have seen some all nighters (coding).
Two hospital trips for regular check up and prescription pick up with a couple of hours in between. Kinda ruins the flow!
Should be seeing it as recovery time… last couple of weeks have seen some all nighters (coding).
November 28, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Diabetes maintenance slowing me down today, perhaps gladly. Not sure.
Two hospital trips for regular check up and prescription pick up with a couple of hours in between. Kinda ruins the flow!
Should be seeing it as recovery time… last couple of weeks have seen some all nighters (coding).
Two hospital trips for regular check up and prescription pick up with a couple of hours in between. Kinda ruins the flow!
Should be seeing it as recovery time… last couple of weeks have seen some all nighters (coding).
Try calling a next redirect() in a void promise…
November 27, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Try calling a next redirect() in a void promise…
Not sure whether all these bets are sensible but they make startup life fun:
- Bootstrapped and profit focused
- Micro team (do more with less)
- Augment with AI
- Offer SaaS platform for free
- Charge for AI to operate SaaS
- UX to be proud of (rather than embarrassed of)
- Bootstrapped and profit focused
- Micro team (do more with less)
- Augment with AI
- Offer SaaS platform for free
- Charge for AI to operate SaaS
- UX to be proud of (rather than embarrassed of)
November 27, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Not sure whether all these bets are sensible but they make startup life fun:
- Bootstrapped and profit focused
- Micro team (do more with less)
- Augment with AI
- Offer SaaS platform for free
- Charge for AI to operate SaaS
- UX to be proud of (rather than embarrassed of)
- Bootstrapped and profit focused
- Micro team (do more with less)
- Augment with AI
- Offer SaaS platform for free
- Charge for AI to operate SaaS
- UX to be proud of (rather than embarrassed of)
I used to err on the side of outsource everything when building software. Strong pref for open source deps or third party SaaS.
Now I’m leaning way more into preferring custom software for even things like auth.
SaaS is just so damn expensive and in many cases poorer UX.
Now I’m leaning way more into preferring custom software for even things like auth.
SaaS is just so damn expensive and in many cases poorer UX.
November 26, 2024 at 4:59 PM
I used to err on the side of outsource everything when building software. Strong pref for open source deps or third party SaaS.
Now I’m leaning way more into preferring custom software for even things like auth.
SaaS is just so damn expensive and in many cases poorer UX.
Now I’m leaning way more into preferring custom software for even things like auth.
SaaS is just so damn expensive and in many cases poorer UX.
My experience of coding recently is that verbosity, repetition and “clever” domain-specific abstractions are way less important.
Mostly because I’m happy for AI to be writing more verbose / repetitive code. Same goes for test cases.
Are big files and procedural coding styles back in vogue now?
Mostly because I’m happy for AI to be writing more verbose / repetitive code. Same goes for test cases.
Are big files and procedural coding styles back in vogue now?
November 23, 2024 at 12:37 PM
My experience of coding recently is that verbosity, repetition and “clever” domain-specific abstractions are way less important.
Mostly because I’m happy for AI to be writing more verbose / repetitive code. Same goes for test cases.
Are big files and procedural coding styles back in vogue now?
Mostly because I’m happy for AI to be writing more verbose / repetitive code. Same goes for test cases.
Are big files and procedural coding styles back in vogue now?
It’s Saturday morning and I’m thinking about this again.
LLMs are commodity. What happens if composition of LLMs into agents becomes commodity too? Can it even?
Surely composition and downstream UX are the only differentiation and innovation variables we have.
LLMs are commodity. What happens if composition of LLMs into agents becomes commodity too? Can it even?
Surely composition and downstream UX are the only differentiation and innovation variables we have.
AWS' Multi-Agent Orchestrator is hot on the heals of OpenAI's Swarm and Microsoft's Magentic-One.
So what are these tools? How do they help build agents? And are they even needed?
So what are these tools? How do they help build agents? And are they even needed?
November 23, 2024 at 10:29 AM
It’s Saturday morning and I’m thinking about this again.
LLMs are commodity. What happens if composition of LLMs into agents becomes commodity too? Can it even?
Surely composition and downstream UX are the only differentiation and innovation variables we have.
LLMs are commodity. What happens if composition of LLMs into agents becomes commodity too? Can it even?
Surely composition and downstream UX are the only differentiation and innovation variables we have.
This is awesome and worth a read about Bluesky and its de/centralisation
This is by far the best criticism of bsky/atproto I've seen so far: dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...
I mean that in the sense of "fair" and "understands what they're talking about" as well as a more traditional "makes good points".
I mean that in the sense of "fair" and "understands what they're talking about" as well as a more traditional "makes good points".
How decentralized is Bluesky really? -- Dustycloud Brainstorms
dustycloud.org
November 22, 2024 at 6:31 PM
This is awesome and worth a read about Bluesky and its de/centralisation
Is AI overhyped? Sure! But you can't deny this list...
Here are 31 things AI has made possible or easier to build:
1) Looking for evidence — great for assessing CVs and other text
2) Searching for similar topics — much better than boolean searches
Here are 31 things AI has made possible or easier to build:
1) Looking for evidence — great for assessing CVs and other text
2) Searching for similar topics — much better than boolean searches
November 22, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Is AI overhyped? Sure! But you can't deny this list...
Here are 31 things AI has made possible or easier to build:
1) Looking for evidence — great for assessing CVs and other text
2) Searching for similar topics — much better than boolean searches
Here are 31 things AI has made possible or easier to build:
1) Looking for evidence — great for assessing CVs and other text
2) Searching for similar topics — much better than boolean searches
Am I bad for missing longer form posts on here? 😅
November 21, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Am I bad for missing longer form posts on here? 😅
AWS' Multi-Agent Orchestrator is hot on the heals of OpenAI's Swarm and Microsoft's Magentic-One.
So what are these tools? How do they help build agents? And are they even needed?
So what are these tools? How do they help build agents? And are they even needed?
November 21, 2024 at 9:10 AM
AWS' Multi-Agent Orchestrator is hot on the heals of OpenAI's Swarm and Microsoft's Magentic-One.
So what are these tools? How do they help build agents? And are they even needed?
So what are these tools? How do they help build agents? And are they even needed?
Biggest blocker to a blockchain B2C idea I was pursuing two years ago was the fact there wasn’t a distinguishment between NFTs that represent securities and NFTs that represent art or membership.
This will be a big milestone and go signal for many if achieved in 2025 by at least one jurisdiction.
This will be a big milestone and go signal for many if achieved in 2025 by at least one jurisdiction.
November 20, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Biggest blocker to a blockchain B2C idea I was pursuing two years ago was the fact there wasn’t a distinguishment between NFTs that represent securities and NFTs that represent art or membership.
This will be a big milestone and go signal for many if achieved in 2025 by at least one jurisdiction.
This will be a big milestone and go signal for many if achieved in 2025 by at least one jurisdiction.
New here, so thought I'd do a quick intro 👋
I'm founder of FirstStage, an AI recruitment tool. I'm a kid of the web, self taught programmer, coding since 13. Began building in Web 2.0 / XHTML era. Built lots of software for startups, global e-commerce and UK Gov.
This is me and blue sky...
1/5
I'm founder of FirstStage, an AI recruitment tool. I'm a kid of the web, self taught programmer, coding since 13. Began building in Web 2.0 / XHTML era. Built lots of software for startups, global e-commerce and UK Gov.
This is me and blue sky...
1/5
November 20, 2024 at 9:54 AM
New here, so thought I'd do a quick intro 👋
I'm founder of FirstStage, an AI recruitment tool. I'm a kid of the web, self taught programmer, coding since 13. Began building in Web 2.0 / XHTML era. Built lots of software for startups, global e-commerce and UK Gov.
This is me and blue sky...
1/5
I'm founder of FirstStage, an AI recruitment tool. I'm a kid of the web, self taught programmer, coding since 13. Began building in Web 2.0 / XHTML era. Built lots of software for startups, global e-commerce and UK Gov.
This is me and blue sky...
1/5
As a web3 / blockchain advocate, I do think about this a lot.
AT Protocol goes a long way but it does lack incentives for running the infrastructure which guarantees availability and trustless decentralisation.
That said, I’m open minded and excited to see how the protocol develops.
AT Protocol goes a long way but it does lack incentives for running the infrastructure which guarantees availability and trustless decentralisation.
That said, I’m open minded and excited to see how the protocol develops.
Bluesky is proof that cryptocurrency isn't a core tenant of decentralization. The team demonstrated extreme levels of pragmatism by leveraging new and existing technologies to produce something people actually use.
November 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM
As a web3 / blockchain advocate, I do think about this a lot.
AT Protocol goes a long way but it does lack incentives for running the infrastructure which guarantees availability and trustless decentralisation.
That said, I’m open minded and excited to see how the protocol develops.
AT Protocol goes a long way but it does lack incentives for running the infrastructure which guarantees availability and trustless decentralisation.
That said, I’m open minded and excited to see how the protocol develops.
I’ve not packed much but figured if I’m moving over to BlueSky, I should at least bring my first tweet with me.
November 19, 2024 at 9:52 AM
I’ve not packed much but figured if I’m moving over to BlueSky, I should at least bring my first tweet with me.
Reposted by Luke Morton
A CustomGPT that writes (+critiques) a better YC-co-founder profile for you - and some observations on the 300 or so profiles I've reviewed this year: fractional-ctos.com/2024/11/11/y...
YC Co-Founder Matching – better profiles – Adam Martin – fCTO
fractional-ctos.com
November 11, 2024 at 3:48 PM
A CustomGPT that writes (+critiques) a better YC-co-founder profile for you - and some observations on the 300 or so profiles I've reviewed this year: fractional-ctos.com/2024/11/11/y...