Patrick Socha
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psocha.co.uk
Patrick Socha
@psocha.co.uk
Previously cyber security, now private equity intelligence.

Follow my Hacker News bot: @hnfeed.bsky.social
I created a New Tab Chrome extension a year or two ago which is used by maybe ~30 people. A new image every 4 hours, with a new business / finance headline on every new tab load. I don't read the news as a result, and yet stay on top of it all.

Sometimes it's nice to make something for yourself.
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Start of the year in Costa Rica. Best holiday. No laptops. Just beach, forest, wildlife and driving through endless nature.
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
AI will revolutionise programming.

The AI:
October 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Recovery is possible from the sandbox, but it’s slow, and very painful.
October 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
When you know it, and the AI knows it.
October 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What in the fresh fuck is this @bsky.app?

There is zero chance I’m giving my legal details to use this app.
July 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The best PRs are when you remove code.

Me:
July 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Indeed, utter nonsense.
June 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Looks like there was an error @github.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Life is good. I’m on holidays in the sun, new job is everything I hoped for and then some, for all the metrics I’m tracking in life the lines go up, I can’t complain.
May 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Grim. Everyone talks about using unique passwords, but really we should be looking into unique emails too.
May 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
April 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Let’s gooo
March 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Google is finally passing through a policy update to deal with the Honey extension fraud
March 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
A few more quality back links, remove links to HTTP 410 pages and I think I should start seeing good traffic again!
March 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Lesson: Put download / buy buttons everywhere, including in the middle of your blog posts.
March 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The 1990’s called…
March 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Indie hackers:

1% marketing
99% refreshing analytics.
March 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Slowly getting there! Going to be adding a few strong back links in the coming days 👌
February 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
February 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Started getting a few more clicks from Google and my search ranking position is slowly climbing up. Also "not indexed" has jumped down. Still a lot of work to do, but we're going in the right direction.
February 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I made a quick and simple FIRE (Financial Independence / Retire Early) Calculator yesterday for myself because many of the others imo add necessary complexity.

Give it a go: psocha.co.uk/fire-calcula...
February 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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February 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
My gym is amazing:
- €1 off your subscription every time you go
- Free shakes, coffee, flavoured water
- 4 floors of equipment
- Sauna
- Occasional DJs

Went 157 times last year and lifted 747 metric ton. In the best shape of my life and I’m loving it.
February 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
YOLO driven development ✌️ Got nothing to lose at this point.
February 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM