This week was far less busy than last week.

I was tempted to spend all of yesterday in front of my screen seeing how far I could push the latest and greatest LLM while it's cheap.

Instead I went for this bike ride with three fellow software folk:

As well as covering quite a bit of ground in the real world we had some great conversations. Much of it revolved around one of my favourite topics: exploring the future of the internet economy

The four of us had quite different perspectives as:

• The founder of two profitable software businesses with 20+ years of experience.
• The head of customer support at a B2B SaaS with over 2,000 customers.
• An 18 year old working on various impressive projects including creating a new programming language and a new operating system.
• Me :)

If you'd like to join similar conversations closer to Brighton (and without needing to get on a bike) next week is your opportunity to do that.

Start next Friday 10th July away from your screen with a relaxed breakfast walk on the Downs and get back to your desk by around 11 am for a productive Friday.

The exact start point will be shared the day before and we'll coordinate transport from central Brighton and back if you need it.

This will be our 2nd Stripe Community Brighton gathering. A professional guide will keep us on time and provide breakfast & fresh coffee at an inspiring location. It's free to join thanks to sponsorship from Stripe.

If you can't make next week grab a spot on our August 28th walk - or feel free to sign up to both!

I really hope you can join us. If not, join the community to be the first to find out about other Stripe Community Brighton events.

Hope to see you somewhere away from your home and your screen soon!

Jon
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PS If you're a current member, past member or prospective member of The Skiff there's even more happening next Friday 10th.

🎥 At lunchtime we'll be recording a short film at The Skiff capturing as many members experiences from over the last two decades as we can.

🍾 That evening we're having a special gathering at The Skiff from 5pm to celebrate the 20th birthday of the company that started The Skiff (now called The Skiff Ltd) - I can't believe it's been two decades since I started my first company!

Hit reply to let me know if you'd like to come along so I can get enough food and drink for us all.

If you liked this you might also like to:

• ​Try working from The Skiff - meet the coworkers you always wanted (Free Tour & Trial).
• ​Join us at Brighton Farm - meet freelancers at the pub on Wednesday evening.
• ​Attend a Silicon Brighton event - 39 meetup groups to inspire you, teach you new stuff and introduce interesting people.
• ​Explore Sussex Digital - 35 communities, 126 events and 44 coworking spaces.
• ​Try the tool Jon build last year - Bulk website screenshots you'd stake your reputation on
• ​Get on the waiting list for Jon's latest SaaS - CoGrid does competitive intelligence without the tedious work

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