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Had AI build this wee app for our club WhatsApp

Sam Huo bought the course in 2018 for $14.8m with plans for a $100m resort (hotel, spa, hot pools, helipad). Banks wouldn't fund it, overseas money fell through, and the asset ended up mortgaged to a private Auckland lender. None of the resort got built. By 2024 it was unsellable; Pegasus Golf Ltd went into voluntary liquidation in March 2026 owing ~$8.8m — over $6m to secured lenders, $2.25m in related-party loans, plus IRD arrears (the unpaid tax was the actual trigger; the golf operation itself was reportedly profitable).

Just got a text from my dad that a guy tried to hang himself outside his office in Pap.

Thankfully he failed and cops etc now on-site.

But if you're struggling, just a reminder that places like https://uokbro.co.nz and many other organisations exist.

Heck I'm even happy to take a DM if you're struggling that bad.

Renewal premium came through last week - up $900 on last year despite no claims 🙄

Found a better deal so called to cancel (after they ignored my email for a week).

"Why don't you reduce the insurance cover to reduce your premium?" was the customer service solution.

I mean just why would someone ask such a dumb question?

The guy clearly realised it was a dumb question when I repeated it back to him but is this really what the business is telling them to say?

This is my first time coaching U12 boys and 5 matches into the season, it's a struggle.

I knew it was going to be tough in what is effectively the third team at this age group.

Besides lacking many of the basics of football, many of the boys would make traffic cones look dynamic.

I said to myself that I wouldn't "run" kids the way I was made to at their age and that we'd always work with the ball. That said, at that age, we could kick, tackle and run - our coach just wanted to build resilience in us. I hated it, I just wanted to play football.

When the majority of the team are lacking in not only skill but also in effort and physically, it's a lot to try and coach in just 1 session per week.

My dad who has coached that level before has told me I'm reaching the point where I need to run them on the hill until they can't take anymore to show what's needed physically.

The struggle is real.

Any pointers?

This is my first time coaching U12 boys and 5 matches into the season, it's a struggle.

I knew it was going to be tough in what is effectively the third team at this age group.

Besides lacking many of the basics of football, many of the boys would make traffic cones look dynamic.

I said to myself that I wouldn't "run" kids the way I was made to at their age and that we'd always work with the ball. That said, at that age, we could kick, tackle and run - our coach just wanted to build resilience in us. I hated it, I just wanted to play football.

When the majority of the team are lacking in not only skill but also in effort and physically, it's a lot to try and coach in just 1 session per week.

My dad who has coached that level before has told me I'm reaching the point where I need to run them on the hill until they can't take anymore to show what's needed physically.

The struggle is real.

Any pointers?

Second year running and I'm taking a July sabbatical.

Last year felt wasted with no real plan in place but I realise I need structure in my day.

This year I plan on a solo trip off the grid for a few days to write, read, reflect and plan.

Beyond that though, I'm not sure what else. Someone said grab coffee with as many people as possible.

I do plan to try play some golf too but currently nursing injury so that might be hard.

Any other suggestions?

I have a work sabbatical to use in July.

At the start of the month, I want to drop off grid for 2/3 days. Largely a digital disconnect to take some time for reflection, reading and writing that will help set me up for the second half of the year.

I'm based in Tauranga and looking for suggestions that wouldn't necessarily take too much of a drive to get to.

Any suggestions on location/accommodation?

I have a work sabbatical to use in July.

At the start of the month, I want to drop off grid for 2/3 days. Largely a digital disconnect to take some time for reflection, reading and writing that will help set me up for the second half of the year.

I'm based in Tauranga and looking for suggestions that wouldn't necessarily take too much of a drive to get to.

Any suggestions on location/accommodation?

Starting to recognise my lovely wife is now at this stage in life. I feel like I'm walking on eggshells all the time at the moment.

I try to make life as easy for her as possible.

Any other tips?

I'm an Expo user, just released my first app to the store and I think I've spent longer doing that than actually building the thing.

What does your process look like for releasing a new app to the stores?

I put my hand up to coach my son's school team this year at U12 as my first year of coaching.

A team of mixed ability with no real standout players and some of them are challenged physically by their weight or height in their age category.

I'm quite old school in my view of football in that kids just want to play and that it's a simple game often over-complicated by coaches.

With that level of player, all I ask is that my players work hard for one another as the minimum.

I have one kid though that is very lazy. I watched him last season under another coach and it was the same and even in another sport, someone goes by him and he gives up.

Anyway, during practice this week, I split the boys up for a 6 v 6 and this kid starts to complain about his team "sucking ass" before we've even started. I stopped right there and then to let him know that 1 - we don't use that kind of language and that 2 - none of his teammates "suck ass". No player is bigger than the team and that we win/lose/draw together. Nobody carries that burden on their own.

I can tell I'm going to struggle with this kid because I can't see him putting in the effort.

How would you handle this situation?

Like many, I had a Lovable sub via Lenny's Podcast. I've since gone all in on Claude Code with my custom dev stack.

Closed my Lovable account but yet they're still trying to charge for my account. Only reason it's failed is due to me setting it up on a card that I can freeze.

I don't use this card really but I'm getting fed up of the daily notification of attempted charges by Lovable. Support is only for paying customers so I don't know how we remedy it.