Typescript, Codebar and more, notes from our meeting on 14th January 2026
Posted by Paul Silver
On the 14th January, eleven freelancers met in the Battle of Trafalgar pub to talk tech, handling clients, and anything that came to mind. This is some of what we talked about:
- Looking for Typescript work
- AI skepticism and getting the most out of them
- Codebar
- The data you get inside Spotify as the artist
- Data recovery
- Brighton Naked Bike Ride
- Claude Code Pro
- The state of the market
- Contracting vs freelancing vs perm
- Finding a hobby to keep yourself busy
- Parent care
- F1 fans
- Hybrid meeting suck when you have to do the travelling just to look at a screen
- The economics of craft based businesses – have a job too