This week I launched afrikaansgpt.com, it took me 9 hours. My friend asked me to build it for him.
Every week I take 1 day, and launch something silly and simple. It has to solve either my or my friends problems. That's it. It doesn't have to be perfect.
#buildinpublic #southafrica #afrikaans
Been away for a while. Went to my best friends wedding in South Africa.
Going to the Kruger National Park feels kind off like navigating life, you know what you want to see, but there is no guarantee you will see it, you just have to hop on, give it a shot and believe you made the right decisions.
coming together nicely
how do you just pack your bags and go to bali when you don’t even have money for food
launching your product, but cannot afford $170/m to get user feedback? use code LAUNCH for a free project and unlimited feedback for it in feedback.cheap 🎉
#indiehackers
#buildinpublic
still a try hard
i’m building an app to remind me to breath in my mac status bar, wdyt?
Features you would like are welcome here:
www.feedback.cheap/project/jd71...
built with @convex.dev @clerk.com #stripe
I just launched an affordable feedback tool that doesn't cost $200/m.
Why?
Cannot afford +$600+ of feedback tools every 4 months
I really need user feedback, to build better products
You can view my demo over here: www.loom.com/share/16b472...
And view the tool over here: feedback.cheap
Why spend hours building auth for a project that might not even see anyone use it?
I never claimed auth is too difficult to build, have done multiple times, it’s fun using new products. The fact that I can spin up a project with dev credentials in literally 10-15 minutes makes it exciting, + it works with convex. I just found that it saved me a lot of time, and ticks all my boxes.
WEAK!
Some “wise” words I recently got blessed with:
Founder/Ceo: Why are you asking me? Person X has repeatedly told me that he is the actual CEO of the company.
Who the fuck says that?
btw, person X has not been paid for the past 5 months, but the actual founder flies to US every second week. 👀
Is it common for startup founders to just go into hiding when things go to shit?
I’ve realised that they are quick to point fingers when things are not in a good state, seems to be easier than to be transparent and actually fix things.
Bullshit mentally, effects people downstream far too much.
👀
Getting user feedback should not be scary
I’ve been skeptical about my app arbimate.co not providing accurate information for arbitrage opportunities, however, my user feedback is telling me otherwise.
There’s A LOT of improvements to be made, now that the idea is validated.
You got this.
How do I avoid burnout?
Work on something else. Worked on a project for 12 hours straight, cool. Take a break by building something you’ve always wanted to build for the next 3 hours, you’ll want to continue after.
Just saved $60/month, and it only cost me 1 all nighter
Launching soon 🚀👀
My secret sauce for launching quick and superior products is completely free
@convex.dev (The backend that’s more reliable than my sleep schedule)
@clerk.com (Making auth so easy, my rubber duck is unemployed)
#stripe (Because ramen isn’t free, and neither are my apps)
Can leave feedback here too: www.feedback.cheap/project/jd70...
I built a feedback tool that doesn’t cost $200/m!
Why?
- I cannot afford to pay $680 every 4 months to gather feedback from my users.
- I jump around projects too much, and I need to know what users really want and whether they agree with me.
Can’t afford to pay, but really need it? Msg me!
That’s a great resource, thanks for sharing @mihneapopescu.bsky.social
