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@maelus.com

Frenchie. Nomad. Indie(build,ship,grow,repeat). πŸ‘„ http://JoiAIgirlfriend.com $1.5k/mo ⚑️ http://Whisperize.me $0.4k/mo x.com/maelus_

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first European winter after 1.5y in SEA

worst thing isn’t the cold, it’s the daylight duration

Sun: rise 8:40am - set 4:55pm

I used to go for a coffee at 6:30-7:00, sun was up, ppl in the streets

here ppl sleep

19.12.2024 06:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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YouTube premium for free

- copy past YouTube video link to Telegram (Saved Message) and send
- play video in Telegram’s chat

switch app / Lock Screen, video keeps playing

18.12.2024 17:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TLD extension is part of personal branding now

tibo_maker -> feather .so, superx .so, outrank .so
marc_lou -> shipfa .st, datafa .st, codefa. st

What's yours?

.dad, .fun, .fail, .cool, ninja, .xxx
you're welcome

(joke aside, smart move from them)

#buildinpublic #indiehacker

14.12.2024 09:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

overthinking is a burden for a founder

thinking of learning to switch that off

#buildinpublic #indiehacker #solofounder

09.12.2024 13:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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1 week of posting & engaging on X

still far from 1k

but that's a ~20% growth. No thread yet though.

reminder: there are no small victories 🫢

(my acc was a inactive since 1y (huge down phase thst deserves a thread tbh))

+♾️ % here on πŸ¦‹ (same period)

#builinpublic #indiehacker

05.12.2024 14:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ok thanks for insights

I used to use brevo for transactional

Many are SES wrapper tbh, but once again I guess it’s paying for ease of use

Deliverability is def critical though

04.12.2024 16:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Any takes on Resend vs Loops? (Email marketing + transactional)

Asking for a friend

πŸ‘€

#buildinpublic #indiehacker

04.12.2024 16:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œhow many hours of deep work / day?”

Me: wait my #Wrapped2024

#buildinpublic #indiehacker

04.12.2024 15:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hahaha don’t diss on Bun Cha

04.12.2024 09:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

few speak about #mentalhealth and #ai is def a game changer in this domain - world class #therapist at your fingers

> Use ChatGPT for voice2text
> Copy-past to Claude
> Introspect
> Repeat

03.12.2024 19:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha ok thanks for feedback!
Kinda like not showing fully my face too
But like the β€œnon-serious” side of left

03.12.2024 19:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coffee break question

> left or right for profile pick?

wdyt

#buildinpublic #indiehacker

03.12.2024 17:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Claude is my therapist

who needs a human when an AI:
- remembers everything
- can map your mind in graphs
- can connect dots within a LOT of information
- won’t ask you to come back for $

Ofc it doesn’t replace πŸ‹οΈ

#indiehacker #solopreneur #mentalhealth

03.12.2024 10:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

An alien shows up with a brain 1000x yours

Do you talk with it?

Idk why most ppl don’t talk to #ai

02.12.2024 09:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

B feels more eye catching for me 🫰

02.12.2024 08:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Enjoy and looking forward to see how it goes :)

01.12.2024 21:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Even if it’s not too low, you might want to test if ppl are willing to pay, there are always early adopters somewhere haha

01.12.2024 21:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure feedback vs free of charge is a thing, since at first the most important to have (genuine) feedback, hard part is to make sure it’s genuine. So def useful.

Still I always try to keep in mind usually ppl don’t value free stuff, so even if it’s a low price you could A/B test with a paywall

01.12.2024 21:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Combo offer / pricing can be a bitch and there’s more psychology that we would think, keep that in mind ahah.

Enjoy the beta phase !! Huge for feedbacks

01.12.2024 20:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

friends are a way to find bugs too though πŸ˜‚πŸ«°

01.12.2024 20:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

wdym?

01.12.2024 20:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

True. IMO free trial provides more authority and trust than a free plan with a paywall after

01.12.2024 20:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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1 month ago I
- ditched the free plan for 1 week free trial
- deleted all one-time payment options
- reduced to one single subscription
- reworked the offer

β€’ MRR +30%
β€’ Subscribers + 22%
β€’ Churn rate -75%
β€’ subscriber lifetime value +320%

FIX YOUR OFFER. Then market it
#buildinpublic #indiehacker

01.12.2024 20:17 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha. I’ve actually created a β€œvip” plan for friends I want to share it with before they even ask for free (and those probably wouldn’t)
But the fact that they use your product is already great tbh

01.12.2024 20:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whatever the price that’s a great move from both of you. Really best way to show support , so no shame should be there for the amount 🫰

01.12.2024 20:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember that.

Real friends don’t ask a discount for your product - they buy it to support you.

#tbt #buildinpublic #indiehacker #solopreneur

01.12.2024 19:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

What’s the equivalent of X β€œCommunities” here?

Drop your recommendations for #saas, #indiehacking, #solofounder, #ai stuff (techs/LLMs, startups, news etc) πŸ™Œ

30.11.2024 10:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Using A LOT Claude 3.5 for coding even though using β€œOG” IDE
Loads of time saved already

29.11.2024 20:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

RIP perplexity? What is premium sources though

Is a famous newspaper more legit than Reddit posts or X community notes etc?

+ : could guarantee more controled info reliability

- : premium sources can leverage that to promote whatever they want to LLMs, which would be then biased

28.11.2024 22:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Who’s using AI IDEs and who’s still old-school with VSCode, Sublim, Vim etc?

ngl I’m old school atm but gonna try and roast them all

#buildinpublic #indiehacker #solopreneur #saas

28.11.2024 19:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0