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@nikitabier @rrhoover Ditto

(And, I wish it also served Canada)

@calebporzio Who are these crazy people choosing QBO??!??

@robjama Hahaha. Yes.

@garrytan Check out what @JordanGal and his team are building at https://heyrosie.com/

@valsopi Happy birthday!!! 🎉

@stephenrobles Congrats!!! 🎉🍾🎈

RT @DmytroKrasun: @valsopi @pixelsnob Check out this and listen to the full episode (thanks @daniel_nguyenx for sharing):

https://t.co/eNf…

@wbetiago @TransistorFM @podsqueeze_app Yup.

https://developers.transistor.fm/

@ChibiChaddeus Not much has changed. We’ll post an update soon!

@fideloper I’m a fan!

@JohnONolan @andrewculver He’s good company!

Had an amazing dinner last night with @andrewculver and his wife.

Forgot to take a group photo, but I did take a picture of this giant pork shank.

@simeonGriggs 100%

“The young killers in almost every modern industry rely on fluid intelligence. They learn quickly, focus hard on what matters, and devise solutions.”

“The true decline happened…in their forties. From my outsider’s view it looked like a weariness had set in.”

– @arthurbrooks

(If you want to read the draft, DM me)

I sent out a draft of an upcoming blog post about “how our capacity for Fluid Intelligence declines in our 40s.”

Surprised by how many people have responded!

“This hits hard; I’m feeling that slow decline. I don’t have boundless energy anymore. So hard to learn anything new.”

Airport Dad Mode (even when I’m not traveling with kids)

Heartbreaking 💔 https://twitter.com/accuweather/status/1840785006421254431

@DCoulbourne @stauffermatt @ImaniVJones ❤️🙏

RT @DCoulbourne: Share for #asheville folks.

We built a service for folks to share updates on their safety status and look up people by ph…

@htmxlabs @TransistorFM @tailwindcss Thank you 🙏

@nathanallotey @TransistorFM Replied!

@jackmcdade Yessss

@EmmettNaughton @TransistorFM ❤️❤️❤️

@colinloretz @buildandlearn_ ❤️❤️❤️

@petecodes @TransistorFM Added it to your account.

Yes; only for monthly payments.

@lauhakari @TransistorFM ❤️❤️❤️

Today is International Podcast Day!

If you’ve been wanting to start a podcast on @TransistorFM for awhile, DM me!

I’ve got a 40% off for 4 months coupon I can send you today.

@ChanningAllen I’m telling you: I’m terrible and haven’t improved despite beatboxing constantly since I was 12.

@thealexanderio I should probably not start!

There are some things you practice for 10,000 hours and you become world class.

And there are other things you practice for 100,000 hours and your skills stay roughly the same.

Like beatboxing.

@aschmelyun @mpstenson Perfection.

@derrickgrigg Personally, I’m fine with just butter and toast. 👍

@typeoneerror Had to limit it to two choices

@fideloper Hahaha. I’m having breakfast with my wife and this topic came up.

You’ve got toast. Which do you choose

@MattPaulsonSD @wpengine 🎯 100%

@DCoulbourne 🙏🙏🙏

@CasJam 🍿🥤👀

@jesseleite85 If I grow it out... will I start podcasting more? 🤔🙏

This response is too good to have buried in the thread:

https://x.com/aarondfrancis/status/1839673295341277287

how I looked back when I was a real podcaster https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/643172865458573312

@briancoords 😂

@jackmcdade @ianlandsman @JohnONolan @calebporzio @adamwathan Oh yes.

I have opinions. 😄

@aarondfrancis @ericlbarnes Hahahahaha. Nailed it.

Does the Laravel community have youth pastor vibes? Discuss. https://twitter.com/briancoords/status/1839368262490230820

@samhuckaby Nice! 👍

@_lhermann Why do you think that is?

@simonhamp @statamic Did this back in 2019, and I’m a believer!!! https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1173606448829366273

@wking__ @littlealison93 Happy birthday Ali!

I listened to your episode today!

“You’re the jazz hands of software.”

@ninjaparade @ContestKit 🙌 nice!

@lessin Did you write this? Where can I read the whole thing?

@DCoulbourne @TransistorFM 😍

@JohnONolan @hackersincpod @adamwathan I think y'all need to have another chat to talk about this 🔥🔥🔥🔥🚒

https://x.com/JohnONolan/status/1837726305951142280

@ninjaparade YES 🔥🔥🔥

@northsouthaudio @heytjmiller Whaaaat. @jasonlbeggs!!! 🤩

@podcastharry @lkr @thesamparr 🙌

@jmduke Congrats!!! 🎉

@markjaquith Wow! I’m surprised you were able to identify the suspect.

I enjoyed this episode of Moneywise where @podcastharry interviews @lkr.

https://pca.st/episode/bc581047-2010-42e9-a4a5-82849f65ca92?t=647.7663188291989,709.7248481884294

@thesamparr: you should have Harry host again in the future!

@BurtDS Sending you lots of ❤️ and 💪

@samhuckaby @TransistorFM ❤️❤️❤️ thanks for moving to Transistor!

RT @joshcirre: The tech world needs more Five Panel hipster dev hats™

Thanks @TransistorFM / @mijustin. It's glorious. 🤩 https://t.co/kVms…

@joshcirre @TransistorFM 😍😍😍

@wking__ I think it's a good starting point.

(And to be clear, I've launched other SaaS businesses along the way as well)

Generally, I think @robwalling's "stair-step" approach is a good way to gain experience as an entrepreneur and gradually earn your freedom.

The best "buy once" product businesses have so much demand/distribution that you only need to launch them once. They'll reliably bring in new sales every month/year (similar to a SaaS).

One of the earliest bits of advice Ruben gave me was to stop thinking short-term.

You can't run a business on a hamster wheel forever – you'll burn out.

A lot of launch-driven businesses eventually lead to burnout.

https://x.com/earthlingworks/status/1374400226497204233

SaaS/subscription businesses are way harder to build.

A launch-driven business will outperform a recurring revenue business in the short term.

However, a healthy recurring revenue business is more stable in the long term.

In the past, I've sold "launch-driven" products (plugins, buy-once software, courses).

Launch-driven businesses are exhausting. You're on a constant hamster wheel.

Recurring revenue has led to so much more calm. When it works, it provides a stable, dependable cash flow.

@GV1180 @GabrielChuan Agreed

@wking__ @littlealison93 YES

@jesseleite85 @joshcirre @TransistorFM DMing you

@joshcirre @TransistorFM Oh, it’s coming. https://twitter.com/joetannenbaum/status/1837494462269845640

@joetannenbaum @TransistorFM Yessss. Looks great!

@NathanG @Linktree_ @AlexZac Congrats!! 🙌

@aschmelyun @ChrisArter This is the way.

@iamkarmenk I started a little community coworking office that’s about 25 min walk from my house

The Rails / Laravel pipeline problem:
https://justinjackson.ca/summer-project

- Young devs don't learn Laravel/Rails
- They learn React or Next instead
- There's a belief that "all the jobs are in React"

Therefore:

- It's hard to hire experienced Laravel/Rails devs

Saw @FiveAlarmFunk on Saturday.

Fun show!

🤣🤣 I love Business Dad Ian.

@ianlandsman "Millennials will pay $800/month for ConvertKit, but won't pay a lawyer one-time to generate terms of service."

I preordered this when I saw Caleb demo it on stage.

If you use @LaravelLivewire, Flux gives you rocket fuel for making web apps. 🔥 https://twitter.com/calebporzio/status/1838227011564679651

@calebporzio @ashugeo Yes!!! Can’t wait to try this. 🎉🎉🎉

@jeffrey_way It’s me.

@willmarple @laravelphp @rails Thanks. I’m hoping it catches on as well!

@_andypeacock Thank you! 🙏

@joetannenbaum @inxilpro @overngineeredfm Love this idea

@tibo_maker @awilkinson I’m curious about the SEO tool! Have you talked much about that publicly?

@tobias_petry @laravelphp @rails I like it!

@aschmelyun @laravelphp @rails 🙏 thanks.

@calebporzio fuuuck

@johnmkoster Thank you 🙏

14/ P.S. Ferdinand is looking for his first full-time tech job.

I vouch for him:
• Fast learner
• Works independently
• Experienced with Laravel, Node, Django, React, Java

Check out his resume: https://ferdinand737.github.io/profile-page/

(Good bosses only!)

13/ You can read/share this entire thread on my blog:

https://justinjackson.ca/summer-project

12/ I'm also curious to hear what you think about the Laravel/Rails "pipeline problem" and if hiring juniors for projects like this might be a good solution.

11/ Want to be one of our first users?

Sign up here for a 14-day free trial: ​https://app.swagfan.com/register/1​ https://app.swagfan.com/register/1

(It will be $99/year for early access users)

We already have two people signed up, and Ferdinand is stoked!

10/ We plan to launch @swagfanhq publicly in the next few weeks.

I want Ferdinand to experience the entire cycle of conceptualizing, building, and shipping a functional SaaS. It will be invaluable to him as a dev and give him a taste of what it's like to be an indie hacker. 😄

9/ I'm excited about this experiment for a few reasons:

• It solves a real problem we've had at Transistor
• It gave Ferdinand awesome real-world dev experience
• It demonstrates Laravel's strengths for building SaaS apps quickly

8/ Here's how @swagfanhq works:

• Connect your Printful store
• Create a swag giveaway link
• Choose which products you want to offer
• Share the link with fans/customers
• They pick their items, sizes, shipping info
• Printful handles printing and shipping automatically

7/ This is the project I hired Ferdinand to build: @SwagFanhq, a tool to simplify giving away branded swag.

This shows you how good @laravelphp is: he'd never used it before and was able to build most of it in just six weeks! 😮

Here's a demo: https://youtu.be/DmJU5RGyBSo

6/ We've been using ​@printful to create merch and handle shipping and fulfillment.

I wanted an app where I could send people a link, let them choose their swag, select their size, enter their shipping details, and have Printful handle the rest.