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@noahwbragg @artofproductpod @OutOfBetaPod @SoftwareSocPod @aarondfrancis @leenyburger @coreyhainesco @c_spags @buildyoursaas It’s similar to your favorite TV shows: after several seasons it’s time to wind the show down.

The nice thing is, for every bootstrapped show that winds down there are 1-2 new shows that start up!

@kevinmgalang @aarondfrancis I’m glad that episode is leading to honest conversations. 👍

Having this kind of introspection and self-assessment in a relationship is important.

@mbuckbee @rmcastil @ProductHunt 👀

@jrfarr It’s real! https://www.slashgear.com/1282428/watch-google-io-open-with-a-bizarre-ai-generated-song-about-a-duck-with-lips/

@mattwensing Real talk (from my experience): the more close family members you have, the more XP required. 😅

A healthy relationship with my spouse takes a healthy amount of XP. 😉

I also want to dedicate a healthy amount of XP to each of my kids (x4).

My 20 XP is going fast!

@earthlingworks @coreyhainesco Wait, you’re saying SEO is *not* your most important channel right now?

@_x7ryan @aarondfrancis @buildyoursaas Just wait until you hear me say other words 🫠

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgH6RKTS5KY

@5harath Intrigued. I just signed up.

@ReneMorozowich @jcasabona @DescriptApp @TransistorFM I do the same thing!

@EmmettNaughton We use @statamic at @TransistorFM

If you listen on @ApplePodcasts, here’s the link:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/build-your-saas/id1357295850?i=1000612387049

Here’s a video teaser of my chat with @aarondfrancis:

@aarondfrancis @JudoHacker “Maximum podcast exposure era”

@jonrojas @iChris @TransistorFM Even with *really* good AIs, I find I still need to go back in and do a lot of editing.

I think automated editing, show notes, transcriptions, etc.. work fine for folks who wouldn't normally hire an editor.

But an editor brings a much higher level of polish to a show. 👍

@gyurisc @arvidkahl Absolutely. 👍

@robwalling @sherrywalling Congrats you two! 🎉

@aarondfrancis Let’s do it!

@thatbberg Yup! I use and love @usefathom ❤️

@aarondfrancis 🎯 good things happen to people in motion. https://twitter.com/patio11/status/717150804642103298

Terry is a Canadian broadcasting legend! I grew up listening to him on @cbcradio.

Couldn't believe it when he submitted his setup to @MyPodStudio. 🙌 https://twitter.com/TransistorFM/status/1653116643189592064

@Shpigford Looks 🔥

This is a good point too. https://twitter.com/jayclouse/status/1652300495711526912

@Lockedown_ @bluesky @arcalinea The CEO, @arcalinea, is solid.

From techdirt:

"Before she became CEO of Bluesky, Jay Graber wrote the definitive exploration of decentralized social media networks back in 2020, and has laid out the pros and cons of nearly every approach."

https://medium.com/decentralized-web/decentralized-social-networks-e5a7a2603f53

Apparently, Bluesky's waitlist has over one million+ people on it. The team is slowly rolling out invites to 1,000 people per week.

I just updated my piece on this here:
https://justinjackson.ca/bluesky

@mattwensing 🤩 nice!

@petersuhm Really appreciate this Pete.

I think your advice for the entrepreneur is spot on.

And (on the other side) I think governments should make starting a small business less stressful. 👍

@stephenrobles Haha. See "decently priced."

@arvidkahl lol hahaha

Would love to have you join my newsletter:
https://justinjackson.ca/newsletter

I write about bootstrapping, computers, the good life, building calm companies, business ethics, and creating a better society.

@jasonfried @IndieHackers I just ran out!

@CasJam Creating a public "Bootstrappers on Bluesky" list here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tz5ihnzD5t6-o_8SZFn3WFqLS-PVLDYClJnbCcq75Hk/edit?usp=sharing

@petersuhm What an update! Thanks for sharing all that.

I’m a big fan of Reform; lots of potential in that product. 👍

You can read the whole report here:

https://www.ansa.it/documents/1680080409454_ert.pdf

@dr On the flip side, Twitter has (historically) been great at building connections with people, which can be enormously helpful.

Often, it’s “who you know” and “who knows you” and Twitter has been good at facilitating both.

@KeliWestgate Yup!

@jangles @photomatt @tumblr It’s strange to me that you’re not on Mastodon!

In terms of values, it espouses a lot of the same beliefs about open source and federation that WordPress has.

Also, with WP now supporting ActivityPub seems like a no-brainer to be on the platform with the biggest user base?

@shavin47 @TransistorFM @megamaker @meepsapp The open podcast standards community is working on cross-app comments for podcasting:

https://podnews.net/update/cross-app-comments

@mrdanmiller @stacy_siz @TransistorFM @jonbuda @buildyoursaas Generally, our approach has been this:

1. Hire people we know from our online and real-life communities.
2. Hire folks first as part-time contractors.
3. We hire to make our lives better! Folks we enjoy working with, who produce cool ideas, solid work, etc
4. We hire slowly

@smgrieser Yes! Having @lorindaapps take charge of all of this has been 💯

Look at the negative disruption that machines/automation have already caused in the last 3-4 decades.

Wages for regular people have been stagnant for a long time, and a big culprit is automation:

https://www.axios.com/2021/06/17/automation-ai-income-inequality

Another way to think about customer demand:

Imagine people all over the world waking up.

How many of them are planning to buy your type of product today?

How many of them are in motion searching for a solution?

@adityarao310 @TransistorFM Hahaha.

Blow drying is the secret!

Founders/teams, think about:

- what product/customer insights do you have that others don’t?
- how well can you execute compared to your competition?
- what connections, resources, and skills do you have that give you a leg up?
- can you build a brand that stands out?

🎯 https://twitter.com/asmartbear/status/1646511618375942150

After reading @nbashaw’s piece, I thought I would try it out.

https://every.to/divinations/twitter-is-fragmenting

@statamic Had a meal with @jackmcdade at @LaraconUS! 🙌

@BurtDS My more customized sites are on @statamic (really robust CMS)

For simple blogs, I’m using @blogstatic. (It’s good!)

@marcosluis2186 @EspreeDevora 🥰

@venikunche @EspreeDevora 🥰

I discuss this topic in more detail here:

https://justinjackson.ca/margin

Source: @BBCNews from 2014
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30290540

@christophrumpel Nice! 🙌

"We have a perfect storm of corporate irresponsibility, widespread adoption, lack of regulation, and a huge number of unknowns." – @GaryMarcus

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/technology/ai-artificial-intelligence-musk-risks.html

"Advanced AI could represent a profound change in the history of life on Earth, and should be planned for with commensurate care and resources. Unfortunately, this is not happening."

@garymarcus, ⁦⁦@tegmark, and more sign open letter:

(I signed)

https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/

Matt has the perfect metaphor for all of this:

(Except, in this case the biggest straw will likely be ChatGPT itself. It’s an API company that accidentally became an insanely popular consumer app) https://twitter.com/mattwensing/status/1641069041187016705

🎯

https://twitter.com/thatroblennon/status/1641201430244769793

@dfgentile But, is it small startups that are best equipped to fill that void?

Or will that opportunity just go to bigger, established players (Bing, Wolfram, Zapier, Shopify, Expedia, etc)

@dfgentile If consumers are happy to use the ChatGPT UI (and so far, hundreds of millions are, making it the fastest-growing consumer tech ever), where will the opportunities for small startups be?

Any good interface that a small startup develops could easily be incorporated into ChatGPT.

Unlike past technological breakthroughs, it's been surprising to see how fast mature companies like Microsoft have been able to incorporate AI/ChatGPT features within their existing apps.

This reduces the demand for intermediary products, often developed by indie bootstrappers.

For decades, software startups built on the open web were more agile than their (larger) competition. They could move faster, leverage open source, and deploy new versions seamlessly to the web.

@thedannorris I’m often surprised by what resonates.

Often it feels like:

Pieces I spent weeks on 📉
Pieces I wrote in 15 mins 📈

"When you've got thousands of customers, changing prices actually is a really big deal. [Backtracking a pricing change] is gonna be super painful. That's not true when you're new. So I would caveat 'raise your prices,' which I don't think I did in the talk." – @asmartbear

"But once it's really working, once you are deep past product-market fit and things going really well. When you've hit that, I mean you can play with prices still, maybe A/B test a little, but like... Why do you wanna screw this up?" – @asmartbear

@jmckinven @jackmcdade @statamic Love Jack!

@CasJam Some folks are misunderstanding what I'm saying.

I'm not saying "these AIs can't be helpful assistants."

I am saying that founders trying to build "ChatGPT for X" or "X power by ChatGPT" as their main value prop are unlikely to succeed.

@arvidkahl The story with ad-supported, centralized platforms is always the same:

Facebook convinces local businesses to build FB Pages, abandon their email lists, websites, etc.

Then, a couple years later, FB says: "oh, now, to reach your audience, you've gotta pay for boosts."

@robinsongreig Microsoft, Google, Salesforce... they're all incorporating it pretty quick!

@jasonfried @jonbuda Hahahaha.

You’ve always had a knack for naming things.

only coffee 😅 yikes!

(thanks for the reminder)

🎯 https://twitter.com/asmartbear/status/1638276348933287936

@djrosent @gilbert you're both in "peak @AcquiredFM" form here!

My only disappointment was that there was no mention of the 1989 cult classic, "The Wizard."😉

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098663/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_(1989_film)

@DewrCommunity That's Fathom Analytics (@usefathom):

https://usefathom.com/ref/EJPZOB

@CasJam @JordanGal At the very least, more software company founders should be signing up at:

https://ssballiance.org/

@CasJam @JordanGal Sweet! We recorded BYS today too.

I think you should touch on Section 174: https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1636417335006470144

@mattmedeiros @MyPodStudio @stephenrobles Didn't realize you were doing these types of interviews as well!

I'll link to other cool resources/newsletters as well.

You'll be first on the list. 👍

I always loved the interviews that appeared on @thesweetsetup and on http://UsesThis.com.

☝️ @MyPodStudio is inspired by both of those!

https://mypodstudios.com/

"The right skills" is part of the package you'll need to earn more in your career, but there are many other variables:

- the employment market you're in (recession, etc)
- the geographic labor market you're in (EU vs USA)
- the size and type of company you work for

@parrots I’m a customer and a big fan of the app!

Congrats! 🎉

“ChatGPT, can you fix my dishwasher”

@aarondfrancis @RemindMe_OfThis I'm super curious about how much closer we'll be in 10 years.

Historically, we've disrupted the low-hanging fruit of human labor (the plow, the switchboard, manufacturing), but the "human dexterity" forms of labor (carpentry) are largely unchanged, even after hundreds of years.

@dvassallo yup.
https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1586486889061941249

@digitaltrouble Loved it. Played so many hours of that game with my brother.

@robwalling Just clicked "Notify!" Can't wait. 🙌

@Shpigford Good article comparing the two here:

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/how-much-more-money-artists-earn-from-bandcamp-compared-to-spotify-apple-music-youtube/

@christophrumpel @LaraconIN Looks so good.

@mattmedeiros It’s been a long time, but I have recently bought audio off AudioJungle

@harper Yup! It's nice that it's everywhere, syncs to the cloud, and I don't have to worry about the product going under. 😅

"It's best to have a bunch of money in your bank account before you go indie. You also want to have a big balance in your emotional and mental health bank account before you go indie.

You should also get a therapist before you start something as stressful as indie hacking."

@arvidkahl @tylertringas Yesssss! Love this. 🙌

@khemaridh @JHTScherck @loom I switched to @ZipMessage

@BretFisher @TransistorFM Thank you Bret! ❤️

(I would highly encourage more people to drink bourbon with you 😄)

One big advantage of @TransistorFM is that you can host multiple podcasts on the same plan. So you can bring all your podcasts under one roof and end up paying less.

https://transistor.fm/features/host-multiple-podcasts-on-the-same-account/

@petecodes @nathanbarry Jon and I met in 2014 at XOXO.

We told the story on this @buildyoursaas episode:

https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes/finding-a-cofounder-you-want-to-work-with

@dceddia @theKevinShen Looks awesome!

@steveofmcleod At @TransistorFM we now hide your email from the feed so spammers can’t find it:

https://transistor.fm/changelog/hide-email/

@tnorthcutt I’ve used @statamic + their static site generator for this (deployed to Netlify).

https://www.youtube.com/live/aRgOBn0zKMI?feature=share

@jmckinven @jrfarr Exciting! Just subscribed. 👍

@gimenete Yes, I’ve been speaking with them.

There’s a few things about their solution that is not ideal (largely, you have to use their invoicing system).

@KeliWestgate This is how you know when a movement/protest has become a cult.