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@PaulJMorel Ooh. I dig this.

@tristanbailey nice!

@KingRomstar @tailwindui In some ways, Tailwind components are part of the problems.

Very few people customize them, so many "Tailwind" sites look the same.

https://twitter.com/steveschoger/status/1235975373969637377

@adampatterson @tailwindcss @tailwindui But it's surprising how few people I see doing this in practice...

https://twitter.com/chriscoyier/status/1331302651179495425

@noahwbragg @tailwindcss @tailwindui bingo 🎯

@NoCodeJac @tailwindcss @tailwindui Yup. I've seen that. Looking for web devs/designers who are really good at building Tailwind sites that don't look like the stock components.

@tylertringas It's true! 👍

Listen on @ApplePodcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-end-of-the-american-century-wade-davis/id1517836926?i=1000491581136

@DanielZarick @jonbuda Jon and I recently had a chat about that.

We seem to like being a "lightweight" business.

@_rchase_ I agree.

Although, I’ve found “two co-founders” to be my favorite model of all. 😉

@CADbloke yes

@KennethCassel This looks great!

@adamwathan @jamesm Whoa! Nice! 🙌

@Zteoheb Lol. https://twitter.com/stefanbertin/status/1369040955135954946

@theothercole @Chikodi 👋 do you two know each other?

@harriskenny Lol. It's difficult to know how the dynamics of that stuff work themselves out.

For content creators, you definitely need to have some passion, curiosity, and fulfilment from your topic.

@jameslikesmagic We should take this chat to @TwitterSpaces (audio chat) sometime so we’re not talking past each other. 😄

@jameslikesmagic How can crypto be done sustainably?

(And what does that mean, exactly?)

@jameslikesmagic Do you think disparate, un-targeted actions will be enough?

I’m concerned about our individual propensity to self-rationalize our behavior, actions, positions.

Feels like it needs to be collective action (the same collective action that helped us deal with CFCs and ozone)

@thatsathingYEG Elizabeth’s opening monologue here is brilliant satire.

https://overcast.fm/+LV36I0sIY

@esthercrawford Oh yikes! That really sucks.

@campedersen I don’t think that study shows what you think it does.

Good public policy helped substantially decrease smoking rates (saving millions of lives).

We should be doing the same for the climate.

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/why-smoking-rates-are-at-new-lows/

@holman @chrismessina 💯

@GentScientist @chriswallace @punchlinecopy Yes. Totally. 💯

@rachaelgking Thanks for sharing it! 🙌

@GentScientist @chriswallace @punchlinecopy Yup. Jevons paradox.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

@Shpigford @CorbettBarr Exactly.

So let’s treat this tech as “proposed but paused” until it can prove it can operated sustainably.

You don’t get to test if the seatbelts work once you’re on the Autobahn.

@Shpigford @CorbettBarr If we all sit around & say “I don’t know what I don’t know” then we’ll never get anywhere.

All of this is knowable.

We’re in a climate crisis. Any new tech we bring online needs to be carefully considered.

“More efficient crypto” could still substantially increase consumption

@teroblepuns @MrJalco That’s a false equivalency: https://twitter.com/kshanikya/status/1366418493831188486

@kylecordes @everestpipkin Does an open mind automatically fix this problem?

I’m from Alberta, where they’ve had an open mind about fixing the tar sands forever (and making it more environmentally friendly).

Some things can’t be fixed.

How about they fix the energy consumption problem first?

@mohitmamoria @TransistorFM Thanks! 🙌

@jmckinven @TransistorFM 👏👏👏

@janelleallen Pretty good! Finally got the kids out of the house to do some late night sledding. Wish me luck! 🤞

@janelleallen 🎯

@HCWeiss Really responsive team.

Over the years, they’ve added tons of features requested by the community.

Good for almost every product-type:

- courses
- digital downloads
- bundles
- memberships
- email sequences

@marcsup @hnshah I think who you know (and who knows you) can help substantially.

But skills are equally important: SEO, programming, PR, writing, video, podcasting, CPC, etc...

@johnndege That's the blue, foundational part of the pyramid.

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1367559357689257985

@kevinleeme @patriciamou_ Lol. I said this today!

@JamesCridland @Podnews @benedictevans @matt @HighFiveRPG @terzi_federico 👍

@docksOFFICIAL Lol. Not me!

@evoterra @annecbaird Nicely done! 👏

@jmckinven @indiebitespod Congrats! 🎉

@xakpc Yes. A genuine interest in what you're pursuing is a prerequisite too.

But genuine interest without market demand won't work.

@javavvitch ☀️ good morning!

@DaronSpence @stripe @r00k @derrickreimer @jonbuda We’ve just preconfigured a bunch of prices there: $$399, $1,999, $2,999, which we manually add features to in the web app. 😄

@mariepoulin Lol.

It's both an impossible question, and a necessary question.

Because humans want to know: "Am I on the right path?"

In SaaS, it's a reasonable question: "Does my business have the right fundamentals to achieve the scale that I want?"

Here are some reasonable questions to ask, which never really get addressed by "Long, slow, SaaS ramp of death."

- How long are we talking about? 5 years? 10 years?
- How slow is too slow?
- If scale needed is small, how is ramp affected?
- How do you know when you should quit?

It seems many SaaS founders think the "long, slow, SaaS ramp of death" means:

"When you're starting out, it takes a long time to build MRR to 'default alive' [3-6 years?], but growing slow is just part of the game."

I don't think that belief is helpful (or even broadly true).

@asmartbear Exactly. 🎯

I’m talking to the big cross-section of founders who are looking to get to $100k - $1 million in ARR.

@_rchase_ Yes, and remember Gail’s talk was also “in retrospect.”

For Constant Contact, it felt like a “long slow ramp.”

For you (and many others) it was clearly pretty fast in retrospect!

@dwestendorf Yeah!

But that's definitely not most bootstrapped SaaS.

@robwalling Oops, misread that. It's actually 495 days to hit $100k ARR

@robwalling The point of Gail's talk was: "It takes a long time to get to scale."

But... does it?

If the average bootstrapper is hitting $10k MRR in 221 days, that seems pretty fast?

https://twitter.com/Shpigford/status/997550774438842368

@scottmathson feel free to come and chat about it: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1yoKMABlqMoKQ

@nachogiorgis_ I’d start on http://dev.to

@samuelstancl Again, there is a massive group that *will* pay. https://twitter.com/r00k/status/1364926849843871746

@samuelstancl * many people make bad customers in general 😜

I’m not convinced that devs are over represented here.

@samuelstancl I’ve observed quite a few niches, and I’ve never seen anything as good as the dev market.

- Market size
- Ability to pay
- Easy to reach
- Willingness to pay

The total amount of money being spent in the sector is massive.

Lots of opportunity on both the Prosumer and B2B side.

@autiomaa That’s a slightly different issue.

I think most white collar jobs are like this though, no?

@alphacolin It makes such a huge difference (and it's hard to find!)

@alphacolin You’ve already got “light on both sides!”

https://santacruzarchitect.wordpress.com/2014/12/23/pattern-language-no-159-light-on-two-sides-of-every-room/

@ianlandsman This faux-comedian routine is incredibly embarrassing.

@ugmonk 😍😍😍

@buffalo_road 👀

@abigailotwell Lol. Yes.

@r00k @derrickreimer @jam_systems Lol. Yup.

@Cesc_Vilanova Are you talking about before you had an idea?

@ryanchenkie @reactsecurityio Nice work! 💪

@rishabh @JordanGal @CasJam Descript! https://app.descript.com/r/HkLbabKnG

@boodtama Descript! https://app.descript.com/r/HkLbabKnG

@nbashaw no

@johnlpollard @MrAsquith Any app has the potential to turn the tide, so I'm trying to be cautious. 😅

My hypothesis is that the average user's sessions (and session time) will decrease dramatically after 2-3 months. We'll see if I'm right!

@Stphn_Lacey Give it some time. I'd be curious to see what your usage looks like in 3-5 months. 😉

@dominicstpierre I heard that Barenaked Ladies song that talks about Kraft Dinner!

@SteveSaretsky What are the wider implications of that? (If any?)

@theothercole Yes!

@theartofchristi @adii It’s good!

@freekmurze Thanks for sharing it!

@webby2001 Great read Tom!

@enigmaticsoulrg Yesss!

@iwootten @tailwindcss @vite_js Probably every once in awhile. 👍

@brianclark @webby2001 @chrisbrogan @problogger Nice! Love it.

@ugmonk looks great!

@abigailotwell time to move to Canada! 🏂

@itskyleharris Wow

@HeyHeyESJ Lol. I want to hear this.

@shuggilippo @TwitterSpaces Yes! This. Being able to schedule and then link to Spaces would be awesome.

For example, I could publish a podcast episode with a link to a “listener hangout” scheduled for a few days after the episode goes live. 👍

@akkhosh @wesley83 @TwitterSpaces Whaaaaaaaaaat

@nericrystal 🙌 you’re welcome.

Likewise, @robwalling had a great solo episode of Startups for the Rest of us where he highlights growing niches/industries in 2021:

https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-536-a-few-things-i-learned-in-2020-a-rob-solo-adventure

@peterakkies @TransistorFM Yes! I have a write up here: https://transistor.fm/ideas-promote-podcast

@chasewreeves https://www.notboring.co/p/how-twitter-got-its-groove-back

@podcastharry Seems to be up for me

@peterakkies @TransistorFM Thanks Peter!

Listen on @ApplePodcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indie-hackers-podcast/id1206165808

@JackEllis @coreyhainesco @TransistorFM But.... we do have plans for adding “sponsorships” for Transistor podcasts (which is a much easier egg to crack)

@itskyleharris Is this equivalent to “focus on your own shit?”

https://justinjackson.ca/focus-on-your-own-shit

@backblaze Any updates on this? We haven’t had any communciation yet.