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RT @asmartbear: Well, this didn't age well.

I can admit when I'm wrong!

Many did raise prices... just took a little longer.

P.S. WP Engi…

@dvassallo What matters for Gumroad is what % of creators feel the same as you. 😉

Most people who are unhappy don't speak up; they just silently make other plans. (And eventually churn)

This could work out for Gumroad! But you can't tell Month 1; Month 12 should give us a better idea.

@dvassallo Competition will be a main factor.

If folks can get a better deal from a product with similar quality, you might see more leave.

Also: "# of creators" only matters for Gumroad as long as they're selling $$$ that Gumroad can take a % of.

Curious: did avg $ sold/creator change?

@cgimmer Checking back: it still hasn't stabilized.

https://demo.baremetrics.com/stats/mrr

RT @KeliWestgate: Too good not to share! Lol. @mijustin will appreciate this one 😎

RT @GaryMarcus: Most of Twitter: It’s stupid to worry about AI risk. Don’t make me wait until Christmas for GPT-5! Let’s get to AGI before…

@PatFlynn @Zoom Totally. I’ve felt this too.

@jmckinven @TransistorFM Nice! 🤩

RT @vivgui: Hey folks, I'm currently seeking a full-time gig. I'm a frontend dev with 6+ yrs exp in Vue (3 w/ React) & some Laravel. I als…

@valsopi AI development is currently being driven by massive corporations/investors seeking to profit from it.

So far, benefits of innovation and increased productivity have disproportionately accrued to the wealthy, not general members of society.

RT @GaryMarcus: Sure, sure, airplane safety, nuclear safety, accounting standards, fire safety, biosafety. That all makes sense.

But how…

@danshipper If we're trying (as a society) to get better at weighing the POV of experts, it seems like we can learn from the past here:

Scientists + researchers at FB, oil companies, cigarette companies, etc have proven time and time again that they can't be trusted as a source of truth.

@danshipper Can we really trust folks on the payroll of OpenAI, Meta, and Google to make these decisions without bias?

(Feels like we've been here before, where the researchers at Phillip Morris told us smoking was "fine. nothing to worry about.")

@danshipper Who’s someone trustworthy on the other side of that equation I should be listening to?

RT @marckohlbrugge: Someone plz build a Mastadon API that has the exact same end points as the Twitter API.

Would make it super easy for e…

RT @mijustin: By relying on ChatGPT, startups face the same platform risks they've encountered on Twitter and other centralized platforms.…

@danshipper Curious: some of the folks signing that letter are top AI researchers like Dr. Stuart Russell (Berkeley).

If the folks who wrote the textbooks on AI are concerned now, shouldn’t we pay attention?

RT @arvidkahl: "There are founders who are getting tax bills that are 466% higher than they anticipated."

This is happening right now to E…

RT @asmartbear: Programmers kill others’ jobs.

“Y’all learn to code, haha!”

AI kills programmer jobs.

“Aaaaaahh no no slow i…

@Danenania This feels more akin to what we saw happen with search: Google Search surprised the world by capturing the consumer market (even though it was built by geeks).

ChatGPT has done something similar with AI: 100+ million users in a matter of weeks! https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1641196002672775168

@ntkris Hosting is pretty agnostic.

You can build tools for AWS, Digital Ocean, Azure, etc

(Similar to what @laravelforge and @SnapShooterio did)

@dfgentile The main value prop, API, and underlying tech are all controlled by one entity.

This represents a massive platform risk.

We've seen this story before, when indie devs built apps on top of Twitter, FB, etc...

@JamesCridland @TransistorFM @joshuaanderton Thanks!

@andrewculver @MrBeast Whoa!

@AmirBormand @TransistorFM Just on our built-in pages currently.

@raae @TransistorFM @joshuaanderton Thank you 🥰

RT @dannypostmaa: Trying, failing, and iterating is the key to success. Double down on what works and discard what doesn't.

RT @JoelKlettke: So far, consensus seems to be that AI is going to widen the gap between the rich and poor. Nothing scientific here, but in…

@TimeMachineDog 👀

@jwaldeck @arvidkahl Thanks!

@bradsimantel @TransistorFM @joshuaanderton We should tie they up!

I did write about “what happened to meeps” here:

https://justinjackson.ca/2022-review

@thejonotron Haha. We might need to vote on that in Slack!

@r00k I really liked @adamwathan’s idea of “auditioning vs interviewing” a potential employee. 👍

@thatroblennon @TransistorFM @joshuaanderton Thanks! 🙌

@marcelladotco @TransistorFM @joshuaanderton Thanks! Josh has got a great ❤️.

It's going to be so awesome having him on the team.

@JackEllis @TransistorFM @joshuaanderton When the Transistor team assembles...

@erwblo @nocodelife @tillkruss @taylorotwell Nope, in podcasting, "hosting" is one of the main things in the value chain.

If you ask podcasters what they spend their money on (ongoing expenses) it is almost always:

"Remote recording software + hosting"

@ChilliDoor @TransistorFM Hahaha. Nope.

@erwblo @nocodelife @tillkruss @taylorotwell Nope! Jon and I have been full-time on Transistor since 2019.

We have two full-time employees as well.

RT @OCallaghanDavid: This was a really insightful listen

RT @JoelKlettke: Will all this innovation in ai…

RT @arvidkahl: If you're looking for something to listen to, here's what I can offer this week:

I chatted with @mijustin about open standa…

@ianlandsman Dude, you're brushing off the guy who co-wrote the standard textbook on artificial intelligence with a "meh?"

Maybe... give it a minute, and consider what he's saying?

Full video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGU2dxlGmoA

@ianlandsman The folks who have dedicated decades of their lives to AI research, like Dr. Stuart Russell at Berkely, *are* concerned about the threat to humanity.

Before jumping on the hype train, it's probably worth "tapping the brakes" to consider their concerns:

@r00k The wisdom is in knowing when to be demanding, when to be supportive, and how to do all of it in a spirit of kindness. 👍

@bjessbrown Thanks for reading it! 🙏

RT @kimelnick: Listened to the podcast with @mijustin (first time listening to @arvidkahl’s podcast)

Absolutely amazing episode! The messa…

RT @ruchowdh: It’s fun and easy to talk about things you won’t be accountable for - like a technology that you claim is minimum decades awa…

Traditionally, YouTube has been "pretty good" to creators.

But even creators on YouTube should be wary, especially with the move to a "TikTok-like algorithm."

TikTok will show the most viral content of that moment, making it harder for creators to build an audience.

The entire structure of big centralized content platforms is to get free/dirt-cheap content.

Eventually, on those platforms, creators will get taken advantage of.

It's almost guaranteed! Their economic model depends on it.

@richgtech Can you give me an example?

@mattwensing Yup.

@ianlandsman I meant "platform risk" for all the new startups building "ChatGPT for X" apps (those that have "AI" in their headline).

I think existing product businesses that incorporate AI into their features will have more flexibility.

@charlierward Can you expand on that?

Are you just referring to founders/teams using things like GitHub Copilot to code faster, etc?

@mjwhansen Congrats! 🎉

Pushkin is great at releasing these paid podcasts ("enhanced audiobooks") that folks will pay for:

https://www.pushkin.fm/audiobooks/so-many-steves-afternoons-with-steve-martin

(The @PaulSimonMusic series they produced was fantastic. I think these are good revenue earners for them)

@arvidkahl You’ve noticed less engagement here on Twitter?

RT @orishnal: This is it folks. ⁦@mijustin⁩ and ⁦@arvidkahl⁩ capture the magic of bootstrapping and what it means when you know your values…

@arvidkahl Folks should definitely listen until the end.

Around 42:00 we got really fired up about open standards (and how they create opportunities for bootstrapped founders) 🔥

RT @arvidkahl: It's here! Episode 200 of The Bootstrapped Founder has dropped! 🥳🥰

And it's with none other than Justin Jackson :)

I talk…

@Tsukio_scoring @buildyoursaas Haha. I’ve got so many more songs planned!

@EmmettNaughton Yeah! Pretty wild. The weird thing is it kind of "smushes" together Anchor and the existing dashboard for podcasters on Spotify.

🖥️ Listen on the web:
https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes/banking-meltdown-more-taxes-on-small-software-companies-take-me-back-to-the-beach

🌩️ On @overcastfm:
https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes/banking-meltdown-more-taxes-on-small-software-companies-take-me-back-to-the-beach

🍎 On @ApplePodcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/build-your-saas/id1357295850?i=1000605129149

🟢 On @spotifypodcasts:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7DgEClUkOEdaou88kdo2Uf

@PaulElijas 💯

@adamwathan Loving these 🤩

RT @mijustin: Worth the read.

Listening to episode 2 now!

If you’re an indie founder, you’ll enjoy the conversation. 👍 https://twitter.com/arvidkahl/status/1634586120171159555

@themsaid Sending you and your family lots of ❤️.

@brendonbigley @TransistorFM @MyPodStudio @stephenrobles Thanks!

@JamesCridland If first read that as "Apple Podcasts Connect" saves the day, and I was like.... "Say what?!"

@czue @derrickreimer @stripe @teamrevin Revin just announced they’re closing down their Merchant of Record business.

RT @chrislhayes: Ezra touched on this in his column, but it's more than a little weird to me that basically everyone working on AI is like…

RT @DKThomp:

@lovevalgeisler ❤️

@SamTalksTech @profgalloway @karaswisher Uh? What’d I miss?

@ianlandsman @slopesapp I love it too!

ChatGPT:

“Generally, a world-class city is considered to be a leading global center of culture, finance, trade, and innovation. It is a city that attracts people from all over the world due to its quality of life, infrastructure, and opportunities.”

@tylertringas hahaha

RT @boagworld: Every now again I stumble across a link to this page. In many ways this page is the best page on the web because it encapsul…

@mattinglot @CasJam Haha. Amazing!

@ljharb 🤣

@MelanieCrissey Loved that series!

@CasJam Yes, Worms was great as well. 👍

RT @thedannorris: 4. Don't ask people if it's a big problem for them or if they would pay - look at whether they are already paying for a s…

RT @leenyburger: Taking the time to actually write down all of my hypothesis about what our customers actually want (and why) has been illu…

@meetmicah How does that relate to this?

RT @lcmichaelides: Hi, I’m Lindsey. A bit about me:
- Ohio mother of 4
- I employ a team of 15 as a start-up founder & CEO of Strongsuit…

RT @adii: When you search “SVB” on Twitter you get (mostly) good takes from smart, experienced people.

But we are not hearing enough from…

@jayacunzo Tell him what?

@Maribel_QS 😬

@JackEllis I need to go. 👍

@DustinLeblanc @notjustbikes @CityBeautifulYT Yes! Big fan.

@petersuhm I heard from a SVB customer in a slack (couldn’t log in and access funds today)

@markjjeffery @noahwbragg @TransistorFM I appreciate it! 🙌🥰

@scottmathson Yeah and it seems like Google Structured Data could be a big win for you to gain search rank

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/product

@yongfook Love it. 💛🧸

RT @JoannaOstafin: Wow, I haven't thought about it before but there's sth in it – public healthcare can block people from entrepreneurship,…

@JoannaOstafin Thanks! 🙌

RT @zackgilbert: 🚨 Some personal/professional news 🚨
After almost 5 years of full time employment, I’m getting back into the indie hacking…

RT @iamharaldur: Hi again @elonmusk 👋

I hope you are well.

I’m fine too. I’m thankful for your interest in my health.

But since you me…