Francesco Di Lorenzo
@frankdilo.com
Building ambitious indie products. Co-founder typefully.com
@birchtree.me really love your Cleanshot update videos, would you be open to do similar videos for Typefully updates?
May 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
@birchtree.me really love your Cleanshot update videos, would you be open to do similar videos for Typefully updates?
Things tip for easy task templates:
Have a templates project and put task templates in there, then just create a shortcut that duplicates that task and puts it in Today.
Have a templates project and put task templates in there, then just create a shortcut that duplicates that task and puts it in Today.
January 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Things tip for easy task templates:
Have a templates project and put task templates in there, then just create a shortcut that duplicates that task and puts it in Today.
Have a templates project and put task templates in there, then just create a shortcut that duplicates that task and puts it in Today.
I wonder if AI tools will increase engineering hires instead of reducing them, at least in the short term!
The increased leverage AI tools provide to individual contributors is so significant that they are much more valuable. Many companies might accelerate hiring because of this.
The increased leverage AI tools provide to individual contributors is so significant that they are much more valuable. Many companies might accelerate hiring because of this.
January 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I wonder if AI tools will increase engineering hires instead of reducing them, at least in the short term!
The increased leverage AI tools provide to individual contributors is so significant that they are much more valuable. Many companies might accelerate hiring because of this.
The increased leverage AI tools provide to individual contributors is so significant that they are much more valuable. Many companies might accelerate hiring because of this.
working on roadmap while ignoring all analytics and user feedback
January 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
working on roadmap while ignoring all analytics and user feedback
I bet you could come up with a graph like this for basically any European country. Where are all these missing entrepreneurs?
January 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I bet you could come up with a graph like this for basically any European country. Where are all these missing entrepreneurs?
Finally done with my 2024 review! At this rate I thought I would be done with it in 2025!
francescodilorenzo.com/2024
francescodilorenzo.com/2024
January 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Finally done with my 2024 review! At this rate I thought I would be done with it in 2025!
francescodilorenzo.com/2024
francescodilorenzo.com/2024
In 2025, I want to read more books and scroll less on social media.
For this reason, I set up a streak to read at least 20 pages per day and uninstalled social media from my phone.
Also experimenting with reparable streaks: if I don't manage to read 20 pages today, I can fix it by reading 40 tmrw.
For this reason, I set up a streak to read at least 20 pages per day and uninstalled social media from my phone.
Also experimenting with reparable streaks: if I don't manage to read 20 pages today, I can fix it by reading 40 tmrw.
January 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In 2025, I want to read more books and scroll less on social media.
For this reason, I set up a streak to read at least 20 pages per day and uninstalled social media from my phone.
Also experimenting with reparable streaks: if I don't manage to read 20 pages today, I can fix it by reading 40 tmrw.
For this reason, I set up a streak to read at least 20 pages per day and uninstalled social media from my phone.
Also experimenting with reparable streaks: if I don't manage to read 20 pages today, I can fix it by reading 40 tmrw.
Reading "Why Nations Fail," which argues that a nation's prosperity is determined by the quality of its economic and political institutions.
I wonder if the same will apply to Mars.
I wonder if the same will apply to Mars.
December 27, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Reading "Why Nations Fail," which argues that a nation's prosperity is determined by the quality of its economic and political institutions.
I wonder if the same will apply to Mars.
I wonder if the same will apply to Mars.
Speed matters, but hard to prioritize for an existing product.
Thought of making Typefully local first many times, but always got pushback from the team because of the time investment it would require.
Thought of making Typefully local first many times, but always got pushback from the team because of the time investment it would require.
GitHub is too slow? 150 million developers do not seem to share this opinion...
December 19, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Speed matters, but hard to prioritize for an existing product.
Thought of making Typefully local first many times, but always got pushback from the team because of the time investment it would require.
Thought of making Typefully local first many times, but always got pushback from the team because of the time investment it would require.
This past month, I tried going back to Chrome and Safari for one week each, and the situation was tragic.
The situation is not good 🧵
The situation is not good 🧵
December 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM
This past month, I tried going back to Chrome and Safari for one week each, and the situation was tragic.
The situation is not good 🧵
The situation is not good 🧵
It was a good year for reading
December 18, 2024 at 12:00 PM
It was a good year for reading
What's one improvement you'd like to see in @typefully.com in 2025?
December 17, 2024 at 2:36 PM
What's one improvement you'd like to see in @typefully.com in 2025?
Notion is so much better than folders in Finder for managing taxes. I don't know why I was doing that to myself before.
Also, SOPs for managing not having to relearn terrible government UX each time.
Also, SOPs for managing not having to relearn terrible government UX each time.
December 13, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Notion is so much better than folders in Finder for managing taxes. I don't know why I was doing that to myself before.
Also, SOPs for managing not having to relearn terrible government UX each time.
Also, SOPs for managing not having to relearn terrible government UX each time.
I don't want to get too political, but wow, an unrealized capital gains tax seems like the worst idea ever.
https://paragraph.xyz/@hagaetc/norway-shrugged
https://paragraph.xyz/@hagaetc/norway-shrugged
Norway Shrugged 🇳🇴🤷
Recently, my story as a Norwegian entrepreneur facing an unrealized gains wealth tax bill many times higher than my net income went viral, amassing over 100 million views on X. A few years ago I publicly called out that this tax is both impossible-to-pay, but no politician would listen. So I made the difficult decision to leave my home country. I don’t know how I was supposed to pay the tax, but I recently found myself plastered on the "Wall of Shame" at the Socialist Left offices.
paragraph.xyz
November 30, 2024 at 6:16 AM
I don't want to get too political, but wow, an unrealized capital gains tax seems like the worst idea ever.
https://paragraph.xyz/@hagaetc/norway-shrugged
https://paragraph.xyz/@hagaetc/norway-shrugged
On the one hand, I do think that social media is very bad for young people's mental health.
On the other hand, social media was instrumental in my journey to find out what I wanted to do in life and to team up with like-minded people to do it from a very young age.
On the other hand, social media was instrumental in my journey to find out what I wanted to do in life and to team up with like-minded people to do it from a very young age.
Australia’s Social Media Ban for Under 16s to Become Law
Australia’s social media ban for children under the age of 16 will become law after passing the Senate, the upper house of Parliament, even as questions linger over how the new restrictions will be im...
www.bloomberg.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:38 AM
On the one hand, I do think that social media is very bad for young people's mental health.
On the other hand, social media was instrumental in my journey to find out what I wanted to do in life and to team up with like-minded people to do it from a very young age.
On the other hand, social media was instrumental in my journey to find out what I wanted to do in life and to team up with like-minded people to do it from a very young age.
Happy Thanksgiving to my US friends 🦃 Such a beautiful concept for a national holiday.
November 28, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to my US friends 🦃 Such a beautiful concept for a national holiday.
Just followed 100+ people from X via the SkyBridge Chrome extension.
→ chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
We also have an article about this on Typefully's blog
→ typefully.com/blog/import-...
→ chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
We also have an article about this on Typefully's blog
→ typefully.com/blog/import-...
November 28, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Just followed 100+ people from X via the SkyBridge Chrome extension.
→ chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
We also have an article about this on Typefully's blog
→ typefully.com/blog/import-...
→ chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
We also have an article about this on Typefully's blog
→ typefully.com/blog/import-...
My action button runs a shortcut that turns on DnD for 30 mins. If I press it again it turns it off.
Why 30m? Usually enough to get a task done without distractions.
Why 30m? Usually enough to get a task done without distractions.
Since we're talking about productivity.
My iPhone action button = Send reminder to self.
When I need to not forget something, I press the button and send an email to myself.
I turned my inbox into a todo list with Spark. Emails (+reminders) are snoozed if unimportant. Something is done 👉 Archive.
My iPhone action button = Send reminder to self.
When I need to not forget something, I press the button and send an email to myself.
I turned my inbox into a todo list with Spark. Emails (+reminders) are snoozed if unimportant. Something is done 👉 Archive.
November 28, 2024 at 6:57 AM
My action button runs a shortcut that turns on DnD for 30 mins. If I press it again it turns it off.
Why 30m? Usually enough to get a task done without distractions.
Why 30m? Usually enough to get a task done without distractions.
It has been a few months since I got back into RSS readers.
Paired with using Bsky daily, I am getting some great early 2010s vibes.
Paired with using Bsky daily, I am getting some great early 2010s vibes.
November 27, 2024 at 2:43 PM
It has been a few months since I got back into RSS readers.
Paired with using Bsky daily, I am getting some great early 2010s vibes.
Paired with using Bsky daily, I am getting some great early 2010s vibes.
The power of chronological timelines.
Traffic from Bluesky's @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is already 2x that of Threads
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
November 27, 2024 at 1:57 PM
The power of chronological timelines.
Cursor indexes large codebases super fast, and it's quite useful when you wonder how an open-source project does something.
Just open the project, wait one minute for indexing, and chat with the codebase.
Just open the project, wait one minute for indexing, and chat with the codebase.
November 26, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Cursor indexes large codebases super fast, and it's quite useful when you wonder how an open-source project does something.
Just open the project, wait one minute for indexing, and chat with the codebase.
Just open the project, wait one minute for indexing, and chat with the codebase.
November 26, 2024 at 6:26 AM
The best thing about small indie teams is that you can lobby them to build the features you want, you just have to make a good enough case for them 🦋
November 22, 2024 at 10:57 AM
The best thing about small indie teams is that you can lobby them to build the features you want, you just have to make a good enough case for them 🦋