Johannes Degn
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Johannes Degn
@joidegn.bsky.social
Machine learner, programmer, one-time failed Entrepreneur in the process of succeeding the second time round

Working on subledger.app
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Die durch USA verhängten Einreiseverbote, darunter gegen die Vorsitzenden von #HateAid, sind nicht akzeptabel. Der Digital Services Act stellt sicher, dass alles, was offline illegal ist, auch online illegal ist. 1/2
December 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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#battchat

“Sodium-ion battery technology is no longer a research achievement in laboratories,” Gao Huan, chief technology officer for EV business at CATL

Wild to watch the world move ahead in the energy transition and the clowns in the US talk about bringing back coal.
China’s CATL to mass-produce cheaper, more efficient sodium-ion EV batteries
The new Naxtra-brand batteries would enable an electric vehicle to travel up to 500km on a single charge.
www.scmp.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
So liberating to work on my own startup again full time.

It's been a while and the feeling really can't be compared to anything.
January 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
@postmarkapp.bsky.social is awesome!

Signed up, created webhook, sent myself test-email and received full email body with attachment all within 5 minutes.

Really cool!
January 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ok, time to jump.

Going full-time on subledger.app.

I'll be posting a lot more about the journey here. This is both exciting and scary!
Subledger | Simplifying Accounting for Modern Businesses
Subledger is a high-efficiency accounting ledger built for in-house finance teams that care about automation and performance.
subledger.app
January 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Great quote in the bootstrapped founder's podcast by @arvidkahl.bsky.social

AI is very good at reducing complexity but not good at increasing it.

He explains: It can get e.g. insights out of data but is less good at creating new things.
January 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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The "modern" UI of the bank that powers so many startups... yeesh.
January 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Very interesting conversation on why Marc Andrusko - a16z.com/author/marc-... and Seema Amble - a16z.com/author/seema... believe that AI will transform accounting.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPRJ...
How AI Will Transform Accounting: A $100B Opportunity Explained
YouTube video by a16z
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Bench's shutdown is a lesson for founders to "own your finances".

But this means more than just the accounting process. In addition to merely recording the numbers, founders should be close to them.

Accounting is the language in which a business operates and it's an important part to fully own.
December 30, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Being second or third in a market can be a huge advantage. It allows you to observe how others have done things and to learn from their mistakes.
January 20, 2024 at 1:35 PM
A warning sign that a tech team has not gelled yet is when different bottle necks keep appearing. E.g. APIs not ready so frontend implementation is blocked, backlog not groomed so planning goes badly, user story not well discovered so UI design not ready.
January 19, 2024 at 6:34 AM