Most of my time savings come from Strategic No's.

No to prioritizing mono-repo -> Cursor starts supporting multi-repo.

No to prioritizing in-app purchases -> Opus 4.5 designs it better than any model yet.

If something feels premature, listen to that.
Tooling might solve it for you.

Web dev spoiled me.

I checked my iOS session replays after a few weeks and it felt like Night at the Museum.

Users on ANCIENT builds.

iOS updates at its own leisurely pace.

Finally went and canceled a ton of AI subscriptions. Was getting out of hand.

Now I’m down to Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Lovable, Bolt, Perplexity, N8N, Mistral, Copilot, Grok, Tesla FSD, and Spinach.

Ya just can’t beat this lean combo.

Yesterday I ripped up my onboarding to actually feel magical in the first 30 secs.

Old flow: email verify → promises → settings → slog.

New flow: land on Moment input + new Story Sparks - 3 instant story directions the second you save it.

Feels way better already. Curious how people react.

Does your product nail the #30SecondMagicChallenge

Probably not-I just made that up

But creating a magical moment within a new users first 30 seconds-thats the bar to strive for. Im sold

Does my product hit it? Absoluuutely not

Will it by the end of the day? Lets go
#buildinpublic #indiehacker

a single painful user session gave me more truth than months of assumptions.

Your product doesn't need more features.

It needs fewer blindspots - a solid core.

I used to think the only good stories in my life were the ones where wild things happened

But all the tiny moments where we realize something, those make great stories, too

These happen every single day

I love that bc more stories = more connection

The moments that shape us rarely look meaningful as they’re happening.

We often only realize their weight once they’ve passed.

Live and ready to thrive, baby!

Supalific is now on the App Store!

Capture little moments of your life and transform them into stories worth telling.

apps.apple.com/us/app/supal...

1 feedback = 1 rewrite.

Last week I kicked off a product beta.

Intentions going in:
- No expectations on outcomes
- Be hyper-curious
- Don’t overthink a single piece of feedback

#BuildInPublic #IndieHacker #BetaTesting

I remember my first marketing blast.

Pretty well, actually. It was 10 minutes ago. With perhaps the smallest contact list #HubSpot has ever seen.

#buildinpublic #indiehacker #ai #indiedev #startup

How do you start your new products? Here’s how I do it.

Open #notion and dump those thoughts, baby!

With all the swirling thoughts mapped out, core decisions made, and big questions opened and answered (quickly with AI), it's easy to dive in.

#BuildInPublic #IndieMaker #IndieDev

So what have I wanted to build all year?

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I'm travelin w a new friend. His prolific storytelling inspires me so much that I bought Storyworthy by @matthewdicks.bsky.social on the spot

It's a game-changing read that gave me a simple, daily habit:

Capturing my life's moments in a trusty place

Four years of building a #startup. Then suddenly I walked away - burnt out and craving another direction.

I stopped cold turk’🦃 I listened to my gut. I dove into the kitchen sink of self-care.

Now I’m making something I’ve wanted all year. #buildInPublic #IndieDev #IndieHacker

Hey y'all 🤠 Excited to be here and learn from all the genuinely wonderful humans on bsky. Thought this would be a good place to exchange some builder journey notes 🤓 here goes nothin'!