Ilya Bezdelev
@ilya.metacast.app
Co-founder at podcast app Metacast.app.
Ex-Google. Ex-AWS. Wharton WG’15.
Podcast host @ Builders Gonna Build.
Ex-Google. Ex-AWS. Wharton WG’15.
Podcast host @ Builders Gonna Build.
Our podcast app Metacast has just crossed $1,000 in total revenue! We're bootstrapped. Revenue, savings and spouse's income is how we pay the bills.
If you're a paying customer, huge thank you! If you haven't tried the app yet, try it now at metacast.app
If you're a paying customer, huge thank you! If you haven't tried the app yet, try it now at metacast.app
February 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Our podcast app Metacast has just crossed $1,000 in total revenue! We're bootstrapped. Revenue, savings and spouse's income is how we pay the bills.
If you're a paying customer, huge thank you! If you haven't tried the app yet, try it now at metacast.app
If you're a paying customer, huge thank you! If you haven't tried the app yet, try it now at metacast.app
We've just made podcast sharing a tad cooler. When you share a podcast on social media, the snippet is short and sweet. We only display what is necessary - the cover, the title and the sexy blur behind the image.
February 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We've just made podcast sharing a tad cooler. When you share a podcast on social media, the snippet is short and sweet. We only display what is necessary - the cover, the title and the sexy blur behind the image.
Every bootstrapped founder should read the email we received today. It made my day. I get goosebumps every time I'm re-reading it. Share this with someone who needs to hear a word of encouragement.
The EOY review post they referenced: metacast.app/blog/company...
The EOY review post they referenced: metacast.app/blog/company...
January 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Every bootstrapped founder should read the email we received today. It made my day. I get goosebumps every time I'm re-reading it. Share this with someone who needs to hear a word of encouragement.
The EOY review post they referenced: metacast.app/blog/company...
The EOY review post they referenced: metacast.app/blog/company...
Nerds will appreciate this
January 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Nerds will appreciate this
ChatGPT Plus is the next best thing after psychedelics.
December 23, 2024 at 9:35 PM
ChatGPT Plus is the next best thing after psychedelics.
I saw a pickup truck by Mercedes (a collab with Nissan) and it got me wondering what would a pickup truck from BMW or Lamborghini look like… see 🧵
December 23, 2024 at 9:32 PM
I saw a pickup truck by Mercedes (a collab with Nissan) and it got me wondering what would a pickup truck from BMW or Lamborghini look like… see 🧵
Falling in Reverse and Ronnie Radke are so good!
Only learned about them last year when they opened for Avenged Sevenfold in Palm Beach. Immediately became a fan when they sang “Voices in my head.”
It’s like Limp Bizkit, but for the 2020s.
open.spotify.com/track/1jVXXu...
Only learned about them last year when they opened for Avenged Sevenfold in Palm Beach. Immediately became a fan when they sang “Voices in my head.”
It’s like Limp Bizkit, but for the 2020s.
open.spotify.com/track/1jVXXu...
December 2, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Falling in Reverse and Ronnie Radke are so good!
Only learned about them last year when they opened for Avenged Sevenfold in Palm Beach. Immediately became a fan when they sang “Voices in my head.”
It’s like Limp Bizkit, but for the 2020s.
open.spotify.com/track/1jVXXu...
Only learned about them last year when they opened for Avenged Sevenfold in Palm Beach. Immediately became a fan when they sang “Voices in my head.”
It’s like Limp Bizkit, but for the 2020s.
open.spotify.com/track/1jVXXu...
Sir David Brailsford, a legendary British cycling coach on “podiums vs. pedals” aka “achievement vs process.”
Source: metacast.app/podcasts/epi...
Source: metacast.app/podcasts/epi...
December 2, 2024 at 5:29 AM
Sir David Brailsford, a legendary British cycling coach on “podiums vs. pedals” aka “achievement vs process.”
Source: metacast.app/podcasts/epi...
Source: metacast.app/podcasts/epi...
How cool is this? X-Ray on Kindle uses the context to display highly relevant information!
It could’ve picked a generic use for the word “imperative” but it picked the use as it relates to programming, because I’m (re)reading The Pragmatic Programmer.
It could’ve picked a generic use for the word “imperative” but it picked the use as it relates to programming, because I’m (re)reading The Pragmatic Programmer.
November 30, 2024 at 9:33 PM
How cool is this? X-Ray on Kindle uses the context to display highly relevant information!
It could’ve picked a generic use for the word “imperative” but it picked the use as it relates to programming, because I’m (re)reading The Pragmatic Programmer.
It could’ve picked a generic use for the word “imperative” but it picked the use as it relates to programming, because I’m (re)reading The Pragmatic Programmer.
TIL: some handy settings for VSCode.
November 29, 2024 at 10:13 AM
TIL: some handy settings for VSCode.
No matter how I try, I can only read this as COBOL 🙈
November 28, 2024 at 6:37 AM
No matter how I try, I can only read this as COBOL 🙈
#buildinpublic 11/27
Today's news - a monster pull request. All in a day's work!
@arnab.metacast.app good luck reviewing! If you have questions, I'm AFK.
Today's news - a monster pull request. All in a day's work!
@arnab.metacast.app good luck reviewing! If you have questions, I'm AFK.
November 27, 2024 at 2:23 PM
#buildinpublic 11/27
Today's news - a monster pull request. All in a day's work!
@arnab.metacast.app good luck reviewing! If you have questions, I'm AFK.
Today's news - a monster pull request. All in a day's work!
@arnab.metacast.app good luck reviewing! If you have questions, I'm AFK.
It seems like a spam technique where the original post mentions a bunch of people (you and me among many others probably), then it gets removed but we’re still receiving “replies”. I’ve seen this in Instagram comments before.
November 26, 2024 at 6:53 PM
It seems like a spam technique where the original post mentions a bunch of people (you and me among many others probably), then it gets removed but we’re still receiving “replies”. I’ve seen this in Instagram comments before.
I’m guilty of pushing for changes like you’ve described too. We even have one of those in Metacast, which I eventually had to create a toggle for because some users (including me eventually!) were confused…
November 26, 2024 at 2:56 PM
I’m guilty of pushing for changes like you’ve described too. We even have one of those in Metacast, which I eventually had to create a toggle for because some users (including me eventually!) were confused…
Oh this one is definitely a big one! In beta now.
November 26, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Oh this one is definitely a big one! In beta now.
#buildinpublic 11/26
I am guilty of assuming features are easy to build if I _feel like_ they're easy to build.
Sometimes I even go so far as to tell @arnab.metacast.app that "Let's do it! It should be easy, right? Right?"
Never again! 🧵
I am guilty of assuming features are easy to build if I _feel like_ they're easy to build.
Sometimes I even go so far as to tell @arnab.metacast.app that "Let's do it! It should be easy, right? Right?"
Never again! 🧵
November 26, 2024 at 2:21 PM
#buildinpublic 11/26
I am guilty of assuming features are easy to build if I _feel like_ they're easy to build.
Sometimes I even go so far as to tell @arnab.metacast.app that "Let's do it! It should be easy, right? Right?"
Never again! 🧵
I am guilty of assuming features are easy to build if I _feel like_ they're easy to build.
Sometimes I even go so far as to tell @arnab.metacast.app that "Let's do it! It should be easy, right? Right?"
Never again! 🧵
I followed Mark Cuban and he immediately followed me back.
November 26, 2024 at 11:08 AM
I followed Mark Cuban and he immediately followed me back.
Steve Jobs famously said that you can't cut your way to growth.
Clearly, he wasn't a programmer.
> 11 files changed, 193 insertions(+), 986 deletions(-)
We've just ripped out an error-prone and expensive workflow from Metacast. The app is now better, faster and cheaper to run!
Clearly, he wasn't a programmer.
> 11 files changed, 193 insertions(+), 986 deletions(-)
We've just ripped out an error-prone and expensive workflow from Metacast. The app is now better, faster and cheaper to run!
November 26, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Steve Jobs famously said that you can't cut your way to growth.
Clearly, he wasn't a programmer.
> 11 files changed, 193 insertions(+), 986 deletions(-)
We've just ripped out an error-prone and expensive workflow from Metacast. The app is now better, faster and cheaper to run!
Clearly, he wasn't a programmer.
> 11 files changed, 193 insertions(+), 986 deletions(-)
We've just ripped out an error-prone and expensive workflow from Metacast. The app is now better, faster and cheaper to run!
This is not a huge amount by any means, but any incoming revenue is a signal that we're doing something people want and are ready to pay for!
On the flip side, this covers 2 months of @vercel.com subscription for our website!
#buildinpublic
On the flip side, this covers 2 months of @vercel.com subscription for our website!
#buildinpublic
November 26, 2024 at 7:46 AM
This is not a huge amount by any means, but any incoming revenue is a signal that we're doing something people want and are ready to pay for!
On the flip side, this covers 2 months of @vercel.com subscription for our website!
#buildinpublic
On the flip side, this covers 2 months of @vercel.com subscription for our website!
#buildinpublic