Robert Watkin
@robert-watkin.bsky.social
Software Engineer 👨💻 Laravel and Vue JS 🌐 Build in Public 👷♂️
building http://bloglab.app 👈 http://myuserfeedback.com
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building http://bloglab.app 👈 http://myuserfeedback.com
linktr.ee/robert_watkin
Morning everyone 😄
What are you building this weekend?
👇
What are you building this weekend?
👇
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Morning everyone 😄
What are you building this weekend?
👇
What are you building this weekend?
👇
Day 75/∞ of building BlogLab in public 🔥
✅️ Cost tracking and security review
🐛 Bug fixes
📈 37 (+1) people on the waitlist
Launch date for early access + pricing will be announced tomorrow 😁
If you want early access, join the waitlist in my bio
✅️ Cost tracking and security review
🐛 Bug fixes
📈 37 (+1) people on the waitlist
Launch date for early access + pricing will be announced tomorrow 😁
If you want early access, join the waitlist in my bio
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Day 75/∞ of building BlogLab in public 🔥
✅️ Cost tracking and security review
🐛 Bug fixes
📈 37 (+1) people on the waitlist
Launch date for early access + pricing will be announced tomorrow 😁
If you want early access, join the waitlist in my bio
✅️ Cost tracking and security review
🐛 Bug fixes
📈 37 (+1) people on the waitlist
Launch date for early access + pricing will be announced tomorrow 😁
If you want early access, join the waitlist in my bio
As a developer
How much coffee do you drink per day? 🤔
How much coffee do you drink per day? 🤔
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
As a developer
How much coffee do you drink per day? 🤔
How much coffee do you drink per day? 🤔
Day 74/∞ of building BlogLab in public 🔥
✅️ Google Auth
🐛 Bug fixes
📈 36 people on the waitlist
Laravel Nightwatch is already helping me catch bugs and improve BlogLab
✅️ Google Auth
🐛 Bug fixes
📈 36 people on the waitlist
Laravel Nightwatch is already helping me catch bugs and improve BlogLab
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Day 74/∞ of building BlogLab in public 🔥
✅️ Google Auth
🐛 Bug fixes
📈 36 people on the waitlist
Laravel Nightwatch is already helping me catch bugs and improve BlogLab
✅️ Google Auth
🐛 Bug fixes
📈 36 people on the waitlist
Laravel Nightwatch is already helping me catch bugs and improve BlogLab
I'm getting increasingly confident with how BlogLab's development is coming along
Thinking of announcing the launch date and pricing soon 👀
Checkout the waitlist if you haven't done so already
Thinking of announcing the launch date and pricing soon 👀
Checkout the waitlist if you haven't done so already
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I'm getting increasingly confident with how BlogLab's development is coming along
Thinking of announcing the launch date and pricing soon 👀
Checkout the waitlist if you haven't done so already
Thinking of announcing the launch date and pricing soon 👀
Checkout the waitlist if you haven't done so already
Who here is not building a SaaS?
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Who here is not building a SaaS?
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November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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I do the same thing every day
> finish my 9-5
> work on my side project (BlogLab)
> solve issues
> focus on the goal
It may not be super exciting to some
but this process compounds and closes the gap between
where I am now
and
where I want to be
Keep building everyone!
> finish my 9-5
> work on my side project (BlogLab)
> solve issues
> focus on the goal
It may not be super exciting to some
but this process compounds and closes the gap between
where I am now
and
where I want to be
Keep building everyone!
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I do the same thing every day
> finish my 9-5
> work on my side project (BlogLab)
> solve issues
> focus on the goal
It may not be super exciting to some
but this process compounds and closes the gap between
where I am now
and
where I want to be
Keep building everyone!
> finish my 9-5
> work on my side project (BlogLab)
> solve issues
> focus on the goal
It may not be super exciting to some
but this process compounds and closes the gap between
where I am now
and
where I want to be
Keep building everyone!
Day 73/∞ of building BlogLab in public 🔥
✅️ Early access launch emails
✅️ Pricing page
✅️ Payment flow
✅️ User onboarding
📈 36 (+1) people on the waitlist
I've never been so excited for something I've created before
✅️ Early access launch emails
✅️ Pricing page
✅️ Payment flow
✅️ User onboarding
📈 36 (+1) people on the waitlist
I've never been so excited for something I've created before
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Day 73/∞ of building BlogLab in public 🔥
✅️ Early access launch emails
✅️ Pricing page
✅️ Payment flow
✅️ User onboarding
📈 36 (+1) people on the waitlist
I've never been so excited for something I've created before
✅️ Early access launch emails
✅️ Pricing page
✅️ Payment flow
✅️ User onboarding
📈 36 (+1) people on the waitlist
I've never been so excited for something I've created before
Is replit really that good?
I'm sceptical whether it would actually work well
I'm sceptical whether it would actually work well
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Is replit really that good?
I'm sceptical whether it would actually work well
I'm sceptical whether it would actually work well
What is your favourite humanoid bot?
I have to go with Optimus
I have to go with Optimus
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What is your favourite humanoid bot?
I have to go with Optimus
I have to go with Optimus
BlogLab lets you create custom categories for your blog
You can also use AI to generate suggested categories based on your business profile
You can also use AI to generate suggested categories based on your business profile
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
BlogLab lets you create custom categories for your blog
You can also use AI to generate suggested categories based on your business profile
You can also use AI to generate suggested categories based on your business profile
Morning All
What are you working on today 😄
What are you working on today 😄
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Morning All
What are you working on today 😄
What are you working on today 😄
Day 72/∞ of building BlogLab in public 🔥
✅️ Stripe integration almost complete
✅️ Pricing plan coming together
✅️ Launch planning
📈 35 (+1) people on the waitlist 😁
Waitlist in bio 🙏
✅️ Stripe integration almost complete
✅️ Pricing plan coming together
✅️ Launch planning
📈 35 (+1) people on the waitlist 😁
Waitlist in bio 🙏
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Day 72/∞ of building BlogLab in public 🔥
✅️ Stripe integration almost complete
✅️ Pricing plan coming together
✅️ Launch planning
📈 35 (+1) people on the waitlist 😁
Waitlist in bio 🙏
✅️ Stripe integration almost complete
✅️ Pricing plan coming together
✅️ Launch planning
📈 35 (+1) people on the waitlist 😁
Waitlist in bio 🙏
I'm just wanting to check something...
coffee
or
energy drinks
What's your source of fuel when building? 🤔
coffee
or
energy drinks
What's your source of fuel when building? 🤔
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I'm just wanting to check something...
coffee
or
energy drinks
What's your source of fuel when building? 🤔
coffee
or
energy drinks
What's your source of fuel when building? 🤔
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
I'm now on day 72 of building in public
What's stopping you?
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
I'm now on day 72 of building in public
What's stopping you?
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
I'm now on day 72 of building in public
What's stopping you?
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
DONT STOP
I'm now on day 72 of building in public
What's stopping you?
I think it's pretty awesome that I can now generate full blogs within a matter of minutes 🤯
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I think it's pretty awesome that I can now generate full blogs within a matter of minutes 🤯
Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs
Day 71/∞ of building BlogLab in public 🔥
✅️ Autopilot flow working, blogs generate up to 7 days in advance
✅️ Improvements to the blog editor
✅️ Improvements to the calendar page
📈 34 (+1) people on the waitlist 😁
Will be announcing the release date and pricing soon 👀
✅️ Autopilot flow working, blogs generate up to 7 days in advance
✅️ Improvements to the blog editor
✅️ Improvements to the calendar page
📈 34 (+1) people on the waitlist 😁
Will be announcing the release date and pricing soon 👀
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Day 71/∞ of building BlogLab in public 🔥
✅️ Autopilot flow working, blogs generate up to 7 days in advance
✅️ Improvements to the blog editor
✅️ Improvements to the calendar page
📈 34 (+1) people on the waitlist 😁
Will be announcing the release date and pricing soon 👀
✅️ Autopilot flow working, blogs generate up to 7 days in advance
✅️ Improvements to the blog editor
✅️ Improvements to the calendar page
📈 34 (+1) people on the waitlist 😁
Will be announcing the release date and pricing soon 👀
Imagine you wake up to $10k MRR
What is the first thing you do?
What is the first thing you do?
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Imagine you wake up to $10k MRR
What is the first thing you do?
What is the first thing you do?
I improved the BlogLab editor with this custom toolbar
What do you think? Is anything missing?
What do you think? Is anything missing?
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I improved the BlogLab editor with this custom toolbar
What do you think? Is anything missing?
What do you think? Is anything missing?
Striving for success is just swinging the bat more often to increase your chances of getting a home run
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Striving for success is just swinging the bat more often to increase your chances of getting a home run
Day 70/∞ of building BlogLab in public 🔥
✅️ Improved blog categories
✅️ Autopilot work has begun
📈 33 (+2) people on the waitlist 😁
✅️ Improved blog categories
✅️ Autopilot work has begun
📈 33 (+2) people on the waitlist 😁
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Day 70/∞ of building BlogLab in public 🔥
✅️ Improved blog categories
✅️ Autopilot work has begun
📈 33 (+2) people on the waitlist 😁
✅️ Improved blog categories
✅️ Autopilot work has begun
📈 33 (+2) people on the waitlist 😁
The week is almost over
Pretty stressful one
Lost 4-5 hours work because of silly mistakes
Still finishing the week with progress
> image gen now good
> MANY bugs fixed
> first BlogLab published w/ images on MyUserFeedback
There will always be setbacks, best to just accept and keep going 😄
Pretty stressful one
Lost 4-5 hours work because of silly mistakes
Still finishing the week with progress
> image gen now good
> MANY bugs fixed
> first BlogLab published w/ images on MyUserFeedback
There will always be setbacks, best to just accept and keep going 😄
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The week is almost over
Pretty stressful one
Lost 4-5 hours work because of silly mistakes
Still finishing the week with progress
> image gen now good
> MANY bugs fixed
> first BlogLab published w/ images on MyUserFeedback
There will always be setbacks, best to just accept and keep going 😄
Pretty stressful one
Lost 4-5 hours work because of silly mistakes
Still finishing the week with progress
> image gen now good
> MANY bugs fixed
> first BlogLab published w/ images on MyUserFeedback
There will always be setbacks, best to just accept and keep going 😄