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I quit my job over a year ago. Been bootstrapped on savings. I picked up a gig last year and only made $30K in 2019. Hoping my efforts pay off.
by michaelaubry 6y ago
I quit my job over a year ago. Been bootstrapped on savings. I picked up a gig last year and only made $30K in 2019.
Hoping my efforts pay off.
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- dceddia 6y agoNice job! It looks like a ton of effort. What's the tech stack for something like this? All homegrown? I've wanted to mess around with screencast editing but programmatic video stuff in general seems daunting.
- michaelaubry 6y agoYes it's daunting. You have to love it to be able to get through the hard times. I am using React.js to build the UI and manage state. Using FFMPEG and a combination of other rendering techniques on the backend. Shout outs to Vercel AWS React team
- dceddia 6y agoAwesome. React is my jam, hit me up if you need anything.
- michaelaubry 6y agoNice. Hit me up on Twitter and lets talk @michaelaubry
- ricahe2559 6y agoFFMPEG is super powerful. Michael, do you take screenshots on a headless browser and stitch them using FFMPEG? At least, that's what I have done for a hobby project.
- michaelaubry 6y agoFFMPEG IS GOAT haha. It took me awhile to understand how the I/O streams worked, and the complex filters worked, but once you get it there is a lot of power in your hand. Yeah I did that initially but then I found a better technique. There are some pieces using that method and it's a fantastic approach until you reach 30 fps over the course of a 10 min video.
- gamerfreakish 6y agoDo you mind sharing what the technique is?
- MathCodeLove 6y agoI'd love to hear more about your backend structure. Would you mind going into a bit more detail on it?
- rememberlenny 6y agoI signed up. This is immediately useful and totally worth the cost. Loving the easy video captioning.
- michaelaubry 6y agoHell yeah!!
- xenospn 6y agoLooks awesome! BTW, the 'About' page has a missing image (I'm assuming it's you).
- michaelaubry 6y agoI think there is an issue on mobile. Should work on desktop. I think the CSS doesnt have a height set or something.
- xenospn 6y agoI'm on desktop.
- factotvm 6y agoI don't see it on desktop, which means I don't get to see Mowgli and I'm pretty disappointed about that. Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_6) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.1.2 Safari/605.1.15
- michaelaubry 6y agoHave no fear Twitter is here. https://twitter.com/michaelaubry/status/1288516866617405441/photo/1 https://twitter.com/michaelaubry/status/1288516866617405441/... This is when he got rice all over his nose haha. Carbs are important for engineering focus.
- thecupisblue 6y agoAmazing work man! This looks and feels great! Dropped it on producthunt, hope you get some boost there!
- michaelaubry 6y agoHoly shit this is awesome. Wow thank you! Can I buy you a coffee or lunch? Hit me up on Twitter @michaelaubry that is very thoughtful of you :)
- thecupisblue 6y agoAll good man, added you as a maker, accept the invite and promote it! It deserves to be seen more! :)
- michaelaubry 6y agoAlso what does dropped it on PH mean?
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- thecupisblue 6y agoIt means your product is hunted, so you can join in as the maker and share it. The more people upvote it, the more visibility it gets on the front page of producthunt. It was a really popular startup launching ground before, now it's just meh, but can still get some nice leads :)
- etewiah 6y agoI think it really sucks when someone suddenly puts your product on producthunt before you're ready. You only get one chance there so please please producthunt hunters, think about reaching out to creators BEFORE you do this....
- statictype 6y agoI’m sure it will. How long did you spend working in this before the first release? (Is this the first release)
- michaelaubry 6y agoThis is certainly the first time I've broadcasted it to a larger audience. Back in April I started cold calling (IG DMs) and got a paying customer. Been working with them closely and I tend to enjoy product more than marketing. Now I am just saying screw it let's ship and if things break oh well. It's not like I am launching a rocket into space.
- tiffanyh 6y agoUnsolicited suggestion. Hit up Courtland at Indie Hackers. He has a podcast and your story would be a perfect fit. Should help drive some traffic your way as well
- michaelaubry 6y agoLove Indie Hackers. I wonder how many guests get featured on there from cold outreach. It would be worth a shot. I enjoy being a guest on podcasts.
- conductr 6y agoCheck out the IH articles/interviews with veed.io , definitely a market for this type of product
- ActsJuvenile 6y agoHow many people do you have on your team?
- michaelaubry 6y agoMowgli and I https://storycreatorapp.com/about https://storycreatorapp.com/about I have a loving girlfriend Rachael and another dog Millie. They're extremely supportive. I am looking to expand the team. Working on getting some angels on the team to put in some capital. So that I can hire people more talented and smarter.
- 29athrowaway 6y agoThis looks very polished. Good work, man.
- michaelaubry 6y agoIngredients Blood, time, sweat, and a lot of tears. Your words mean a lot to me, just to hear this after 10 months of grind is a happy feeling. I am ready to get back to work though. The grind don't stop, just getting started.
- 29athrowaway 6y agoBest of luck, I hope it pays off.
- michaelaubry 6y agoThanks :)
- Copenjin 6y agoI don't even need to make videos but this is so polished I'd like to try it out anyway, great work.
- michaelaubry 6y agohaha thanks for the kind words