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by longnguyen 4y ago
I'm continue to grow my small SaaS. Hopefully to reach ramen profitability this year. I also have a few other startup ideas to pursue, hopefully one of them can turn into a profitable business :D
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by longnguyen 4y ago
Ah ha. Because of the prefix `K`? :D
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by longnguyen 4y ago
Yeah. My fear was irrational like people discussed in my Show HN. I did get eye strain and felt dizzy though.
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by longnguyen 4y ago
I built KTool ( https://ktool.io ) — it allows you to forward web articles, newsletters and RSS feeds to your Kindle. --- I did a Show HN 4 months ago[1]. The reason I started KTool was to spend less time on computer screens, and
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by longnguyen 4y ago
I see what you did there haha. My most favorite routine now is to subscribe to Hacker News RSS[0] and read top posts on my Kindle. Best of both worlds to me since HN could be quite addictive and unproductive sometimes [0]: https:/&#x2
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by longnguyen 4y ago
Not exactly “reinventing” bookmarks. But I’ve been working on a micro SaaS[0] to send interesting articles, newsletters and RSS to Kindle. And it kinda “forces” me to actually read those articles, and not just send them into oblivion. If yo
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by longnguyen 4y ago
Hard to say. It's definitely more expensive to send emails, yes. But the upside is well worth it IMO. For example, some services allow you to send content at a specific time based on audience's timezone. This increases open rate.
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by longnguyen 4y ago
Nice. I didn't know. I thought my discovery was cool xD
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by longnguyen 4y ago
You may find this service useful (not an affiliate, just found it recently) https://kill-the-newsletter.com
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by longnguyen 4y ago
Not the best UX for readers IMO. That defeats the purpose of a RSS "reader".
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by longnguyen 4y ago
Segmentation. You can send offer to a segment of your audience. I don't think you can do that with RSS unless you have a sophisticated setup where each reader has a slightly different feed url.
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by longnguyen 4y ago
I think the reason RSS is not appealing to content creators is because authors don't "own" the email list. And it's quite difficult to have paid content delivered via RSS (still pretty much open/sharable) But from r
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Web Development 2002 vs. 2022(twitter.com)
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by longnguyen 4y ago
I gave it a try and it says exactly what I wanted to say. Great works! * I always wanted to opt out of Triplebyte but they never let me go[0] 0: https://twitter.com/daniel_nguyenx/status/160292507280489267...
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by longnguyen 4y ago
In previous startup, we develop a virtual deal room where each prospect has their own private deal page. We use Page Visibility API to gauge how focus/interest the prospect is about a particular deal package.
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by longnguyen 4y ago
I'm doing a 50% off (first year) for my SaaS KTool, https://ktool.io It allows you to send multiple types of content to your Kindle: Reddit posts, Hacker News discussions, Twitter threads & newsletters. It supports mult
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by longnguyen 4y ago
Not sure. I built this app[0] in 3 days[1], and it was basically a copy 1:1 from an old project. It was on an old version of React Native and many dependencies were the same. I ran into no issues at all. Maybe it's because of your comp
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by longnguyen 4y ago
It’s amazing to see you’re building and growing Ubidrop, Alex. I spent a few months using Android and then went back to iPhone because it’s so hard to get Android OS working with MacOS. So many incompatible or non-smooth integrations betwee
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Can I read news on Kindle?(ktool.io)
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Ask HN: I wanted to delete my OpenAI account but couldn’t. What can I do?
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by longnguyen 4y ago
I'm not a US citizen, but is this legal? I tried to click all the options there, no lucks. They're still sending the same email over and over again. And there is no way to unsubscribe. I even asked their supports to do that, they
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TripleByte continues to email you despite asked to unsubscribe(twitter.com)
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As a founder, you probably should not customize your computer a lot(twitter.com)
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by longnguyen 4y ago
It was exactly me a couple of years ago. KTool has the free-forever plan that you could send a few articles per month. I believe this fits you perfectly. TBF, nobody wants to pay 4 bucks a month for 3-4 articles. But once you developed the
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by longnguyen 4y ago
I thought the UI was pretty obvious but here is how you can use it[0] 1. You enter a Hacker News story URL (such as this one) 2. Click on Preview. You should see the content rendered on the Kindle mockup Now you can send it to your Kindle (
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by longnguyen 4y ago
A lot of self-doubt haha. I got a decent savings so I don't have much financial pressure yet. Also the Twitter indie hacker community is super supportive. That helps a lot.
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by longnguyen 4y ago
Sorry for the confusion and I'm glad you figured it out. The payment was handled securely by Paddle.com and you can always manage/cancel yours using the link from their email. If you don't mind, please let me know why you sub
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by longnguyen 4y ago
That's interesting. I will add that feature next. Meanwhile, you can sign up for an account and send articles using the main product (the browser extension).
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by longnguyen 4y ago
Thank you for your work! Yeah I haven't run into the 2FA issue yet, but probably will. Is there any docs about this 2FA issue I can read (other than the short doc on amazon.com)? Thanks,
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by longnguyen 4y ago
Wow that's a GREAT feedback. Thank you a lot. Please find my answers below: 1) You are right. I build KTool with privacy in mind and I've thought about this. There is always the option to set it up manually[0][1] but probably it w

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