michaelaubry

9 ms·

1. 61.▲
   by michaelaubry 6y ago

   I love it. How has it changed? I am not on here often. I am glad I could bring that back :)
2. 62.▲
   by michaelaubry 6y ago

   Great points. I believe so. I don't think it's a zero sum game and competition is great. I have a vision for this product and my main goal is to overload the user with value and an amazing product. I want to have a marketplace and
3. 63.▲
   by michaelaubry 6y ago

   Awesome. Ill put this in the backlog. Maybe letting the user know they can only have one audio at a time and asking if they want to swap.
4. 64.▲
   by michaelaubry 6y ago

   Fair point. There is definitely a wide audience on desktop. According to my analytics. Most of the traffic came from desktop. At best it got to 50/50. That said. I am focused on nailing this on mobile as well, once I get some resources
5. 65.▲
   by michaelaubry 6y ago

   Ah man. Thanks for checking out the videos haha. Trying to educate folks and explaining things always helps you deepen your knowledge on a thing. So a major win-win. I think it's also been helping my SEO. What about the end stood out?
6. 66.▲
   by michaelaubry 6y ago

   Using Vercel.com It's all serverless. Could be assets taking a second or internet connection. Lightspeed in incognito is saying first contentful paint was 0.5 s. Could be extensions or just a rare exception. If you could provide some m
7. 67.▲
   by michaelaubry 6y ago

   Exactly it's all relative. It's bound to value, users are looking to get an ROI but if they have insane budgets etc then it's really just relative to the audience and the perceived value.
8. 68.▲
   by michaelaubry 6y ago

   I think pricing works in mysterious ways. There are a lot of variables. - what is the market willing to pay - does this solve the core problem - how much is this problem worth (hint time is the most valuable thing in the world) I don't
9. 69.▲
   by michaelaubry 6y ago

   HAHA no one has asked me this. I have this built out and hooked up to S3 I disabled it as I thought users wouldnt want it. In the early days. I would use the webcam, record me talking. Then caption it on the spot, add some letterbox text an
10. 70.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Thanks that means a lot. I've always felt like an underdog, I feel like there is bias at YC and I am ok with that. It keeps me hungry.
11. 71.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Great point. I do an auto save every 3 seconds, but yes if you go back before then it's game over haha. I will check to see if it's possible to disable that I remember this being a hard thing to do on another project I was working
12. 72.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Fair enough
13. 73.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Scratch that haha /webm is supported. Double check the file mimetype. Ill look in the logs :)
14. 74.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Ahh thanks for bringing that to my attention. I have a strict check on these formats. If its not in the array it shall not pass. const supportedVideos = [ "video/ogg", "video/mp4", "video/webm&q
15. 75.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Got it. This is something to consider. It is possible to use blobs and write to localStorage. I'll take offline mode into serious consideration when I get some cashflow and a team.
16. 76.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Yeah thats the goal. Let me know if you know anyone who can find value. Always happy to have a conversation.
17. 77.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    HAHA I love it. Thanks for clarifying
18. 78.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Hell yeah. Lets gooo
19. 79.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Let me know if I can help. Hit me up on Twitter or send me an email. Ill work with you and get you set up :)
20. 80.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Yeah for sure. One issue I personally face is trimming YouTube videos into bite sized content. If you look at the video used here https://storycreatorapp.com/cases/entrepreneurs I actually had to manually download the
21. 81.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Combination of things. It's like a cake haha. React.js FE Node.js BE Vercel FTW
22. 82.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Flood the internet with Gary Vee - as if it weren't already.
23. 83.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Thank you!
24. 84.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Nice. I have plans to make it even easier. I think for some users an interactive setup would be useful.
25. 85.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    This is a really great point. First you are right, pricing will go up. As I add more assets (animated text 100+, templates 100+, progress bars and other elements 100+) I will raise the price. Early adopters will be grandfathered in for life
26. 86.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Yes 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 AW
27. 87.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Hell yeah!!
28. 88.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Thanks for catching that. Hot keys have been a pain. I also found an issue with copy pasting inside text boxes. I promised myself and my startup friends I wouldn't touch code until I handled doing marketing and sales. It's on the
29. 89.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    I love it. It's funny because I think I spent way too much time on this relative to the advice I was getting. If I didn't have great people in my life then I would be stuck on a never ending feature rabbit hole. When I start my ne
30. 90.▲
    by michaelaubry 6y ago

    Hell yes. You're a smart man.