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by scubakid 1y ago
ha I listened on Audible too. great audiobook for a walk after dinner. Charlie's advice really holds up. which part have you gotten the most out of so far? also, congrats!
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by scubakid 1y ago
I think managing any community is time consuming, but I like that discord feels real-time and efficient, with fun emojis, easy media sharing, and a mix of text channels and forum channels. For the first few years, I was up at all hours answ
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by scubakid 1y ago
Thanks! Seeing indie hackers building in public transparently about the ups and downs like pieter levels, danny postma, jon yongfook, etc, really inspired me early on. So I decided to try to emulate that. (Well, partly: idk how some of thos
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by scubakid 1y ago
Account linking for automated balance updates is our most upvoted and most controversial feature request. I agree it would be really nice if it worked well, but my understanding from other founders is that aggregator reliability still leave
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by scubakid 1y ago
I hope the roller coaster takes you to a similar destination in the end :) What's your journey been like so far?
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by scubakid 1y ago
check out Lunch Money: https://lunchmoney.app/ - they've grown from a solopreneur story to now a small team
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by scubakid 1y ago
thanks, that means a lot. wishing you the best on your journey too!
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by scubakid 1y ago
One thing I'd do differently is quit my day job earlier. It shouldn't have taken 2.5 years to work up the courage to do that. Partly I was scared of putting my own projections at risk. But eventually I realized I'd have way m
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by scubakid 1y ago
Thanks. For a while there, it wasn't clear to me which side of the line I was walking. Something that stuck with me from Poor Charlie’s Almanack is that low expectations are a cornerstone of a happy life. I built this for myself first,
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by scubakid 1y ago
Caring is kind of a superpower. And not just in terms of signal, but also the quality of work. I don't think this would have gone anywhere if I hadn't cared deeply about solving the problem in an elegant way. Earlier in my career,
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by scubakid 1y ago
Profit margin started out around 90% in the early years, but is looking more like 65% this year now that we're making a concerted effort to reinvest into growth, building a team, etc.
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by scubakid 1y ago
I think it can vary from person to person depending on your goals. For me, an important signal was that complete strangers were willing to pay. That first Show HN post made all the difference. Without that, this could have ended up in my si
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$1M ARR with zero funding: my bootstrapping story(projectionlab.com)
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by scubakid 1y ago
I think the main concern is over IUU fishing, and China's fleet has been linked to that.
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China Dominates 44% of Visible Fishing Activity Worldwide(oceana.org)
144 points by scubakid 1y ago|100 comments
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AI Knows Us Too Well(nautil.us)
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by scubakid 1y ago
This brings me back to hacking quirky GameMaker games together after school as a kid, just for the joy and creativity of it. I miss how the internet used to feel back then. Thanks for the reminder :)
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by scubakid 2y ago
Always a good idea to test full onboarding + purchase flow before posting.
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by scubakid 2y ago
Happy to hear it! Crazy to realize I've spent nearly half a decade now thinking every day about how to improve the UX for this. A few areas I really want to improve still, but it has come a long way.
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by scubakid 2y ago
Once you have a solid MVP, you could try a Show HN. Like I alluded to above, that original post made a big impact on my journey.
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by scubakid 2y ago
> I really needed to see the details and breakdown for my own sake. I can relate! Making it possible to drill into each simulated year in detail was one of my design goals, and so many times during development/debugging I ended up n
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by scubakid 2y ago
I built a basic licensing system. But in the future I want to make that more robust, and then open the aperture wider so folks don't have to be on the one-time-payment plan. I think it's tough to prevent 100% of piracy, but hopefu
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by scubakid 2y ago
Glad to hear it! If you see places where you feel there should be more educational scaffolding, just let me know.
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by scubakid 2y ago
Hey thanks! It's come a long way, but there is still a ton of additional functionality I'm excited to build. Re: moving/retiring to a different country, would it potentially help to create a milestone to model this and add Ta
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by scubakid 2y ago
This is neat! Do I recognize Chart.js? :) There are a few customizable tables you can view in PL too (e.g. Chart Options > Table View), but I like the way you show deltas in table cells. That's a nice touch. Any particular reason yo
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Show HN: I spent 4 years bootstrapping a financial planning tool to 30k MAUs(projectionlab.com)
65 points by scubakid 2y ago|18 comments
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Warming oceans are changing marine habitats(theconversation.com)
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Get SoC 2 certified as an indie hacker(news.tonydinh.com)
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by scubakid 2y ago
Based on my observation, out of 10 "build in public" posts, probably 5 or 6 are sharing revenue Based on my observation, all the social platforms are now circling the drain of optimizing for engagement, and posts about $$$ get 1
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Candela's hydrofoil electric speedboats set new record with international voyage(electrek.co)
20 points by scubakid 2y ago|4 comments

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