Lukas

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Lukas

Lukas

@lukcombinator

IT consultant, working on @triathlify smart training app, learning and building SaaS apps

🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 1k SaaS Beigetreten Eylül 2021
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@AntonioEscudero $2.8k in a single day when your monthly was $4.3k, that's not linear growth, that's something clicking. Backlink tools have real staying power too once people see results. What changed that unlocked the spike?
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@maubaron @ErnestoSOFTWARE $25k/mo from a niche productivity app in under a year is the kind of story that makes you rethink "TAM." 14k reviews is wild social proof too. What was the inflection point, was it one viral moment or compounding organic growth?
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Mau Baron@maubaron·
Prayer Lock is close to its 1 year anniversary in less than a year it: - became the #1 Christian productivity app - got 10s of million's of views on social media - got 14k reviews on the US app store - grew to $25k/month - @ErnestoSOFTWARE became my friend, investor and cofounder The first few months were pure chaos i had no budget i didn’t know marketing i was making videos myself I initially spent $0 on creators and $0 on ads. that alone got the app to $3k/month then i just reinvested everything i keep seeing people say the only reason we’re scaling now is because we invest a lot. sure that helps but stop using that as your excuse i did not start with money all you need is conviction and a $99 apple account
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@simonecanciello Stamps for trips is one of those ideas that sounds simple but has insane retention potential, people collect these obsessively. Smart to build with rork max to move fast while the idea's hot. Are you thinking App Store launch or testing with a smaller group first?
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Simone Canc@simonecanciello·
i thought this app idea was INSANE and it went viral. so i’m doing this: add stamps to turn trips into memories. i’m building it with rork max. now working on a mascot. what do you think?
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@katarinaore 6 paying users on a first-ever iOS app is great start most people never get past the "I should build an app" phase. Curious: what surprised you most about the gap between "app works" and "someone actually pays for this"?
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
Claude for coding, hands down. I've shipped entire features just by describing what I want. It gets the "why" behind code, not just the syntax. For everything else, writing, brainstorming, research, it's still Claude. The context window is unmatched when you're working on real projects.
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Inosuke@Inosukeei_coder·
be honest. which AI is the best right now?
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@TTrimoreau Claude Code has genuinely changed how I ship, it understands context across files in a way that still feels magic. I use open ai api in my apps - cheap and reliable api, and great for images or icons gpt-1.5 image. So depends on the use case
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Thomas Trimoreau@TTrimoreau·
OpenAI vs Anthropic Who’s actually ahead right now?
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
Day 2 of building in public - yesterday I changed the main page, and rewritten my subscription page, and already had two more subscriptions since that. I had a lot of movement - my website is ranked no 1 in google for triathlon events where I live, and I just wanted to use the traffic for my own app benefits.
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@AbhiCodes15 Claude Code for anything new I'm building, the AI context is just too good to go back. And I use Antigravity or Cursor if I need to deep dive in the code.
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Abhi@AbhiCodes15·
As a developer , which is your default code editor ?
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@paoloanzn Makes total sense from Anthropic's side, they need to distinguish official client traffic from modified forks for safety/abuse reasons. The interesting question is whether this becomes standard across all AI coding tools. Cursor, Windsurf etc might follow.
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4nzn@paoloanzn·
CAREFUL: anthropic built a signature system into claude code. every API request gets signed with a cch= hash thats computed in compiled zig code if you recompile the client yourself it just sends zeros instead. they can instantly tell its not legit right now you literally can't use your anthropic sub on ANY third party tool. only official claude code or pay for api credits separately currently decompiling the official binary to reverse this - would be huge for all third party clients like opencode, openclaw etc to fully bypass anthropic enforcement and actually use the tokens you're already paying for
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@thesayannayak I understand all JS / TS code, however latest 2 apps Claude written in pure Swift - I think I can understand circa 50% of it but I learn a bit of Swift to understand all.
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Sayan@thesayannayak·
Be honest. How much of your code do you actually understand?
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@alidougru For brainstorming angles and catching typos, yes. For the actual writing, no. The posts that get real engagement are the ones where you share something you actually lived through.
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Ali@alidougru·
Be honest: Do you use AI for your posts?
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James Ebringer@JamesEbringer·
@lukcombinator Yeah the $1M valuation will be easy since the valuation is approximately 4X ARR, so 48X MRR
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@Adidotdev I think codex / antigravity and claude are all agent-centric - you work with them without seeing the code - which is first scary and then a bit fun - so from your list Claude Code is my fav
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Adit_Yah🍁@Adidotdev·
Honestly, which AI is truly the most powerful right now?
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
I will start building in public this is DAY 1- I think I need this wider commitment, the goal is to make a living out of my apps and projects. I have two apps running (both triathlon related - I made around 1kUSD since October - but very low MRR - majority one time payments). I have 2 mobile apps in testing and one in the App Store review (patiently waiting). I have one more SaaS application I'm using to post to social media (working but need some testing before releasing) but will share mid April - just need Facebook / Instagram app approval first. And I have a backlog of ideas.
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@JorgeCastilloPr That's interesting, we just need bots with credits card and it will be all good
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@md_kasif_uddin Notepad++ → Sublime → VS Code → Cursor->Codex/Antigravity->Claude Code.
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Kasif@md_kasif_uddin·
Be honest, Which one was your first code editor?
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@Layton_Gott Build multiple to find signal, then go all in on the winners. That's my approach. I spent too much time on one app. What is tricky now, to focus on 2-3 apps - as it is very tempting to ask Claude to create new app every hour 😀
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Layton Gott@Layton_Gott·
Build one product and go all in? Or Build multiple products and see what sticks? Which is more likely to make you money?
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@andi_losing 19 days in and already sharing real numbers, that's the way. What's been your biggest surprise so far? You just motived me to do the same with my new apps :)
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Andi@andi_losing·
here are my stats 19 days after launching my app hopefully one day this will just be my daily stats
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Lukas@lukcombinator·
@TechByTaraa I found regery quite cheap and a lot of good extensions, I got few domains from them recently
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tara_@TechByTaraa·
If you had just $10, where are you buying a domain?
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