robotys

being an otaku in 2006 must’ve felt ecstatic considering the amount of legendary anime getting released that year 😭

The biggest turning point in my indie journey (and probably my life) was when I realized that I had to actively look for customers instead of waiting for them to come to my “amazing” product. I was building DevUtils back in 2020 and didn't really have a way to show it to more people. I was just waiting to get lucky and somehow the app will go viral. That didn't work. You have to actively reach out to people to sell your product, in one way or another. For me, I found a channel that worked well: building an audience on X in 2021-2025, but other people have found ways that work well for them: email marketing, SEO, cold outreach, paid ads, etc Build a product, ship it, then find customers. Give it a serious attempt. If the product doesn't work, move on and try new things! Don't just wait to get lucky, build your own luck.

High-agency people seem to have insane luck. They don't. They just tried 47 things while everyone else tried two and gave up. The conviction that reality is negotiable is generative, it makes you creative. Because if you believe there's always another angle, you start looking for angles other people don't see.