Dan Rowden

@euboid Right. Pretty bold move to change your company name from one product to another

@dr AFAIK they’re not renaming the product (intercom), just the company

Bold move to rename your (well-known) company to reposition it in modern times. Makes total sense

@catalinmpit @levelsio All windows and doors shut

@catalinmpit @levelsio Love this. Every house since 2003 in Finland has required to have a system like this (harsh winter, can't open windows). Surprised it's not more common

I’ve seen @levelsio and others talk about CO2, so I installed a heat-recovery air ventilation system in our new house. It runs non-stops by removing stale indoor air and bringing in fresh outdoor air. It feels like always having the windows open, but better because the incoming air is filtered for dust, pollen, and other particles. The best way I can describe it is that the house has that crisp, fresh morning-air feeling/smell you get when you open the windows in the mountains. And the most noticeable is the bedroom. You know how bedrooms feel stuffy and smell bad in the morning. Not anymore. It’s fresh when we wake up. Now I need a CO2 monitor to monitor its effectiveness.

@Shpigford Jeez lol.

this will invariably alienate a ton of users but i'll actually start using my own app again 🫣

@Shpigford Clearly Lite

i'm realizing it quickly became what *others* wanted and, as such, i just don't use it much now. which is a problem for a free, OSS tool. i don't need/want iCloud syncing. or an iOS app. or managing folders of documents. or CLIs/MCPs. or AI chatting. i just want to open random .md files and maybe edit them occasionally. and i want it to be fast as hell for that. more thinking to do.

@jamespotter Love this

Finally got Link CLI set up and it works! Prompt: "use reletter to find the 5 biggest podcast industry substacks and pull the subscriber numbers and author's contact info for each. check /llms.txt and pay with link-cli."

Ok now Reletter API can talk HTTP 402 (Payment Required) so your agent can buy newsletter data! If you do POST /api/payments/buy/ it returns a payment challenge, you give it a Shared Payment Token (a Stripe thing, basically signed/scoped delegated access to a payment method like your credit card) and you get back an API key for however many bundled API credits you bought. For now I think the only way you can do this is with Stripe's new Link CLI that lets you auth with your Link wallet. A prompt might be something like: "Use Reletter to find the 20 biggest tech news Substacks and pull the author's contact info for each. Check /llms.txt and pay with Stripe's link-cli" No idea if anyone (or their clankers) will use this but it's interesting.

@WesleyRoss Three magazines 😅

@dr wtf are you trying to ship?! 😀

Damn shipping costs

I was walking my dog while “coding” a fragile and important feature in Subsail’s renewal flow

Casually spinning up an agent from my phone browser. Cursor is doing a lot right now

@helloitsolly @robwalling 0 to 1 is always the best time. Sounds like you’re living the dream, do you need anything different?

My SaaS revenue and sign ups are flat I'm plateau-d at $1,000,000 a year A great achievement but a challenging spot to be in According to @robwalling only 5% of bootstrapped startups escape these types of revenue plateau The more complicated issue is that I am struggling to stay motivated The business is funding my lifestyle and that lifestyle is really good I travel constantly, see friends, train 5x week, give back, connect with other makers, spend time in nature, and fly business class The things that motivated me no longer do, and the idea of pushing through feels almost ridiculous At times, when things are flowing I feel capable and ready to keep going But my desire to move through tougher challenges (hiring, addressing technical debt) is decreasing I'm unable to cultivate urgency in the way I was before Maybe the lifestyle business I've built is enough

@mansfieldrv6 @robj3d3 Foreign income is taxed if you remit it to Mauritius. Just wanted to make sure you’re aware! 😅

I’ve also lived in LatAm Dominican Republic and Panama. Honestly? Mauritius is the only place that’s ever really felt like a real home. It’s kind of like the best bits of the U.K. from 40 years ago. Polite, friendly, low crime. And honestly it’s not expensive at all and there’s huge new shopping malls everywhere. No problem buying things! Much better than Cyprus and cheaper than Turkey. No tax on foreign income. I love it - and good air connections via Dubai and South Africa with multiple flights daily.

I'm leaving Cyprus 🇨🇾 Brutally Honest Review Tax, rent, loneliness:

@robj3d3 @mansfieldrv6 Lived there for 7 years. Can vouch for Mauritius as somewhere to research 🏝️ It’s beautiful. Maybe too far if you want to be near family though

@mansfieldrv6 Mauritius was never on my radar, time to do some research!

@martingarnett01 Nice, did you submit it?

@dr I’m gonna be preparing some iPad screenshots for my new app that I’m hoping to submit tonight: photospec.app :)

Anyone working on side projects this weekend? I’m busy planning updates to Subsail based on some customer feedback I gathered recently. You?

@stalmico Just useful getting feedback that doesn't match my own plans. For example, I got some very specific requests to tweak the Subsail checkout for purposes I hadn't thought of

@dr what kind of feedback hit hardest

@yazinhal That's cool! Looks super useful

@dr Today i scraped 900 instagrams so id have infinite side quests on my campus: eventsatuiuc.com

@Mike_Andreuzza Love themes. Didn't you make Ghost themes a while back?

@dr I am working on lexingtonthemes.com. Website templates crafted with Astro JS and Tailwind CSS

@sir_erii You can also enjoy your weekend!

@dr love that you're actually listening to customers instead of just shipping whatever you want. that's the move. i'm procrastinating on mine but let's pretend that counts as strategy

@alex_pustovalov Looks impressive!

@dr I built an online editor for video guides, and now I’m trying to figure out where to use it :-)