Matt

day 28 of building in public just crossed €1k gross revenue on Stripe 5 months of building. 575 users, 34 paying (so a 6% conversion which is... not great). MRR at €300 the moment things shifted was when I killed the free plan and added a hard paywall. before that, almost zero conversions but I'm still not sure it's the right call long-term. give a bit for free? nothing until they pay? freemium with limits? curious how others approached this :)

@JustJerry121 hey Jerry, thanks for reaching out, let's connect 🚀

@matt__makes I'm mostly around devtools and coding-agent workflows. Finding customers on Reddit for founders is a neat angle - glad to connect with this crowd.

👋 good morning X! let's start the week in a positive way and #connect with each other: 🚀 Founders 💻 Developers 🛠 Indie hackers 🤖 AI builders 🎨 Designers 📈 Marketers share what you're working on below, let's follow and grow together :)

@terencebuilds that’s also an advantage of building in public!

@matt__makes tunnel vision is so real. sometimes I'll show my app to someone and they'll point out something obvious I've been blind to for weeks. fresh eyes > everything

this weekend I decided to spend a bit of time improving LeadsRover's UI 🎨 no drastic change, just small details that can make the app more pleasant to use: - added a user avatar to make each row different - removed 3 buttons next to each other and placed them in a menu - reduced clutter by removing some information/badges that were not bringing much value the hardest thing when it comes to UX/UI is the tunnel mode. I've been spending hours in the app every day and it becomes difficult to take a step back and see obvious issues :)

@KumujJain agreed, less is more!

@matt__makes Removing clutter often creates more value than adding features

@Sablinchik_ interesting, what’s Sentia about? 👀

Last week, while sitting by the pool on vacation, I came up with an idea: Sentia It came from something I've experienced myself: wondering whether I'm overthinking a message or misunderstanding someone's intentions. So I decided to start building. Let's see where this goes 🚀

🚀 Pit’s Pick of the Week - LeadsRover.io LeadsRover helps users find and organize leads without turning the experience into a bloated all-in-one platform. The best tools don’t always do more. Sometimes they just help you move faster.

@Launchpitapp really appreciate the shoutout, thank you 🙏

onboarding is the most important thing you'll build, and the hardest, because there's no single right version a power user wants the details up front. show them too little and they bounce a first-timer wants one clear path. show them everything and they drown same product, opposite onboarding. most apps pick one and lose the other. how does everyone solve this?

@Nakniki3 @Robyn_Social hey Nakniki, let's connect 👋

Hey founders ! Looking to connect with people building in: 🍽️ SaaS 🚀 Tech 📲 Automation 🧠 AI tools 📱 Product Development 🔥 Web APP 💻 Devs Drop what you're working! ill start -- @Robyn_Social

@Thomas_Tao_1 to be honest I’m now trying the strategy to give them 3 options and let them answer with just a number haha

@matt__makes Yep. The hard part is having something precise to ask when those 3 reply. I've been burned by vague questions. Fast follow-up usually gets the real insight.

"talk to your users" is the most repeated advice to founders what nobody says is that most won't open the email, and the ones who do won't reply it’s fair, they're busy running their own thing the goal isn't getting everyone to answer, it's making the 3 who do answer count

@ogbuildsapps @X some subreddits allow soft promotion, but mainly the core loop for my app is around DMs, they almost don’t get monitored and you convert way better when talking to people 1:1 than when posting public comments :)

@matt__makes @X how do you navigate getting banned from subreddits? a lot of mods are very untrusting to sells

hoping the @X algorithm blesses me with legendary founders / builders to connect with 🙏 i'm working on a new way to track your X account analytics. i want to see the cool stuff you're working on below 👇 if you're a builder into tech, ai or saas, say hi 👋 let's connect 🙏🌱

@ogbuildsapps @X honestly Reddit is a great marketing channel, I'm not here to pitch but if you decide to try it out I'd gladly help you with it :) cheers

@matt__makes @X nice bro glad to have you here! i've not been able to crack reddit yet so this would actually be pretty good for me 🙏

@ogbuildsapps @X glad too! working on leadsrover.io to help other founders with their customers on Reddit :)

@matt__makes @X whats up bro! glad to connect with you 🙏 what are you building rn?

@AlexHormozi that’s why distribution matters so much, especially now that building got way faster

Unfortunate Truth: More businesses die from being unknown than being bad.

@GabLattanzio Purée mais quel populisme

Ici, Cyrielle Châtelain, cheffe des députés écolos, retient de 1h20 d'audition d'Arthur Mensch (Mistral), brièvement perdu sur la traduction de l'anglais billions, qu'il serait à la tête d'un complot visant à exclure le peuple des enjeux technologiques. Vous avez vu l'audition ? Mensch était super. Très politique. Il parlait d'infrastructures, d'intérêt général, de géopolitique. C'était accessible, intéressant, stimulant. Si vous vous demandez s'il est de gauche ou de droite, tout ce qui transparaît c'est qu'il est un mec de gauche normal, qui réfléchit pragmatiquement avec sa connaissance de son secteur. Et Chatelain fait cette petite vidéo dépolitisante en réaction. Elle ne parle pas du fond, elle dit de regarder ailleurs. Ca ne loupe jamais quand on voit ce profil de politiciens. Sorti d'un IEP, n'a jamais bossé ni dans le privé ni dans le public, collaboratrice parlementaire dès la classe de CE2, convaincue de sa science depuis la maternelle. Elle vend une émotion, pas une information ou une pensée. Il y a un grave problème de casting dans les partis politiques. Ceux-là même qui prétendent protéger la démocratie sont les premiers à employer une méthode populiste aussi lamentable que ça. "Vous avez un smartphone, ce qui vous permet de comprendre que Arthur Mensch vous ment". Bravo Cyrielle. Super débat grâce à vous.

@justinhammon_ can’t blame a man for trying ☀️

@matt__makes So bright! lol At least you tried.

the dream: working on my SaaS from the pool the reality: can't see a single pixel on the screen guess I’ll go back to a good old book today!