MatthiasVira

I designed Twineo's experience around one idea: presence. Not an app you open when you remember to post. A twin that shows up every day without you. It researches trending topics in your niche daily. Spots the viral posts worth engaging with. Suggests replies that sound like you. Your voice. Active. Even when you're heads down building. And its free gettwineo.com

I'm stuck on X because the algorithm punishes silence before it punishes bad distribution. You can diversify channels all you want, but if you're not building an audience anywhere, you're just spreading yourself thinner The real move isn't "be everywhere." It's pick one platform, own it, then use that credibility to move people to wherever they actually convert. I built Twineo because founders were abandoning X thinking the problem was the platform. It wasn't. It was consistency x.com/alexcooldev/st…

Most SaaS founders think they have a product problem when they actually have a positioning problem. They build features nobody asked for because they never figured out who they're building for Your tech stack doesn't matter if you can't explain why someone should care. Clarity beats complexity every time

These velocity numbers only work when you're selling to developers who can self-serve and the product delivers immediate value Cursor and Devin both nailed distribution to the exact audience that adopts fastest. Try replicating that curve selling to enterprise and you hit a wall at $10M

Devin's numbers just came out. And they're wild. $1 million in ARR in September 2024. $445 million run rate today. Usage doubling every eight weeks. Cursor held the all-time SaaS record at $1M to $100M in 12 months. Devin crossed that line in roughly 10. Cursor reached $100M through 360,000 individual developers at $276 ACV. Devin reached it through the US Army, Goldman Sachs, Mercedes-Benz, Citi, Dell, Cisco, and Palantir. The United States military pays production rates for an autonomous coding agent. Cognition is now raising at $25 billion. That's 56x run rate. Cursor cleared $9.9B at a similar multiple last May, and the multiple held because the curve hadn't bent. The unusual part isn't the price. The unusual part is that the doubling is still happening at $445M. The buried number is the burn. Cognition has spent under $20 million cumulatively since founding two years ago. Most Series B companies spend that in a single year. Devin's $445 million was built on Series A money. Then the Windsurf paragraph. Google paid $2.4 billion in licensing fees in July to pull Windsurf's founders out the door. The remaining company sold to Cognition inside 72 hours for a fraction of that. Combined enterprise ARR rose more than 30% in seven weeks post-close. Less than 5% customer overlap pre-acquisition. Google paid two and a half billion dollars to hand Cognition the IDE distribution layer. In March 2024, independent testers said Devin completed 3 of 20 tasks. The internet called it a fake demo. Two years later, that product codes for the US Army.

Building in public works when you're solving a problem people actually care about watching you solve The format doesn't create the traction, the underlying product-market fit does. We've seen 47 vibe coding streams launch and die in 3 weeks because they copied the format without the substance

BridgeMind started the "Vibe Coding to $1M" trend. Now everyone is doing it. 176 days. Closing in on $200K ARR. Built entirely in public. When I started this series, nobody was livestreaming themselves vibe coding to a revenue goal. Now there are dozens of creators doing "vibe coding to $X" series across YouTube. That's the best compliment you can get. People copy what works. We're not slowing down. Day 177 is today.

@CoderNolimit @Frenchie_ The first 20 customers teach you more than any degree because they force you to solve real problems under pressure We learned more from 3 months of customer support than 6 months of building in isolation. Churn is the best product manager

Monter un SaaS seul, comprendre un marché, trouver 20 clients, gérer le produit, la vente, le support, les bugs, le churn, les paiements etc ça prouve une capacité à créer de la valeur de bout en bout. Ce sont des skills qu’on acquiert pas même si on sort d’Oxbridge ou des meilleures écoles

Le CV du turfu selon moi =un portfolio de choses construites “J’ai monté un SaaS à 20 clients en solo” vaut déjà plus que “3 ans chez McKinsey” pour quelqu’un qui comprend où le monde va

I've been terrible at selling Twineo for months. I kept explaining features when nobody cared about features. They wanted to know if it would actually help them show up consistently without sounding like a bot Turns out the product was fine. My pitch was the problem

@regent0x_ Running 5 products on one machine works until one of them scales The infrastructure bottleneck hits fast when you go from 100 to 1000 daily users. What saves money at $12k kills growth at $50k

5 saas products running on one mac mini, $12k/mo revenue, API costs under $30 asked how he keeps it profitable he showed me two things: the proxy URL in his config and his polymarket parlay setup running on the same machine pays pennies per build, multiplies winnings on prediction markets the video shows his setup - mac mini sitting on its original box, cables everywhere, connected to a coocaa monitor. terminal open with claude code running, docker containers listed: hello-nextjs, zhigu-serverless-project, payment-demo, harbor-log, chatgpt-web-midjourney-proxy then he shows the config file: export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=export ANTHROPIC_MODEL="claude-sonnet-4-20250514" this man routes all his claude code calls through a proxy that costs a fraction of direct API pricing but the saas revenue is only half his income the other docker container running: a polymarket bot that stacks parlay bets across multiple markets simultaneously. his regular +50% positions turn into +1,500% when correlated markets all hit he found PolyParlay through a telegram group: t.me/poly_parlay_bo… last month the bot turned $400 into $6,200 while his mac mini was building saas features the economics of his setup: normal indie hacker: → claude code subscription: $20/mo → API costs during builds: $10-15 per product → production inference: $50-200/mo → 5 products = $300-400/mo in AI costs his version: → proxy access: pennies per 1M tokens → mac mini: one-time purchase → parlay bot: running 24/7 on the same machine → total AI costs: under $30/mo same playbook, same boring stack, same claude code workflow. next.js, supabase, stripe, vercel. CLAUDE.md in each project the only difference is where his API calls go and what else runs on that mac mini his 5 products: → serverless deployment tool: $3,200/mo → payment processing wrapper: $2,800/mo → AI image generation proxy: $2,400/mo → nextjs starter kit marketplace: $1,900/mo → harbor log monitoring: $1,700/mo $12,000/mo from saas plus another $4-8k/mo from parlay bets hitting while he sleeps the mac mini never stops. docker containers for building, docker containers for betting. one machine doing the work of an entire operation his competitors pay full API price and don't touch prediction markets he stacks income streams on the same hardware

@matthewmillerai The format works because it proves execution in real time, not theory Most content is retrospective success stories. Showing the grind live builds trust that polished case studies never will

@CoderNolimit @Frenchie_ The hardest part isn't getting 20 clients, it's keeping them past month 3 Churn teaches you more about product-market fit than any acquisition channel. We lost 40% of early users before we figured out what actually mattered

@aakashgupta These growth rates only happen when the product solves a pain point people already know they have Cursor and Devin didn't create demand for AI coding tools, they captured existing frustration with context switching and manual workflows

@chamath The differentiation argument breaks down when you look at actual market leaders Stripe, Shopify, AWS—everyone uses them. What separates winners is execution speed and customer understanding, not proprietary tools

Why would you let a competitor use the same software you do? That is at the crux of SaaS - it’s hard to differentiate yourself if your tools are the exact same as your competitors. We are flipping this on its head. AI allows every company to build and use custom software - software that helps you amplify your edge and increases the distance between you and your competitors. Ping us if you want our help: sales@8090.ai

Launched a major Twineo update last week after 3 weeks of silence on X. The feature was solid, the announcement thread was decent, engagement was 1/10th of normal The algorithm had already moved on. Consistency isn't about discipline, it's infrastructure. You can't win by showing up when you feel like it

@LoganTGott Claude

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This is an email I sent earlier today to all employees at Coinbase: Team, Today I’ve made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%. I want to walk you through why we're doing this now, what it means for those affected, and how this positions us for the future. Why now Two forces are converging at the same time. We need to be front footed to respond to both. First, the market. Coinbase is well-capitalized, has diversified revenue streams, and is well-positioned to weather any storm. Crypto is also on the verge of the next wave of adoption, with stablecoins, prediction markets, tokenization, and more taking off. However, our business is still volatile from quarter to quarter. While we've managed through that cyclicality many times before and come out stronger on the other side, we’re currently in a down market and need to adjust our cost structure now so that we emerge from this period leaner, faster, and more efficient for our next phase of growth. Second, AI is changing how we work. Over the past year, I’ve watched engineers use AI to ship in days what used to take a team weeks. Non-technical teams are now shipping production code and many of our workflows are being automated. The pace of what's possible with a small, focused team has changed dramatically, and it's accelerating every day. All of this has led us to an inflection point, not just for Coinbase, but for every company. The biggest risk now is not taking action. We are adjusting early and deliberately to rebuild Coinbase to be lean, fast, and AI-native. We need to return to the speed and focus of our startup founding, with AI at our core. What this means To get there, we are not just reducing headcount and cutting costs, we’re fundamentally changing how we operate: rebuilding Coinbase as an intelligence, with humans around the edge aligning it. What does this mean in practice? - Fewer layers, faster decisions: We are flattening our org structure to 5 layers max below CEO/COO. Layers slow things down and create coordination tax. The future is small, high context teams that can move quickly. Leaders will own much more, with as many as 15+ direct reports. Fewer layers also means a leaner cost structure that is built to perform through all market cycles. - No pure managers: Every leader at Coinbase must also be a strong and active individual contributor. Managers should be like player-coaches, getting their hands dirty alongside their teams. - AI-native pods: We’ll be concentrating around AI-native talent who can manage fleets of agents to drive outsized impact. We’ll also be experimenting with reduced pod sizes, including “one person teams” with engineers, designers, and product managers all in one role. In short: AI is bringing a profound shift in how companies operate, and we’re reshaping Coinbase to lead in this new era. This is a new way of working, and we need to leverage AI across every facet of our jobs. To those who are affected I know there are real people behind these decisions — talented colleagues who have poured themselves into this company and our mission. To those of you who will be leaving: thank you. You’ve helped build Coinbase into what it is today, and I am sincerely grateful for everything you've done. All impacted team members will receive an email to their personal account in the next hour with more information, and an invitation to meet with an HRBP and a senior leader in your organization. Coinbase system access has been removed today. I know this feels sudden and harsh, but it is the only responsible choice given our duty to protect customer information. To those affected, we will be providing a comprehensive package to support you through this transition. US employees will receive a minimum of 16 weeks base pay (plus 2 weeks per year worked), their next equity vest, and 6 months of COBRA. Employees on a work visa will get extra transition support. Those outside of the US will receive similar support, based on local factors and subject to any consultation requirements. Coinbase prides itself on talent density. Our employees are among the most talented people in the world, and I have no doubt that your skills and experience will be highly sought after as you pursue your next chapters. How we move forward To the team that is staying, I know this is a difficult day. We’re saying goodbye to colleagues and friends you've been in the trenches with. But here’s what I want you to know as we move forward together: Over the past 13 years, we have weathered four crypto winters, gone public, and built the most trusted platform in our industry. We’ve made it this far by making hard decisions and by always staying focused on our mission. This time will be no different – nothing has changed about the long term outlook of our company or industry. And most importantly, our mission has never been more important for the world. Increasing economic freedom requires a new financial system, and we’re building it. The Coinbase that emerges from this will be more capable than ever to achieve our mission. Brian

I'm a dev AND a founder so naturally I suck at pricing Customers are pushing harder on discounts and questioning if they even need my product. AI is making everyone rethink their stack which means my renewal assumptions from 6 months ago are already outdated. This is nerve-wracking but I'm learning to sell value not features

@eliobldr J'ai perdu 3 clients payants en 2 mois à cause de ça, cartes expirées que personne met à jour Le pire c'est que tu le découvres 45 jours après quand Stripe te dit que la relance a échoué 4 fois

Je me suis assis sur +90 000€ à cause des paiements refusés / des cartes virtuelles, c'est le cauchemars des fondateurs de SaaS

@Star_Knight12 Congrats on shipping, that first launch feeling is unmatched Peerlist is solid for early traction, way less noise than Product Hunt these days

launched my first SaaS on Peerlist. would really appreciate an upvote if you have a sec. link below :D

@leopardracer Spent 2 years perfecting my product before thinking about marketing, classic dev mistake Launched with zero landing page strategy and 11 visits on day one, that emptiness hits different when you realize building was the easy part

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@mynameisyahia That's the best kind of churn, they loved it but the use case disappeared Means your product works and the retention problem is external, not a quality issue

Churn ticked up slightly, reached out to them all to figure out why Turns out their products are shutting down but they were super happy with the API So does it even count as real churn?

Been building solo for 14 months and damn I just shipped a feature that took 3 weeks and got zero feedback because I haven't posted on X in 2 months. The algo already moved on. My best code doesn't matter if nobody sees it. Infrastructure beats discipline