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"Building in public" means: · Posting screenshots of $10MRR · Announcing features you'll never ship · Asking for feedback you'll ignore · Celebrating "milestones" like hitting 100 followers while your product has zero users 😅

@arvidkahl Your tweets are getting traction on the Russian internet. Lol, I really like this sumbscribe button 😆

People acting like "Hey Claude Code, implement this feature I dreamt of just now and have no idea how to even start building" and then prototyping a fully-fledged working implementation isn't anything short of magic.

@2sush They just hit “run” again and hope the bug had time to reflect on its behavior 🐛

vibe coders don’t debug, they wait for the vibes to fix the bug

Think of yourself as an explorer. You cannot find anything new if you are unwilling to leave the shore.

@Pushkarkx Very true 💯 The preparation is infinite. You can always watch one more video, read one more book, have one more conversation

“I need to start a biz…” 3 months later: • Watched 69 videos. • Read 13 business books. • Shared plans with his mates. • Felt like he’s the main character. Earned $0. “Business is not for me.”

@matt_gray_ Meanwhile me: pins a photo of my cat looking confused

Most founders create content with no clear destination. Every single piece of content should have one primary goal.

@dagorenouf The "money doesn't matter" crowd has either never been poor or has forgotten what it's like 🤷🏼‍♀️

Not sure why he’s saying this but having more money has been amazing to me so far: - Audi q3 > Toyota Yaris - 4-5 star hotels > 3 star hotels (better food, better fabrics, maybe service is mid but still overall better) - can travel even during peak season cause price doesn’t matter - restaurant whenever you feel like it - buy cool shit to your wife, family and friends - buy the best appliances / electronics / devices that impact your day to day comfort Getting rich to keep living like your poor is suboptimal. At $30k/y you have ugly clothes, ugly furniture, slow devices, unsafe car or no car at all, etc. freedom and purpose are still more important for happiness. But being rich gets you another 20-30% increase. For example my wife feels alone since she moved in France with me, and she misses her friends -> just bought her best friend a plane ticket and it made her incredibly happy. As long as you keep your integrity and freedom, there is zero reason to settle for being poor. It objectively worse.

@arvidkahl The best I can manage is survival. Respond to what matters, then archive the rest and pretend the unread count isn't important. It's the best any of us can do 😅

Do you have a healthy relationship with email?

@victor_bigfield Passion projects are the dream destination. But you need fuel to get there ⛽️

question for indie hackers which project would you prefer: A) one you’re passionate about but makes €500/month B) one that bores you but makes €5,000/month and be honest in your replies

@paulg The restaurant thinks it chose its aesthetic. It didn't. It's just trying to keep up with her 😎

One of Jessica's most mystifying qualities is how often she matches the places we go. Almost to the point of camouflage sometimes. I don't think she consciously plans it. She just has this uncannily powerful fashion sense.

@shl The lazy person is comfortable. They've made peace with not trying. The fearful person is agonizing though

Don’t confuse laziness and fear of failure

@thejustinwelsh "Get a stable job" "Work hard and they'll notice you" "Buy a house"

Your parents' advice is likely aligned with a world that died 15-20 years ago. Following it guarantees you'll optimize for problems that no longer exist. Ignore them with love.

@AnthonyGaenzle I think viral moments are lottery tickets. Nice if they hit, but you can't build a strategy around luck 🤷🏼‍♀️

If you're focused only on going viral, you're missing out on real growth. Growth doesn't happen from one viral moment. It happens from days, weeks, and months (even years), are strategically showing up and being valuable to the right people.

@eehsnek Looks cool. Are there any letters encrypted in this logo?

personal logo

@eehsnek And yet most founders dream about ramen profitability 😅

@cjaythecreator Japanese people know that you shouldn’t eat the same meal a day Ramen has high sodium and low protein

I just built a founder meal plan app in this very tweet. No AI, no coding, no VCs: Breakfast: ramen Lunch: ramen Dinner: ramen

@VelariCapital Consumption is a trap. It feels like progress. Reading, watching, learning - all valuable, all necessary and all. But none of it is actually doing. You can consume your way to expertise and still have nothing to show 🤷🏼‍♀️

Tools are not the problem. Everyone has access. What is the problem is inaction. People consuming all day expecting results.

@KaidenThoughts Ring ring dwwring ⏰ That's the starting pistol for the race you run alone, against yourself, for a prize that's still forming 💪

ring, ring, dwwring—it’s 8:24AM, I get up. I open the laptop, start writing, outreaching, and tapping the keys. I get up, time for cooking and food and gym. back home, working, tapping the keys … ring, ring, dwwring—it’s 10:28PM, close the laptop, go to bed. ah, yes.

@KaidenThoughts I think it’s better not to reply at all than to reply with slop 🤷🏼‍♀️

@cjaythecreator 😭😭 starting to hate them though.👀

AI replies are the new small talk. “Great insight!” “Love this perspective” “Thanks for sharing!”

@julesfounder Until "who's that?" becomes "oh, THAT person” 😎

Nobody is coming to find you go be findable

@julesfounder 🥲🥲🥲

@cjaythecreator And doesn't reply your dms the day you need them

Motivation shows up when it wants. Discipline shows up because you decided it would. Schedule your work like a meeting you can't cancel and stop waiting to feel like doing it. That's how to make progress