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@gregisenberg Biggest mistake I see: founders treat distribution as a phase after building, not a constraint that shapes what you build. The projects that get customers usually baked the channel in from day one.

200,000+ new vibe coding projects get created every day yet almost NONE of them get customers 7 distribution strategies that actually work right now for your startup: 1. build an MCP server. when someone asks claude or chatgpt the question your product answers, your tool shows up. the AI becomes your sales team. 2. programmatic SEO. pick a keyword pattern (best X for Y). use firecrawl to pull real structured data so pages have actual value. one next.js template, AI generated content, human editing loop so it doesn't read like AI. 10,000 pages × 30 visits × 2% CVR × $10 = $60k/month from pages you built once. 3. vibe code a free tool (calculator, software etc). one problem, one tool, ship it today. it ranks, lives in people's workflows, markets your brand for years. ahrefs' free backlink checker has sent them more customers than most paid ads ever will. 4. answer engine optimization. people are getting answers from chatgpt and perplexity now, not just google. find the top questions your customer is asking AI. publish structured, definitive answers. one founder went from 4% to 20% AI referrals in a month just by doing this. 5. make the output of your product shareable. think spotify wrapped. think github graphs. think stripe atlas. what does your user want to screenshot and send? build that moment. add a pre-filled share button. every share is free impressions to your exact audience. 6. buy a niche newsletter. 10k subscribers for $5k to $20k. most owners are making $0 to $500 a month. DM them "ever thought about selling?" you inherit trust and a direct channel to your exact customer on day one. underrated. 7. 30 minute voice memo into claude: five tweet threads, three linkedin posts, one newsletter, short form clips. do this weekly. in 3 months you have more content than competitors who aren't doing this. obviously, your project needs to be optimized so it isnt ai slop, but you'll get there. code is commoditized. time to focus on distribution. pick 2 of these ideas and start this week to get customers. this episode was designed to get your creative juices flowing. maybe it'll give you more ideas on growth tactics you'll use this week. full breakdown on the @startupideaspod watch.

@claudeai How does auto mode handle cases where the right move is to stop and ask rather than push forward? That judgment call seems like the hardest thing to get right in fully autonomous coding agents.

Auto mode for Claude Code is now available on the Enterprise plan and for API users. To try it out, update your install and run claude --enable-auto-mode.

@dkundel sounds great! Ill give it a try

@devmelv A lot of people love Codex' code review capabilities, using it for bugs that CC can't figure out or just to have a second opinion. It's also a good way to just test out Codex' capabilities.

I built a new plugin! You can now trigger Codex from Claude Code! Use the Codex plugin for Claude Code to delegate tasks to Codex or have Codex review your changes using your ChatGPT subscription. Start by installing the plugin: github.com/openai/codex-p…

@levelsio The „just works“ principle is massively underrated in product design. DOOM understood that the best UX is no UX, you literally just click, you play. Most modern games (and SaaS projects) have forgotten this completely imo

Playing DOOM in 2026 is honestly boring but at least it lets you instantly play without an hour intro of cut scenes and tutorials and then when you load it a second time downloading a 50GB update for half an hour Modern games really just suck and it's no wonder the industry is suffering: - Revenue is down after inflation - Player counts are down - Studios are doing massive layoffs They've ignored what people want for the last decade and now they're seeing it in their numbers

@claudeai the manual test loop is the slowest part of building an ios app write code -> simulator -> click through -> notice what breaks -> describe it back to claude having claude close that loop itself is the unlock

Computer use is now in Claude Code. Claude can open your apps, click through your UI, and test what it built, right from the CLI. Now in research preview on Pro and Max plans.

building in public means admitting: i have been postponing my dentist appointment for months because the only way to book is to call heyo is literally my therapy

building heyo because i genuinely cannot explain to my doctor why i haven't booked a follow-up (the reason is the phone call)

@fwdaniels youre just trynna make us relax so you can build your b2b saas without any competition

you’re just in your 20s, relax.

@KITKAT god I thought they meant 12 trillion

Regarding recent press coverage

i just told my parents that im building an app that makes phone calls for people my dad: „why would anyone pay for that“ my mom: „can it call the doctor for me too?“ we have a product market fit with at least one person

@mattstaton @GoogleAIStudio you can join my free waitlist at tryheyo.com if you want. That way youll get the reminder automatically :)

@devmelv @GoogleAIStudio Ping me when it’s ready

what's everyone vibe coding this weekend?

heyo places the call you get the summary no hold music no anxiety no „press 1 for english“

@nalinrajput23 dia is great imo

Can you name a single browser better than Brave?

@alexabelonix yeah same, got a similar latop on my couch table, plugged in 24/7 cuz the battery is completely broken, installed linux on that and let it run openclaw since january. works like a charm

Anyone using a Mac mini with an AI assistant? How’s the experience?

@therahul4402 well sudo rm -rf just has to be done. its a canon event

Just installed Linux for the first time… 👀 What should I do next ?

@ideabrowser oh yeah that sounds fun. Ill launch my product in a bout a week

So many incredible ideas and builders here. I might start a monthly marketing/PMF challenge. Get $$$ in 30 days. >Leaderboard for most revenue, WoW growth, categories, etc >Tools to grow >Workshops and live streams >Monthly winners with prizes Would be fun. Should I?

yeah we can tell

@therahul4402 claude max

Best investment I’ve made as a developer 👇 What’s yours ?

@shariar_design @markproduct left one, and when you tap on the button it animates smoothly to the right one, showing a few details, and after scrolling a little the image gets smaller and smaller until it disappears. and you got all of the info in the white space that scrolls

Left or Right?