sam
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sam
@samgrows
19, founder @algrow_online + economics undergrad




been thinking about what it actually takes to build ur own Vidrush style tool. heres where i'd focus if i was starting from scratch today i do think anyone can build a Vidrush competitor. but from what i've seen, you need a lot of capital and highly skilled team members to actually pull it off doing this solo for a lot of users prob isnt possible. could be wrong but theres a lot that goes into a website like this and vibe coding isnt gonna cut it for a full scale app. if i was in the position most ppl are in trying to build their own Vidrush, i'd probably tackle one format at a time. main thing Vidrush excels at from what i can see is top 10 listicle styles. top food brands ppl eat, stuff like that and ur actually in a decent spot rn because when Vidrush was building up they didnt really have many examples to go off. now you have pure Vidrush channels to feed to ur AI but i dont think thats enough on its own if i was building my own, the main thing i'd try to focus on is getting cost of production low and margins high, and pumping videos out as quick and as fast as you can heres what i think is really key and i could genuinely be wrong here: retention graphs once you have a retention graph and ur feeding that back to AI, its honestly one of the best things you can get imo. retention + comments are just so OP for iterating ur own local model because u literally have raw feedback from viewers even if u know friends with vidrush channels, ask them for screenshots of their retention graphs. get AI to map it second by second and analyze what went wrong. stuff like that. footage sourcing is the other main thing. for motion graphics, remotion seems to be the move from what im seeing. today they dropped a really good update its called HTML to frames. way easier when making motion graphics because before,u had to screenshot and recreate in JSX. now HTML elements can be treated like any other element and warp/mass transformed. makes it easier for everyone one direction that could work: if u find a Vidrush channel popping off, u can train ur system on that specific channel. hopefully the vidrush guys dont outscale u lol to top it off, i prob wouldnt go into this commercially unless u have a lot of capital or co founders who are actually good devs and i'm not bashing anyone trying it at all, got a close friend doing pretty decent with one and his cost of production is fairly low. if u think u can do it then go for it, im just one perspective honest advice from where im sitting: if ur trying to build a Vidrush to compete, prob better to do it locally. dont try to scale up to a full app for users. just make it for yourself or maybe one other person. seems like u run into way less issues that way but yeah thats just my take, could be missing stuff, and its only gonna get easier as AI progresses


For everyone vibe coding their own personal Vidrush, unfortunately it goes a lot further than just Pexels and Pixabay




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