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Elie

@elie.bsky.social

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Building https://getinboxzero.com to help you spend 50% less time on email. Run a YouTube channel about open source: https://youtube.com/elie2222

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Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 10

Sad day for America. Charlie chose dialogue over violence.

You may disagree that he was in favour of guns. But he wasn’t in favour of murder.

RIP Charlie. I hope BlueSky can learn something from him.

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 10

I came from X. And did a search. much of bluesky seems happy about what happened:
bsky.app/search?q=Cha...

Lots of viral posts. sad

bsky.app

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 7

Why the midcurve meme makes sense:

- if you're 70 iq you need to keep it simple.
- if you're smart you know how valuable it is to keep it simple.

(ps. hetzner doesn't belong on the left of this curve)
(pps. aws useful in lots of cases. but is often overkill)

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you want a lot of views then replies are the way to do it. This two word reply has 360k views. My record timeline tweet is ~250k views. And this random reply got more 🤷‍♂️

Whether this reply tweet drove any value to my business or profile is another question. It likely didn't.

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 6

Cursor raised $1.08b to hire 60 employees

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 5

Use @cap if you want free tier though 🫡 (or pro tier)

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 5

Supercut doesn't have a free plan so they send you to a competitor instead.

Next level marketing and sales right here.

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 5

Updated README with the latest badges 🫡

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 4

Recall just raised $38m. Their UI is standard shadcn/ui. It looks good. It works.

Don't overthink it. Use @shadcn

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 4

Resend, Postmark, Mailgun - I've used them all (and more).
They all send email.
They all do the job.

But @resend destroying the competition. What's crazy is that it's really not that different from other email APIs.

Goes to show what a clean and simple product can do. Even in established markets.

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 4

My 1 year old is coding for me today

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 3

For 99% of driven founders, the core motivator is rooted in _________. Most will deny this.

What goes in the blank?

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 1

Here's the link to apply:
apply.tinyseed.com/?utm_source...

(Added my UTM as I'm curious to see if leads to any successful applicants come from it. I don't get anything from it)

Apply to TinySeed

The TinySeed accelerator is a year-long remote program designed to help B2B SaaS companies grow and scale their company.

apply.tinyseed.com

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 1

New @tinyseedfund batch is open for applications!

Feel free to DM/reply below if you have questions.

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Sep 1

Indie hackers convinced they're sharing their MRR screenshots to inspire others 😂

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Aug 31

Looks like this A/B test is yielding big results 😍

Two line copy change

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Aug 30

Signing up for MS365. You click "Buy now" they don't give you the free trial. You click "Try free for one month" and they do. Like why 🤷‍♂️

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Aug 28

Too easy to pay contractors on Deel

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Aug 27

Users don't care about your elegant solution - they care about their problem going away

Technical correctness < user understanding - if they can't use it, it doesn't matter how well it's built

Every feature has a cost - not in code, but in user confusion

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Aug 27

Is it just me, or does that gold LinkedIn badge automatically stick out to you as a spam connection?

Seems like it has the opposite effect of what's intended.

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Aug 26

I starting using a tweet scheduling app. So much more efficient. I can write tweets without getting distracted by other posts.

And can batch up a handle at a time to run throughout the day.

It also adds an element of surprise when I log in to X to see what I posted that day.

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Aug 26

A technically perfect app with no users. What advice would you give this founder?

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Aug 26

Who are your favourite follows on X right now?

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Aug 26

Lambos are cool, but a Ford will get you to your destination just as fast.

Elie @elie.bsky.social · Aug 25

I keep getting these scam ads on YouTube. Anyone else keep seeing this guy?

Cyprus company running the ads. I reported today, but surprised YouTube has allowed these for so long.