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1000 followers who ship > 10,000 who scroll
December 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
1000 followers who ship > 10,000 who scroll
Your 20s: Ship everything. Build fast. Collect skill XP.
Your 30s: Leverage those skills. Build for real impact.
Most builders optimize for the wrong decade.
Your 30s: Leverage those skills. Build for real impact.
Most builders optimize for the wrong decade.
December 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Your 20s: Ship everything. Build fast. Collect skill XP.
Your 30s: Leverage those skills. Build for real impact.
Most builders optimize for the wrong decade.
Your 30s: Leverage those skills. Build for real impact.
Most builders optimize for the wrong decade.
I've been building with AI for months and
- Most people chase the hype
- They copy prompts and call it innovation
- They don't understand how LLMs actually work
Understanding the mechanism > copying the magic
That's the difference between builders and talkers 🫡
- Most people chase the hype
- They copy prompts and call it innovation
- They don't understand how LLMs actually work
Understanding the mechanism > copying the magic
That's the difference between builders and talkers 🫡
December 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I've been building with AI for months and
- Most people chase the hype
- They copy prompts and call it innovation
- They don't understand how LLMs actually work
Understanding the mechanism > copying the magic
That's the difference between builders and talkers 🫡
- Most people chase the hype
- They copy prompts and call it innovation
- They don't understand how LLMs actually work
Understanding the mechanism > copying the magic
That's the difference between builders and talkers 🫡
A lot of builders quit right before traction hits.
In my experience, the stronger signal is consistency. Consistent builders understand compound effects and can exploit them fully; inconsistent builders see luck, not momentum.
3-6 months of public building separates zero from real traction.
In my experience, the stronger signal is consistency. Consistent builders understand compound effects and can exploit them fully; inconsistent builders see luck, not momentum.
3-6 months of public building separates zero from real traction.
December 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A lot of builders quit right before traction hits.
In my experience, the stronger signal is consistency. Consistent builders understand compound effects and can exploit them fully; inconsistent builders see luck, not momentum.
3-6 months of public building separates zero from real traction.
In my experience, the stronger signal is consistency. Consistent builders understand compound effects and can exploit them fully; inconsistent builders see luck, not momentum.
3-6 months of public building separates zero from real traction.
Silicon Valley says you're too old, wrong background, weird approach.
What if that's exactly why you'll win?
The "dealbreakers" might be the only reason you build something that lasts.
What if that's exactly why you'll win?
The "dealbreakers" might be the only reason you build something that lasts.
December 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Silicon Valley says you're too old, wrong background, weird approach.
What if that's exactly why you'll win?
The "dealbreakers" might be the only reason you build something that lasts.
What if that's exactly why you'll win?
The "dealbreakers" might be the only reason you build something that lasts.
I see course sellers spent years helping founders go from 0 to 1.
Learned exactly what works.
But when it's YOUR product?
Completely different game.
Why is it easier to build for others than yourself?
Learned exactly what works.
But when it's YOUR product?
Completely different game.
Why is it easier to build for others than yourself?
December 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I see course sellers spent years helping founders go from 0 to 1.
Learned exactly what works.
But when it's YOUR product?
Completely different game.
Why is it easier to build for others than yourself?
Learned exactly what works.
But when it's YOUR product?
Completely different game.
Why is it easier to build for others than yourself?
Shipping AI demos in 24 hours feels like a superpower:
"I'm a founder now!"
Instant validation, Twitter hype, dopamine hits...
Then reality: the graveyard of abandoned MVPs when iteration starts.
Ship fast, but architect like you're building to last 🫡
"I'm a founder now!"
Instant validation, Twitter hype, dopamine hits...
Then reality: the graveyard of abandoned MVPs when iteration starts.
Ship fast, but architect like you're building to last 🫡
December 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Shipping AI demos in 24 hours feels like a superpower:
"I'm a founder now!"
Instant validation, Twitter hype, dopamine hits...
Then reality: the graveyard of abandoned MVPs when iteration starts.
Ship fast, but architect like you're building to last 🫡
"I'm a founder now!"
Instant validation, Twitter hype, dopamine hits...
Then reality: the graveyard of abandoned MVPs when iteration starts.
Ship fast, but architect like you're building to last 🫡
Everyone's hunting for the SaaS playbook.
There isn't one.
But there IS a pattern:
Pick ONE channel that fits your personality.
Then go absurdly hard on it.
Not dabbling.
Not trying everything.
One channel. All in.
Why does everyone skip this part?
There isn't one.
But there IS a pattern:
Pick ONE channel that fits your personality.
Then go absurdly hard on it.
Not dabbling.
Not trying everything.
One channel. All in.
Why does everyone skip this part?
December 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Everyone's hunting for the SaaS playbook.
There isn't one.
But there IS a pattern:
Pick ONE channel that fits your personality.
Then go absurdly hard on it.
Not dabbling.
Not trying everything.
One channel. All in.
Why does everyone skip this part?
There isn't one.
But there IS a pattern:
Pick ONE channel that fits your personality.
Then go absurdly hard on it.
Not dabbling.
Not trying everything.
One channel. All in.
Why does everyone skip this part?
The advantage of building in your early 20s?
You can document 5+ years of compounding growth in public while your peers are still figuring out what to do.
By 27, you're not just experienced.
You're Internet-famous for the journey.
You can document 5+ years of compounding growth in public while your peers are still figuring out what to do.
By 27, you're not just experienced.
You're Internet-famous for the journey.
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The advantage of building in your early 20s?
You can document 5+ years of compounding growth in public while your peers are still figuring out what to do.
By 27, you're not just experienced.
You're Internet-famous for the journey.
You can document 5+ years of compounding growth in public while your peers are still figuring out what to do.
By 27, you're not just experienced.
You're Internet-famous for the journey.
Product builders don't need a product strategies
They need a distribution strategy
You are failing if you don't have one
They need a distribution strategy
You are failing if you don't have one
December 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Product builders don't need a product strategies
They need a distribution strategy
You are failing if you don't have one
They need a distribution strategy
You are failing if you don't have one
Building in public turns your audience into customers before you launch.
The rest is a distraction when you don't yet have a product
The rest is a distraction when you don't yet have a product
December 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Building in public turns your audience into customers before you launch.
The rest is a distraction when you don't yet have a product
The rest is a distraction when you don't yet have a product
New SaaS playbook for technical founders:
Build fast with AI
Skip viral growth traps
Embed in ONE vertical workflow
Switching costs > API wrappers
Own the daily workflow, not just the tech stack 🫡
Build fast with AI
Skip viral growth traps
Embed in ONE vertical workflow
Switching costs > API wrappers
Own the daily workflow, not just the tech stack 🫡
December 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
New SaaS playbook for technical founders:
Build fast with AI
Skip viral growth traps
Embed in ONE vertical workflow
Switching costs > API wrappers
Own the daily workflow, not just the tech stack 🫡
Build fast with AI
Skip viral growth traps
Embed in ONE vertical workflow
Switching costs > API wrappers
Own the daily workflow, not just the tech stack 🫡
The new builder advantage isn't about building better products
It's about building faster with AI while your competitors fake their traction with testimonial theater
Speed + authenticity beats polish + deception every time 🫡
It's about building faster with AI while your competitors fake their traction with testimonial theater
Speed + authenticity beats polish + deception every time 🫡
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The new builder advantage isn't about building better products
It's about building faster with AI while your competitors fake their traction with testimonial theater
Speed + authenticity beats polish + deception every time 🫡
It's about building faster with AI while your competitors fake their traction with testimonial theater
Speed + authenticity beats polish + deception every time 🫡
Why is everyone building for today's AI when the real money is 6 months ahead?
Build for the watershed moment, not the current wave.
Build for the watershed moment, not the current wave.
December 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Why is everyone building for today's AI when the real money is 6 months ahead?
Build for the watershed moment, not the current wave.
Build for the watershed moment, not the current wave.
The last days i talked with creators and SaaS founders / growth hackers
across Southeast Asia
The daily tools they use to 10x organic traffic are so different from most of the tech world
(outside creator startups)
But what a great builder feels like it remains… unchanged
across Southeast Asia
The daily tools they use to 10x organic traffic are so different from most of the tech world
(outside creator startups)
But what a great builder feels like it remains… unchanged
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The last days i talked with creators and SaaS founders / growth hackers
across Southeast Asia
The daily tools they use to 10x organic traffic are so different from most of the tech world
(outside creator startups)
But what a great builder feels like it remains… unchanged
across Southeast Asia
The daily tools they use to 10x organic traffic are so different from most of the tech world
(outside creator startups)
But what a great builder feels like it remains… unchanged
The builder's shift:
From consuming → creating
From learning → doing
From "someday" → shipping
Most quit right before the breakthrough.
The ones who make it?
They recognize they're closer than they think.
From consuming → creating
From learning → doing
From "someday" → shipping
Most quit right before the breakthrough.
The ones who make it?
They recognize they're closer than they think.
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The builder's shift:
From consuming → creating
From learning → doing
From "someday" → shipping
Most quit right before the breakthrough.
The ones who make it?
They recognize they're closer than they think.
From consuming → creating
From learning → doing
From "someday" → shipping
Most quit right before the breakthrough.
The ones who make it?
They recognize they're closer than they think.
I was reflecting on how everyone's chasing the next AI tool or viral hack.
But the unsexy truth? Showing up consistently and sharing your real experience (even from 'boring' industries) beats any automation.
Authenticity compounds. Tactics don't.
But the unsexy truth? Showing up consistently and sharing your real experience (even from 'boring' industries) beats any automation.
Authenticity compounds. Tactics don't.
December 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I was reflecting on how everyone's chasing the next AI tool or viral hack.
But the unsexy truth? Showing up consistently and sharing your real experience (even from 'boring' industries) beats any automation.
Authenticity compounds. Tactics don't.
But the unsexy truth? Showing up consistently and sharing your real experience (even from 'boring' industries) beats any automation.
Authenticity compounds. Tactics don't.
Content creation for builders:
Two paths:
📈 Vanity metrics path:
- 100K followers
- Zero revenue
- Algorithm chasing
- Empty engagement
🎯 Authority path:
- 1K real followers
- Actual customers
- Building trust
- Sustainable business
Most chase followers.
Winners build connection first.
Two paths:
📈 Vanity metrics path:
- 100K followers
- Zero revenue
- Algorithm chasing
- Empty engagement
🎯 Authority path:
- 1K real followers
- Actual customers
- Building trust
- Sustainable business
Most chase followers.
Winners build connection first.
December 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Content creation for builders:
Two paths:
📈 Vanity metrics path:
- 100K followers
- Zero revenue
- Algorithm chasing
- Empty engagement
🎯 Authority path:
- 1K real followers
- Actual customers
- Building trust
- Sustainable business
Most chase followers.
Winners build connection first.
Two paths:
📈 Vanity metrics path:
- 100K followers
- Zero revenue
- Algorithm chasing
- Empty engagement
🎯 Authority path:
- 1K real followers
- Actual customers
- Building trust
- Sustainable business
Most chase followers.
Winners build connection first.
The AI gold rush isn't about the tools.
It's about finding broken industries, getting close to the pain, and shipping solutions before traditional devs finish their discovery calls.
It's about finding broken industries, getting close to the pain, and shipping solutions before traditional devs finish their discovery calls.
December 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The AI gold rush isn't about the tools.
It's about finding broken industries, getting close to the pain, and shipping solutions before traditional devs finish their discovery calls.
It's about finding broken industries, getting close to the pain, and shipping solutions before traditional devs finish their discovery calls.
My app officially hits 400 users 🚀
Small step for man - Huge step for his vision :D
I'm looking to #connect with more creators who want to 10x their LinkedIn organic traffic.
Let's keep building!
Small step for man - Huge step for his vision :D
I'm looking to #connect with more creators who want to 10x their LinkedIn organic traffic.
Let's keep building!
December 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My app officially hits 400 users 🚀
Small step for man - Huge step for his vision :D
I'm looking to #connect with more creators who want to 10x their LinkedIn organic traffic.
Let's keep building!
Small step for man - Huge step for his vision :D
I'm looking to #connect with more creators who want to 10x their LinkedIn organic traffic.
Let's keep building!
Founders chasing product-market fit:
❌ What they do:
- Chase virality
- Track 50 metrics
- Build 10 features at once
- Burn out in 6 months
✅ What actually works:
- Systematize ONE thing
- Make it bulletproof
- Scale that thing
- Win while they're still pivoting
Focus beats volume every time.
❌ What they do:
- Chase virality
- Track 50 metrics
- Build 10 features at once
- Burn out in 6 months
✅ What actually works:
- Systematize ONE thing
- Make it bulletproof
- Scale that thing
- Win while they're still pivoting
Focus beats volume every time.
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Founders chasing product-market fit:
❌ What they do:
- Chase virality
- Track 50 metrics
- Build 10 features at once
- Burn out in 6 months
✅ What actually works:
- Systematize ONE thing
- Make it bulletproof
- Scale that thing
- Win while they're still pivoting
Focus beats volume every time.
❌ What they do:
- Chase virality
- Track 50 metrics
- Build 10 features at once
- Burn out in 6 months
✅ What actually works:
- Systematize ONE thing
- Make it bulletproof
- Scale that thing
- Win while they're still pivoting
Focus beats volume every time.
Everyone can ship an MVP in days now.
Your edge isn't coding speed anymore.
It's knowing what problem is actually worth solving.
Your edge isn't coding speed anymore.
It's knowing what problem is actually worth solving.
December 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Everyone can ship an MVP in days now.
Your edge isn't coding speed anymore.
It's knowing what problem is actually worth solving.
Your edge isn't coding speed anymore.
It's knowing what problem is actually worth solving.
levels of thinking you're a genius:
- fixed css on first try
- solved leetcode hard
- made hello world work
- used vim for 5 minutes
everything else is just regular smart
- fixed css on first try
- solved leetcode hard
- made hello world work
- used vim for 5 minutes
everything else is just regular smart
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
levels of thinking you're a genius:
- fixed css on first try
- solved leetcode hard
- made hello world work
- used vim for 5 minutes
everything else is just regular smart
- fixed css on first try
- solved leetcode hard
- made hello world work
- used vim for 5 minutes
everything else is just regular smart
Why do founders code for months dreaming of passive income when the real move is shipping fast and getting uncomfortably close to 5-10 users?
The grind isn't in the code.
It's in the conversations 🫡
The grind isn't in the code.
It's in the conversations 🫡
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Why do founders code for months dreaming of passive income when the real move is shipping fast and getting uncomfortably close to 5-10 users?
The grind isn't in the code.
It's in the conversations 🫡
The grind isn't in the code.
It's in the conversations 🫡
AI lets you ship fast until you realize AI slops apply to code too.
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
AI lets you ship fast until you realize AI slops apply to code too.