lesley.pizza
@lesley.pizza
Building Newsletter Glue, EventKoi (launching soon), and a bunch of other stuff.
Earnest, friendly, slightly snarky. Mostly harmless. (she/her)
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lesley.pizza
@lesley.pizza
· Jan 7
Putting this out into the universe:
Our goal for EventKoi (WordPress events plugin) is $20k/month revenue by end 2025.
I give us 50% chance of succeeding.
I'll share everything (incl revenue) as I go.
Worse case scenario, you'll learn what NOT to do. And why.
$0 ◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️ $20k
Let's do this.
Our goal for EventKoi (WordPress events plugin) is $20k/month revenue by end 2025.
I give us 50% chance of succeeding.
I'll share everything (incl revenue) as I go.
Worse case scenario, you'll learn what NOT to do. And why.
$0 ◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️ $20k
Let's do this.
It's alive!
Ahmed and I have been working on EventKoi this whole year and we've finally launched.
To celebrate, we're running a lifetime deal for people who want to get in on the ground floor.
Ahmed and I have been working on EventKoi this whole year and we've finally launched.
To celebrate, we're running a lifetime deal for people who want to get in on the ground floor.
Founding Partner Lifetime Deal - EventKoi - Events calendar plugin for WordPress
Sales opens on 25 AugustIntroducing the EventKoi Founding Partner Lifetime DealHelp shape the future of EventKoi and own it forever. Join waitlist now Try demo Click to play Lifetime deal for early ad...
eventkoi.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
It's alive!
Ahmed and I have been working on EventKoi this whole year and we've finally launched.
To celebrate, we're running a lifetime deal for people who want to get in on the ground floor.
Ahmed and I have been working on EventKoi this whole year and we've finally launched.
To celebrate, we're running a lifetime deal for people who want to get in on the ground floor.
Completely redesigning our Add Event page for
EventKoi.com
Standard event with multiple days
vs
Recurring event set to weekly
EventKoi.com
Standard event with multiple days
vs
Recurring event set to weekly
April 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Completely redesigning our Add Event page for
EventKoi.com
Standard event with multiple days
vs
Recurring event set to weekly
EventKoi.com
Standard event with multiple days
vs
Recurring event set to weekly
Just received the most positive and helpful feedback for TinyStash (our ai bookmarking tool).
We're still in superrr early access, and there's a ton of work to do - including addressing all the "don't love" points in the feedback.
But if you'd like to give it a whirl, please DM me!!!
We're still in superrr early access, and there's a ton of work to do - including addressing all the "don't love" points in the feedback.
But if you'd like to give it a whirl, please DM me!!!
March 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Just received the most positive and helpful feedback for TinyStash (our ai bookmarking tool).
We're still in superrr early access, and there's a ton of work to do - including addressing all the "don't love" points in the feedback.
But if you'd like to give it a whirl, please DM me!!!
We're still in superrr early access, and there's a ton of work to do - including addressing all the "don't love" points in the feedback.
But if you'd like to give it a whirl, please DM me!!!
Reposted by lesley.pizza
Singapore academic Donald Low writes about the thing I've been worried about: Singapore's 'born again Chinese', or ethnic Chinese people in the diaspora who have been targeted by CCP propaganda in social media and chat groups
A lot of this is just step one towards challenges to national […]
A lot of this is just step one towards challenges to national […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
March 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Singapore academic Donald Low writes about the thing I've been worried about: Singapore's 'born again Chinese', or ethnic Chinese people in the diaspora who have been targeted by CCP propaganda in social media and chat groups
A lot of this is just step one towards challenges to national […]
A lot of this is just step one towards challenges to national […]
TinyStash is coming soon!
It's a bookmark app I'm building with @mauryaratan.com
✅ Chrome extension
🚧 Putting the finishing touches on the app
We'll be opening it up for testers soon.
It's a bookmark app I'm building with @mauryaratan.com
✅ Chrome extension
🚧 Putting the finishing touches on the app
We'll be opening it up for testers soon.
March 9, 2025 at 5:39 AM
TinyStash is coming soon!
It's a bookmark app I'm building with @mauryaratan.com
✅ Chrome extension
🚧 Putting the finishing touches on the app
We'll be opening it up for testers soon.
It's a bookmark app I'm building with @mauryaratan.com
✅ Chrome extension
🚧 Putting the finishing touches on the app
We'll be opening it up for testers soon.
My favourite way to learn is by force feeding my eyeballs with information about the new thing, then vomiting out feeble attempts until I improve.
You?
You?
February 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
My favourite way to learn is by force feeding my eyeballs with information about the new thing, then vomiting out feeble attempts until I improve.
You?
You?
Reposted by lesley.pizza
Can someone give me the dummy's guide to transactions? Do we need transaction IDs, purchase receipts, invoices on day 1?
I worry about overkill, but also about painting ourselves into a corner cause we didn't set things up right at the start.
I worry about overkill, but also about painting ourselves into a corner cause we didn't set things up right at the start.
February 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Can someone give me the dummy's guide to transactions? Do we need transaction IDs, purchase receipts, invoices on day 1?
I worry about overkill, but also about painting ourselves into a corner cause we didn't set things up right at the start.
I worry about overkill, but also about painting ourselves into a corner cause we didn't set things up right at the start.
Designing this ticket selector made my head hurt.
The flow is:
1. site visitor goes to event page
2. click "get tickets"
3. modal pops up
4. visitor selects quantity of tickets they want to buy.
5. click "checkout"
The flow is:
1. site visitor goes to event page
2. click "get tickets"
3. modal pops up
4. visitor selects quantity of tickets they want to buy.
5. click "checkout"
February 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Designing this ticket selector made my head hurt.
The flow is:
1. site visitor goes to event page
2. click "get tickets"
3. modal pops up
4. visitor selects quantity of tickets they want to buy.
5. click "checkout"
The flow is:
1. site visitor goes to event page
2. click "get tickets"
3. modal pops up
4. visitor selects quantity of tickets they want to buy.
5. click "checkout"
Starting to build tickets in EventKoi.
Let me know what features you need from us!
Let me know what features you need from us!
February 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Starting to build tickets in EventKoi.
Let me know what features you need from us!
Let me know what features you need from us!
I wrote some principles for how to price a product on day 1:
lesley.pizza/how-to-think...
lesley.pizza/how-to-think...
How to think about pricing on day 1 - Failing Forward
If you’re stressing on how to price your software product on day 1, here are some principles you can use to make the whole exercise less stressful. Before I share the principles with you, I’ll assume ...
lesley.pizza
February 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I wrote some principles for how to price a product on day 1:
lesley.pizza/how-to-think...
lesley.pizza/how-to-think...
How did you learn Figma?
What free or paid resources helped you the most?
What free or paid resources helped you the most?
February 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
How did you learn Figma?
What free or paid resources helped you the most?
What free or paid resources helped you the most?
Reposted by lesley.pizza
I don't talk about this much, but recently I've been doing a lot of consulting to help devs/agencies/product teams transition to the block editor. We can go over tooling, workflows, shortcode migrations, anything really. HMU if you're interested👇
www.briancoords.com/consulting/
www.briancoords.com/consulting/
Consulting - Brian Coords
Your Block Editor Consultant Elevate your agency or freelance business with expert guidance on Block Themes, Gutenberg, and React in WordPress. How personalized consulting can help you grow As an expe...
www.briancoords.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I don't talk about this much, but recently I've been doing a lot of consulting to help devs/agencies/product teams transition to the block editor. We can go over tooling, workflows, shortcode migrations, anything really. HMU if you're interested👇
www.briancoords.com/consulting/
www.briancoords.com/consulting/
For EventKoi, should we make all event attendees also register as users of the site?
When yes? When no?
When yes? When no?
January 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
For EventKoi, should we make all event attendees also register as users of the site?
When yes? When no?
When yes? When no?
I had to redesign EventKoi's default event template to make it more modular. This lets users add things like ticketing and event organisers without making the UI more and more confusing.
Here's where I landed...
Here's where I landed...
January 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I had to redesign EventKoi's default event template to make it more modular. This lets users add things like ticketing and event organisers without making the UI more and more confusing.
Here's where I landed...
Here's where I landed...
Most business owners think marketing is "Buy Google ads and get customers".
None of them actually want to do the work in order to know who the fuck their customers are; why the fuck they purchased; and how the fuck they went from hearing from you to buying something.
None of them actually want to do the work in order to know who the fuck their customers are; why the fuck they purchased; and how the fuck they went from hearing from you to buying something.
January 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Most business owners think marketing is "Buy Google ads and get customers".
None of them actually want to do the work in order to know who the fuck their customers are; why the fuck they purchased; and how the fuck they went from hearing from you to buying something.
None of them actually want to do the work in order to know who the fuck their customers are; why the fuck they purchased; and how the fuck they went from hearing from you to buying something.
Reposted by lesley.pizza
Stop looking for unicorn hires and start building systems that work with regular humans.
January 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Stop looking for unicorn hires and start building systems that work with regular humans.
@fabian-kaegy.com i have a question about attributes...
can i use them in a text block? it seems when i try to add an attribute into text, the whole block transforms into the attribute.
E.g.
My event is at event_location
If I try to do this, the whole sentence transforms into "event_location"
can i use them in a text block? it seems when i try to add an attribute into text, the whole block transforms into the attribute.
E.g.
My event is at event_location
If I try to do this, the whole sentence transforms into "event_location"
January 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
@fabian-kaegy.com i have a question about attributes...
can i use them in a text block? it seems when i try to add an attribute into text, the whole block transforms into the attribute.
E.g.
My event is at event_location
If I try to do this, the whole sentence transforms into "event_location"
can i use them in a text block? it seems when i try to add an attribute into text, the whole block transforms into the attribute.
E.g.
My event is at event_location
If I try to do this, the whole sentence transforms into "event_location"
Same. I feel like a lot of people are joining but just lurking. I get 10+ notifications every day of new people following me. But rarely do I get engagement on posts. Also, my feed is the same handful of people posting.
As predicted, a lot of the hype from Bluesky a few weeks ago is already dwindling.
I’ve personally observed a handful of creator/theme/moodboardy type accounts that came over here, started posting, saw little success, and have now either deleted accounts or stopped posting altogether.
Sad 😔
I’ve personally observed a handful of creator/theme/moodboardy type accounts that came over here, started posting, saw little success, and have now either deleted accounts or stopped posting altogether.
Sad 😔
January 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Same. I feel like a lot of people are joining but just lurking. I get 10+ notifications every day of new people following me. But rarely do I get engagement on posts. Also, my feed is the same handful of people posting.
Putting this out into the universe:
Our goal for EventKoi (WordPress events plugin) is $20k/month revenue by end 2025.
I give us 50% chance of succeeding.
I'll share everything (incl revenue) as I go.
Worse case scenario, you'll learn what NOT to do. And why.
$0 ◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️ $20k
Let's do this.
Our goal for EventKoi (WordPress events plugin) is $20k/month revenue by end 2025.
I give us 50% chance of succeeding.
I'll share everything (incl revenue) as I go.
Worse case scenario, you'll learn what NOT to do. And why.
$0 ◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️ $20k
Let's do this.
January 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Putting this out into the universe:
Our goal for EventKoi (WordPress events plugin) is $20k/month revenue by end 2025.
I give us 50% chance of succeeding.
I'll share everything (incl revenue) as I go.
Worse case scenario, you'll learn what NOT to do. And why.
$0 ◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️ $20k
Let's do this.
Our goal for EventKoi (WordPress events plugin) is $20k/month revenue by end 2025.
I give us 50% chance of succeeding.
I'll share everything (incl revenue) as I go.
Worse case scenario, you'll learn what NOT to do. And why.
$0 ◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️ $20k
Let's do this.
Ok fine. I'm finally here. In 2025. About to start my work week.
There's a load of laundry in the washing machine, the floors are freshly vacuumed, and I have a new speaker set up on my desk.
I can't muster much conviction, but let's do this... I guess?
There's a load of laundry in the washing machine, the floors are freshly vacuumed, and I have a new speaker set up on my desk.
I can't muster much conviction, but let's do this... I guess?
January 6, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Ok fine. I'm finally here. In 2025. About to start my work week.
There's a load of laundry in the washing machine, the floors are freshly vacuumed, and I have a new speaker set up on my desk.
I can't muster much conviction, but let's do this... I guess?
There's a load of laundry in the washing machine, the floors are freshly vacuumed, and I have a new speaker set up on my desk.
I can't muster much conviction, but let's do this... I guess?
Reposted by lesley.pizza
“morbidly wealthy”
"The morbidly wealthy" is exactly the term I've been wanting for a long time
Unfortunately the morbidly wealthy care only about hoarding wealth, and they have spent a lot of money to convince people to vote against their own interests.
Canadians that think we are too smart to let that happen here are purposefully not paying attention.
Canadians that think we are too smart to let that happen here are purposefully not paying attention.
December 27, 2024 at 6:08 PM
“morbidly wealthy”
Is Foundation better than Game of Thrones?
Why, why not?
Let's limit it to GOT seasons 1 and 2, since there are only 2 seasons of Foundation.
Why, why not?
Let's limit it to GOT seasons 1 and 2, since there are only 2 seasons of Foundation.
December 23, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Is Foundation better than Game of Thrones?
Why, why not?
Let's limit it to GOT seasons 1 and 2, since there are only 2 seasons of Foundation.
Why, why not?
Let's limit it to GOT seasons 1 and 2, since there are only 2 seasons of Foundation.