Every new tool makes Bluesky’s growth more sustainable (more creators have an incentive to promote the platform).

Great result, amazing!

That reinforces my idea to hold back as much as possible from launching a new website.

Brief as much as possible.

🤣 When it comes to transparency you don’t hold back.

If you can afford to borrow someone else's audience, you save a lot of time.

Time you can invest in mastering different skills or processes.

You can either be a genius in a narrow field.

Or "good enough" in a set of skills that complement each other.

Most of the times, the second option is easier.

Italy → Indonesia (Bali)

It was 2017. I’m not sure Bali is much cheaper than Italy now, especially compared to the smaller towns.

Depending on your specific situation you could extend that runway by moving to a country with a lower cost of living.

For me it turned out to be one of the best choices of my life.

Either Beehiiv or Substack. The combination of S. Notes and its other discovery features seems quite nice.

Newsletter where?

Pros and cons.

If there’s a market for novel writer, there’s a market for anybody in any field.

To be fair, going from 0 to 12 launched project is a true challenge.

No marketing = Rate of success close to zero

But 99.99% of first-time will give up between the 2nd and the 3rd week.
The 0.01% that sticks till the end will gain a huge amount of experience.

Hopefully political issues will become less relevant on both platforms.

Time to get a suit, then. 2025 is closing in.