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At the end of 2022 I wrapped up my contract work with Help Scout and took the plunge to work on my indie software businesses full time. I’m now two years into that adventure, and wanted to share a periodic update about how things are going. Preceden on the Back Burner I made 32 commits … Continue reading 2024 Year in Review →
3 months ago

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It’s Time to Build

It’s been a few months so I wanted to say hey to the 7 of you who follow this blog and share a few updates about what I’ve been up to. Quick recap At the start of 2023 I quit consulting to go full time on Preceden, my SaaS timeline maker, after growing it on … Continue reading It’s Time to Build →

11 months ago 133 votes
My Indie SaaS Revenue has Grown 37% per Year for 13 Years

Unlike many indie founders, I’ve never shared revenue numbers for Preceden, my SaaS timeline maker tool. Even if they were remarkable – which they are not really – I just don’t think there are many good reasons to publicly share revenue numbers, and there are lots of downsides. However, below I’ll share a chart showing … Continue reading My Indie SaaS Revenue has Grown 37% per Year for 13 Years →

a year ago 107 votes
Is the ChatGPT API Refusing to Summarize Academic Papers? Not so fast.

Yesterday on X, I shared a post about some responses I was getting from the ChatGPT 3.5 API indicating that it was refusing to summarize arXiv papers: There has been a lot of discussion recently about the perceived decrease in the quality of ChatGPT’s responses and seeing ChatGPT’s refusal here reinforced that perception for a … Continue reading Is the ChatGPT API Refusing to Summarize Academic Papers? Not so fast. →

a year ago 102 votes
Reflecting on My First Year as a Full Time Indie Founder

At the beginning of 2023 I went full time on Preceden, my SaaS timeline maker business, after 13 years of working on it on the side. A year has passed, so I wanted to share an update on how things are going and some lessons learned. Preceden My main focus in 2023 was building AI … Continue reading Reflecting on My First Year as a Full Time Indie Founder →

a year ago 102 votes

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I have a new video demonstrating the Kelly Can’t Fail betting strategy. The idea is: this is a classroom appropriate tool for discussing allocating assets in the presence of risk. The usual Kelly betting on coin-flips is too high variance to expect successful classroom demonstrations. However, the zero variance card […]

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