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Notes from PyGotham 2019 Overview This past weekend, PyGotham invited me to speak at their annual conference in Manhattan. In...
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Overview This past weekend, PyGotham invited me to speak at their annual conference in Manhattan. In an effort to maximize the benefit I get from the event, I’ve prepared notes that capture what I learned by attending. I’m sharing them in hopes that it might be interesting or...
High Signal
The Ultimate Guide to Social Proof Social proof is a powerful concept in marketing. It's the idea that as consumers, we are influenced...
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a year ago
Social proof is a powerful concept in marketing. It's the idea that as consumers, we are influenced by what others do, especially people we admire. If you have ever seen a website mention its number of users, a review from a customer, or company logos, you've
mtlynch.io
I'm Still Confused About Base A year ago, I listented to an interview with Jesse Pollak on an episode of Into the Bytecode. Jesse...
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A year ago, I listented to an interview with Jesse Pollak on an episode of Into the Bytecode. Jesse works for Coinbase, and he noticed that lots of developers building apps on top of Ethereum were solving the same problems over and over again. He started a project at Coinbase to...
Grow With Less
Journorequest, Snowmaker and 20 other Link Building Strategies That Work Great in 2022 Creating awesome content is not enough. If you want traffic, you need to build high-quality...
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over a year ago
Creating awesome content is not enough. If you want traffic, you need to build high-quality backlinks. But how do you do that? There are hundreds of articles listing the best link building strategies but the reality is that you don’t need 100 strategies that make you feel pushy...
Val Sopi
Year in review: 2021 <p> I had a solid year compared to the shit-storm 2020 had brought on.</p> <p>Back in January...
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<p> I had a solid year compared to the shit-storm 2020 had brought on.</p> <p>Back in January 2021, I had made a pact with myself that I would be more mindful about my time and the things I would get myself into throughout the year (personally and...
mtlynch.io
Takeaways from Cory Zue's May 2023 Livecoding Session My friend Cory Zue has been publishing his live coding sessions, so I decided to watch one and...
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My friend Cory Zue has been publishing his live coding sessions, so I decided to watch one and record my notes. My background vs. Cory’s I’ve read a lot of Cory’s blog. We’re both Python developers, but he specializes in Django, whereas I’ve always worked with thinner frameworks...
Max Rozen
OnlineOrNot Diaries 6 A new monitoring service for OnlineOrNot, and new learnings for my pricing page.
over a year ago
mtlynch.io
Eliminating Distractions from Social Media, Email, and StackOverflow You open Gmail to write a note to your friend. Before you begin, you notice that you’ve received six...
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You open Gmail to write a note to your friend. Before you begin, you notice that you’ve received six new messages. It pains you to leave emails unopened, so you read them immediately. Two hours later, you realize that you never wrote that note to your friend. This happened to me...
mtlynch.io
My Zig Configuration for VS Code I finally found a solution that makes VS Code work consistently with Zig, so I’m sharing my setup in...
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I finally found a solution that makes VS Code work consistently with Zig, so I’m sharing my setup in the hope that it saves someone else a headache. Zig extension for VS Code working correctly Before I landed on a working solution, I kept running into issues with Zig version...
Build In Public...
How I Built This In Public: Erwin Lessons from building Tailscan in public to $500 MRR
over a year ago
High Signal
How Andrei built There's An AI For That Andrei is the creator of There's An AI For That (TAAFT), one of the first and biggest directories...
10 months ago
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Andrei is the creator of There's An AI For That (TAAFT), one of the first and biggest directories for AI tools.
mtlynch.io
Is It Keto: Month 11 Highlights Two of my blog posts reached the front page of Hacker News. I may have finally discovered...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Highlights Two of my blog posts reached the front page of Hacker News. I may have finally discovered a way to scale my keto site profitably. I’m putting Portfolio Rebalancer on the backburner due to lack of traction. Goal Grades At the start of each month, I declare what I’d like...
Build In Public...
The Job Search for Independents Just Got AI-Powered The 2 AM job hunt is officially over thanks to Indy AI 🚀
2 weeks ago
mtlynch.io
Hiring Content Writers: Part Five - Terminating Writers Overview: Hiring Content Writers Part One: Finding Writers Part Two - Creating a Detailed Job...
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Overview: Hiring Content Writers Part One: Finding Writers Part Two - Creating a Detailed Job Description Part Three: Screening Candidates Part Four - Working with Writers Part Five - Terminating Writers (this section) If you’ve followed this guide, you’ve hired writers on a...
mtlynch.io
Reset Month No update this month I’m skipping my normal retrospective this month, as I sold TinyPilot and am...
a year ago
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No update this month I’m skipping my normal retrospective this month, as I sold TinyPilot and am taking some time to figure out my next project. Retrospectives will resume in July.
Max Rozen
OnlineOrNot Diaries 9 On cleaning up the shop.
over a year ago
mtlynch.io
Testing Ansible Web App Roles with Selenium Overview Ansible is an excellent tool for deploying web apps. Ansible allows us to define web apps...
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Overview Ansible is an excellent tool for deploying web apps. Ansible allows us to define web apps in terms of the different “roles” that compose our web app (e.g. web server, database server, application server). As our roles and the interactions between them become more...
High Signal
The ultimate guide to bootstrapping a business Bootstrapping a business has come back into fashion lately, especially as investment from venture...
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Bootstrapping a business has come back into fashion lately, especially as investment from venture capitalists is drying up and people want to increase their income due to the cost of living crisis. This article will teach you everything you need to know about bootstrapping a...
Val Sopi
What is leadership? <p>With so much going on in the world and information traveling faster than ever before in the human...
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<p>With so much going on in the world and information traveling faster than ever before in the human existence, it's easy to lose track of the basics.</p> <p>Feeling overwhelmed is a result of our values, thoughts, being challenged.</p> <p>The first response is naturally to...
mtlynch.io
ArchiveBox is Super Cool Have you ever used archive.org’s Internet Wayback Machine? It’s a free tool that’s been archiving...
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Have you ever used archive.org’s Internet Wayback Machine? It’s a free tool that’s been archiving the web since 1996. So, if you want to see what Google looked like in 1999, they’ve got it. Internet Archive capture of Google from April 22, 1999 ArchiveBox is like your own,...
Grow With Less
A 10-Minute Guide to Finding Low Competition, High Traffic Keywords You may have heard of unicorn keywords: low competition, high volume keywords. Some say they are...
over a year ago
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You may have heard of unicorn keywords: low competition, high volume keywords. Some say they are extinct. Others say they are so plentiful in some niches that any blog can easily rank without backlinks. As often, the truth lies somewhere in between. One thing is for certain...
mtlynch.io
Increase Your Reply Rate on Cold Emails to Me The term “cold email” refers to emailing someone who you’ve never spoken to before. There are lots...
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The term “cold email” refers to emailing someone who you’ve never spoken to before. There are lots of guides on writing cold emails. This one is a bit niche, as it’s about cold emailing a particular person: me. But I guarantee you that it’s the best guide you can find on this...
mtlynch.io
Paternity Leave: Month 3 Highlights I’m finding it easier to balance my time as a new father. I moped about two of my blog...
9 months ago
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Highlights I’m finding it easier to balance my time as a new father. I moped about two of my blog posts doing poorly, and then they did well. I experimented with a stacked diff workflow for software development and liked it except for git’s weaknesses. Goal grades At the start of...
mtlynch.io
TinyPilot: Month 28 New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and the founder of TinyPilot, an independent...
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New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and the founder of TinyPilot, an independent computer hardware company. I started the company in 2020, and it now earns $60-80k/month in revenue and employs six other people. Every month, I publish a retrospective like this one...
High Signal
How Marc Lou makes millions from great marketing Marc Lou has made millions of dollars by doing marketing extremely well. Most of his revenue has...
3 months ago
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Marc Lou has made millions of dollars by doing marketing extremely well. Most of his revenue has come from his NextJS boilerplate, ShipFast. As someone remarked on YouTube, it's something any developer could have done. So why was Marc successful? Because he's great at marketing....
Val Sopi
A change in how I share my open finances and a new self–imposed public challenge <p> A bit over a year ago, I wrote <a href="https://valsopi.com/setting-sail">a post</a> in...
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<p> A bit over a year ago, I wrote <a href="https://valsopi.com/setting-sail">a post</a> in which I talked about embarking on a journey to financial freedom. Specifically speaking — I took out a personal loan so I could focus on solely building products. </p><p> With that...
mtlynch.io
The Case for Open Borders by John Washington If you’re a liberal who’s interested in becoming a radical progressive, this is a good book for you....
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7 months ago
If you’re a liberal who’s interested in becoming a radical progressive, this is a good book for you. If you’re anyone else, you’re probably not the target audience.
High Signal
Sailing the world while building startups James and his partner Danielle have an enviable working set-up - they live and work on a sailing...
a year ago
Max Rozen
The Definitive Guide to Commonly Used Words in React Do some words in React have you scratching your head? Ref? Stateless component? Let's learn some...
over a year ago
Max Rozen
2022: I just kept shipping Another year in review, in which I just keep shipping, with some stumbles along the way
over a year ago
mtlynch.io
TinyPilot: Month 4 Highlights TinyPilot hit $10k in revenue. That’s a record high for me and exceeds my total revenue...
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Highlights TinyPilot hit $10k in revenue. That’s a record high for me and exceeds my total revenue for all of 2019. I interviewed several IT consultants and business owners about what TinyPilot features would be useful to them. I tested several new marketing channels and realized...
mtlynch.io
TinyPilot: Month 29 New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and the founder of TinyPilot, an independent...
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New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and the founder of TinyPilot, an independent computer hardware company. I started the company in 2020, and it now earns $60-80k/month in revenue and employs six other people. Every month, I publish a retrospective like this one...
Tony Dinh's...
April 2022: High churn, reached $6K MRR, and other updates. Hello everyone! Welcome 150 new subscribers since my last issue. I’m glad to have you here! 👋 Here...
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Hello everyone! Welcome 150 new subscribers since my last issue. I’m glad to have you here! 👋 Here is a quick update from me in April 2022. This should make a nice thumbnail for this page! 😁 🔻 Suffered from high churn In early April, Black Magic observed
Max Rozen
OnlineOrNot Diaries 1 On marketing, and shipping a CLI
over a year ago
mtlynch.io
How to Resolve Local Hostnames in OPNSense My router runs OPNSense Business. I like having an open-source router, but I have a few gripes with...
7 months ago
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My router runs OPNSense Business. I like having an open-source router, but I have a few gripes with it. My biggest issue is that, by default, OPNsense can’t resolve hostnames on my local network. Why can’t OPNsense resolve local hostnames? For every other router I’ve owned in my...
mtlynch.io
Educational Products: Month 10 New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and founder of small, indie tech businesses. I’m...
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New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and founder of small, indie tech businesses. I’m currently working on a book called Refactoring English: Effective Writing for Software Developers. Every month, I publish a retrospective like this one to share how things are...
High Signal
Running a paid community from a tiny Scottish island Millie is runing a paid online community for generalists from a tiny Scottish island. Her group,...
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Millie is runing a paid online community for generalists from a tiny Scottish island. Her group, Generalist World, has 500 paid members
Build In Public...
How I Built This In Public: Peter Mick Lessons from building and growing Copylime to 6 figures all in public
over a year ago
Max Rozen
OnlineOrNot Diaries 15 Heading back into the arena. We are so back.
a year ago
I Have No Idea What...
A Summary of My Learnings On How To Find Startup Ideas I’ve been searching for new startup ideas and problem areas to tackle. It’s quite difficult to do,...
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I’ve been searching for new startup ideas and problem areas to tackle. It’s quite difficult to do, especially when you begin adding constraints to the criteria such as “Am I excited about this problem space?”. The internet is filled with helpful ways to come up with startup ideas...
mtlynch.io
Guidelines for Freelance Developers Working with Me I’ve been hiring software developers and other freelancers for the past seven years. Even though I...
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I’ve been hiring software developers and other freelancers for the past seven years. Even though I write most code myself, hiring other developers is a tremendous force multiplier that frees up time for other parts of my business. Freelancers work well if you manage the...
Max Rozen
Starting a Cloudflare Worker from scratch We don't need no fancy tooling!
a year ago
mtlynch.io
Educational Products: Month 2 Highlights I learned a few techniques that make it easier for me to record videos for my course....
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a year ago
Highlights I learned a few techniques that make it easier for me to record videos for my course. I’ve decided I don’t need to use a Merchant of Record service. I’ve integrated htmx into my standard toolkit for making web applications. Goal Grades At the start of each month, I...
Tony Dinh's...
Just two things Hello everyone! Tony here 👋 This is not a typical monthly update, I just want to quickly let you...
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Hello everyone! Tony here 👋 This is not a typical monthly update, I just want to quickly let you know about 2 important things I’m working on that are time-sensitive! 1. DevUtils Black Friday Deal: 30% OFF Once a year, I run a promotion for DevUtils on Black Friday and Cyber...
Val Sopi
Where is blogstatic now? <p>blogstatic is growing slowly at around 20% month-to-month.</p> <p>Currently, it's hovering at...
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<p>blogstatic is growing slowly at around 20% month-to-month.</p> <p>Currently, it's hovering at ~$700/month in revenue.</p> <p>Since pricing is currently "yearly" only, each month starts from zero.</p> <p>It will be interesting come October 2023 when the first yearly upgrades...
mtlynch.io
Building a Homelab VM Server Note: This article describes a VM build in 2017. For the 2020 version, see, “Building a Homelab VM...
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Note: This article describes a VM build in 2017. For the 2020 version, see, “Building a Homelab VM Server (2020 Edition).” Overview I do the bulk of my home development work in virtual machines (VMs). My main desktop PC is a Windows 10 machine, so I had always run my VMs from...
Grow With Less
64 Weak Words and Flabby Expressions That Clog up Your Writing Weak words are everywhere. Like ants invading your home in summer, they slip through the cracks and...
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over a year ago
Weak words are everywhere. Like ants invading your home in summer, they slip through the cracks and slowly distract your reader. They turn fascinating ideas into never-ending articles people can’t wait to run away from. Worse, they undermine you and make you sound...
High Signal
Making $6k from a baby AI photo generator Ever wondered, "Is there an AI to see how your baby looks?" Well you're not alone! OurBabyAI is an...
a year ago
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a year ago
Ever wondered, "Is there an AI to see how your baby looks?" Well you're not alone! OurBabyAI is an app that shows how your future baby may look.
High Signal
Beehiiv vs ConvertKit - the best newsletter software for 2025 Beehiiv vs ConvertKit is a fierce clash of two newsletter software companies. I'll go over...
6 months ago
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Beehiiv vs ConvertKit is a fierce clash of two newsletter software companies. I'll go over differences on pricing, features and lots more.
mtlynch.io
TinyPilot: Month 19 Highlights I published my fourth annual retrospective about being a bootstrapped founder. TinyPilot...
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Highlights I published my fourth annual retrospective about being a bootstrapped founder. TinyPilot sales continue running strong despite a delay in launching our next product. I analyze how I’m spending my time and figure out ways to allocate my hours better. Goal Grades At the...