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Vibe Coding Will Kill SaaS: " In a year or two; you'll get to a place where a lot of the current organizational tools that companies are using, you could build your own version. It would make so much more sense to you as a buyer. The code will be yours, the data will be us. You'll be able to adapt it, to your needs. There's no one size fits all. There's no like feature bloat." Do you think vibe coding will kill a lot of the SaaS market in this way @dharmesh @nicolasosharp @zackkanter @carlrivera?
Bad ideas vs good ideas Habit tracker Gut health tracker to help people fix their health issues Todo list Auto generated checklists for lawyers from a client file Link in bio Productized service to build websites for churches Directory of tools for indie hackers Directory of in-home hairdressers sorted by city The best CRM ever Browser extension to automatically create an entry to the biggest CRM on the market from a LinkedIn profile, an X account, an email etc Social media scheduler Content planner with AI creation for Vtubers Super AI chatbots AI assistant trained on Shopify documentation for e-commerce support teams Pomodoro timer Time tracking app that auto generates invoices for freelance translators Job board for devs Reverse job board for godo developers All of those are 100% random ideas, but they’re all niched, with a specific target, easy distribution, and an existing market. Coaching sessions starts at $300/h
JUST IN: Report shows OpenAI needs to raise at least $207 billion by 2030 to stay in business, but they will still be losing money if they do so.
This weekend, a Medium article called "I Reverse-Engineered 200 AI Startups. 146 Are Selling You Repackaged ChatGPT and Claude with New UI" made it to the front page of Hacker News. The author found that out of 200 AI startups, "73% are running third-party APIs with extra steps." The author also found that at least one company was putting a 1000x markup on model API costs. We discuss at length:
A thing often in common among great startup investors, founders, and researchers: Trading making a lot of small mistakes in exchange for getting a few giant wins. (Surprisingly many people seem to prefer a few big mistakes in exchange for a lot of small wins.)
Just woke up to a text from a CEO whose name you would all know. "This is the best episode all year." Jim Murphy on The Knowledge Project. Out now wherever you listen to the podcast.
JUST IN: Elon Musk says AI and humanoid robots will "eliminate poverty" and "make everyone wealthy."
if you're a founder read this most companies can get to $1M ARR with only two channels the channels you should pick from are - paid ads - cold email - cold DMs - yt influencer marketing + affiliate the channels you should not pick from are - SEO - email newsletter - organic social - video podcast why you need revenue tomorrow, list one makes that happen list two makes revenue happen in the future, they are long term investments that pay off 12 months from now this is the most common mistake i see founders make the framework to think about this with is how you think about personal finance when you're young, 80% of resources go to surviving and 20% to investment when you're old, 80% goes to investment and 20% to surviving apply this same idea to your young company gl hf
>be Andrej Karpathy >studied computer science from Toronto to Stanford, specializing in deep learning >became Tesla’s director of AI in his early 30s, leading the Autopilot vision team >helped build the foundations of OpenAI as one of its earliest researchers >teaches millions through free lectures, notebooks, and open-source work >keeps his life simple, quiet, and focused on learning >steps away from big titles when he feels the need to reset >builds small AI projects for fun, shares them openly >lives calmly, thinking deeply, working on what he believes matters most Has Karpathy quietly optimized life in a way most people never figure out?
Reddit subreddits for marketing: r/SEO ➟ 385K+ members r/bigseo ➟ 110K+ members r/linkbuilding ➟ 8K+ members r/seogrowth ➟ 18K+ members r/socialmedia ➟ 2.1M+ members r/entrepreneur ➟ 4.7M+ members r/smallbusiness ➟ 2.1M+ members r/GrowthHacking ➟ 50K+ members r/marketing ➟ 1.8M+ members r/PPC ➟ 210K+ members Which one is your favorite..?
Side A: Splitting equally is the sign of a weak CEO Side B: Splitting unequally means you don't value your cofounders Which side are you on, no nuance allowed.