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Marc Rand

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speedrunning $1B ARR. AI. Elixir. Social apps.

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Marc Rand
2 days
I too shall raw dog another project using the @levelsio method.
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Kathy Helps
4 days
Ok I raw dogged another new project. Using the @levelsio method. Hetzner VPS $4.99 .Claude Code on Server .Termius for SSH .Was able to build the MVP in hours. This is my 4th project built using this stack. I believe this is MVP worthy. And I will tell you just how much I.
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Marc Rand
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still, i wish @kevinrose and @alexisohanian luck! it's rough out there in the streets of consumer social. ironically, if you scroll down on the homepage there's a pretty good version of what the entire site should be:
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Marc Rand
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overall it's a mistake to try and revive a brand many already have negative associations to. better to drop the baggage and start something completely new, imo. i submit @YikYakApp for reference:
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phrases to avoid:. 1. "human-first community" - redundant.2. "authentic community and connection" - ironically feels inauthentic and sterile. who is this targeting?. @lemon8us kills it here:
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"Humanity at the core. Technology at the edges" sounds like a pitch for a retirement home. leave the headline + tagline format to B2B SaaS and describe your core loop in 5 words or less. @retrodotapp is a great example:
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Marc Rand
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The new Digg signup page, a detailed breakdown:
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Marc Rand
4 days
Put all your prompts in a single file
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Marc Rand
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10x your dev speed with this
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5 days
Your first prompt for any project
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Marc Rand
6 days
It gets more powerful when you add prefixes and adjust the size, ie . UXID.generate!(prefix: "user", size: :xsmall). @AshFramework.
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Marc Rand
6 days
how to use UXIDs as your primary key. Ash edition
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Marc Rand
7 days
🔑 Tailwind CSS IntelliSense doesn't work out of the box for VS Code on a new phoenix install. Here's the fix:.
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Marc Rand
7 days
worse is better.
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Marc Rand
7 days
same goes for all social apps. reinvent the format or the graph.
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Norgard
9 days
People often ask me, “How would you build a modern dating app?” There’s nothing left to do. Swipe, match, chat is a solved problem. Radically reinvent the format, or die trying.
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Marc Rand
8 days
Ah
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Marc Rand
8 days
cursor recommends I install this version of the Phoenix Framework plugin by @BjorklundVictor with 4k installs. the official one isn't returned in search, while it's updated more recently and has 100k+ installs. @chris_mccord.
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Marc Rand
8 days
for the interested, here are all the tools available to Tidewave
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Marc Rand
8 days
first, add
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