Jason Wallace
@jdeanwallace
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Software developer pursuing independent wealth and time freedom. Building π https://t.co/nOsyFg1rsH.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined June 2011
I've seen average people achieve extraordinary things through consistency. Luck can definitely be manufactured. I will do the same.
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Done!. I've added a honeypot field with a special message for spam bots.
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I woke up to a nice spike in user signups today, only to realize I'm being list bombed (i.e., fake signups from non-consenting emails). Time to do some damage control.
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Last month, I theorized that my fear of marketing / interacting with people was probably holding me back from reaching ramen profitability. Well, this time I actually faced my fear and got a nice optimism boost in the process. Here's my June in review:.
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I'm running a new experiment on my car website based on the market research cold calls I did earlier this week. If this works, then monetization will be imminent π€
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Initiated 4 market research cold calls today. π
ββοΈ 3 said it "wasn't a good time" .π’ 1 was happy to vent about their industry. π―% of my assumptions have been wrong so far π
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Wait, I also sent in a POPIA compliance complaint to the Information Regulator yesterday. Where's my press release?
A group of companies want to chase Truecaller out of South Africa. Several companies and individuals are lobbying the Information Regulator to crack down on Truecaller in South Africa.
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I initiated 2 live phone calls this week and now I feel like an extroverted sales god!.
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The hard thing about building something valuable is figuring out what people want. Here's what's been on my mind in May:.
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@theOpenLetterZA If you had a keen eye, you'd see the home page reveal some subtle foreshadowing π€«π
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My car website got featured in today's issue of @theOpenLetterZA π. It's a South African tech, startups & business newsletter. I've been a loyal subscriber for years, so it's surreal seeing my name popup in their weekly+ emails β₯οΈ
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Cool concept! I made a website for South African plumbers π. (Sorry I botched the website name).
I vibe coded a site where you can vibe code sites. Specifically I know non-technical people who want a very simple custom website without paying (in money or time) to onboard to a 'real' agent. LMK what you think before I ask HN.
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Cool app!
Yay, my first iPhone app, is finally live in the App Store today! β¨. I vibe-coded it myself (without knowing Swift!). It lets you transform photos with crazy AI filters. For a limited time, new users receive FREE credits to try out the app. Link in next post π
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I don't know how to say this in a cool way, but I just sent out ~244 emails to reactivate users who signed up for my car website before I implemented email verification. That is to say, I (an indie hacker) did some marketing π.
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I just had my first sales call with someone interested in the highest package of my car website π. The interesting part is that they're from the Motor Loss Adjuster industry, an industry I didnt even know about before. I might not be able to serve them rn, but worth exploring.
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My car website is finally feature complete. based on my original vision for it at least π€©. I've just added a way for you to save your favourite cars to a collection, compare their values, and export them as a CSV file π. Okay, I should probably do some marketing now π
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