Jake

Building Rendemo
Baby-strapped,Bootstrapped, making moves
Dad | Entrepreneur

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

Rendemo is literally insane. It is the only product demo recorder out there that uses full DOM-replay, allowing for absolutely pixel-perfect UI

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

I know I can just build this report out myself easily, but it could be a good additional exposure/free ad for Outrank

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

@tibo_maker on Outrank, can we get a way to show our site growth? I’ve been using Outrank to dramatically increase traffic to my clients site and was hoping there was a quick way directly in Outrank to get an image of the growth, to share with them.

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

is my DR getting to be “good”? had a massive increase lately thanks to @outrank_so

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

@sergeynazarovx @ScreenCharm Maybe it’s time to check your DM!

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

I’m not sure what transpired in the past few days, but GPT-6 Astra has been producing noticeably poorer outputs and taking significantly longer to do so @thsottiaux

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

@OpenAI 28 hrs so far on this massive goal i gave GPT6 Astra. excited to see the end result

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

asked GPT-6 Astra to do a massive rework and upgrade to Rendemo. this may turn out to be something amazing or a complete flop 😂 18 hours in so far

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

Demo link: https://t.co/RUG0qMdq5Z

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

This example demo I chose to do for @gojiberryai was a great use case for some new features I’ve added to Rendemo:

>Improved PII detection
>Automatically seed with dumby data
>Improved camera motion
>Animated number increasing
>Plugin fully drove this in the browser and made the demo

@pierreeliottlal Watcha think?

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

Landing page conversion isn't a copywriting problem.

It's a sequencing problem.

Most founders lead with what the product is. Visitors don't care yet — they're still deciding if they have the problem you solve.

Lead with the pain, then the mechanism, then the proof. Copy is …

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

Cold outreach isn't a copywriting problem.

Most founders rewrite the same dead template 40 times instead of fixing the actual issue: they're emailing people who never had the problem to begin with.

Fix the list before you touch the subject line.

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

Spent my first 3 weeks on Rendemo building a timeline editor — trim handles, layers, the works.

Nobody touched it.

Turns out founders don't want to edit. They want to drop a raw take and walk away.

Killed the whole feature in one afternoon. Best deletion I ever shipped.

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

Your product launch checklist isn't missing tasks. It's missing a kill switch.

Most founders launch everything they built instead of launching the one thing that proves the idea works. A 40-item checklist is just procrastination with a due date.

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

Three weeks into building Rendemo I shipped an auto-caption feature nobody asked for. Zero people touched it.

The fix that actually mattered—trimming dead air between clicks—took four hours. Users noticed on day one.

Still relearning that lesson.

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

Spent three weeks building custom transitions for Rendemo before a single user asked for one.

What they actually wanted: their raw screen recording to just look less like a screen recording.

Cut the transitions. Focused on framing and pacing instead. Biggest usage jump since…

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

Getting your first 100 users isn't a marketing problem.

It's a specificity problem.

Most founders chase 100 strangers when they should be obsessing over 10 people who already have the exact pain, then asking those 10 who else has it.

Breadth is the enemy early on.

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

Cold DMs that get replies don't open with a pitch.

They open with proof you actually looked:

"Saw you shipped X last week, curious how you handled Y"

That's it. No pitch, no link.

The ask comes in message 3, after they've replied twice.

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

Everyone treats $10k MRR like the finish line.

It's not. It's where your problems change shape: support tickets replace feature requests, churn replaces zero users.

The real milestone is surviving month 13 with the same energy you had in month 1.

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

I sort of stumbled across becoming a founder, by just trying to fill a void.

>In 2022, I was in grips of a gambling addiction that nearly ended my life
>November 2022 I tell my (8 month pregnant at the time) wife everything
>I enter a recovery program, and am told I need to find something to fill my time(the void).

I begin just coding personal tools and then branch out into creating automation software for Oldschool RuneScape

>1 day before my 1 year clean from gambling, November 6th,2023, I am laid off of my job after 7 years

>old me would have went out and gambled, since how else would I provide for my wife and now nearly 1 year old son? (gamblers mindset,not true)

Instead, I find @marclou on youtube and that just ignited my passion for building even further. Marc motivated me that regardless of my situation, I CAN DO IT, if I put the work in.

So while job searching, I kept building and growing my skills. After landing my next full-time job (took 6 months), I continue building and trying to create financial freedom for my family.

>Feb 2026, I’m now a dad to two boys, working a full-time job, and released an automation software for oldschool runescape.

>March 2026, I get my first subscribers and the dopamine and joy from having someone PAY ME for a product I built, was a better feeling than any bet I had ever won in my gambling years

Now, August 2026, I’ve got ~40 active subscribers with around $600 MRR.

While this may not be substantial, it drives me (and pays for) my ability to build out more products like my current focus, Rendemo.

My gambling addiction gave me false hope that I could win big and provide everything needed for my family, without any effort.

Becoming a founder has given me DETERMINATION that I will one day get out of the 9-5 life, and provide for my family by continuously putting in the effort and growing as a dad,husband, and founder.

[Jake @JakeBuildThings]

@richiemcilroy @cap One of the many struggles with building out recording/design software 🫠 I’m constantly stuck trying to fix/clean things up to make it look perfect