Drew

Content creator · coder · builder
Owner, City of Trees Tech
City of Trees Ventures → Atlas BOS, Nexiqo + more
Navy vet · Sacramento

[Drew @MambaDev916]

Content creator. Coder. Builder.

I run City of Trees Tech and City of Trees Ventures — home of Atlas BOS, Nexiqo, and more.

Navy vet. Sacramento.

This account is the journey: building, shipping, and the real life around it.

Follow along.

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@brianeharrison What a bunch of snowflakes lol

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@Cora_10k Cause we all look the same huh

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@thinkingbigge ship it. but put the wishlist link up a week or two before so launch day isn't starting from zero

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@heyitzami the "what to cut" half is the useful part. most launch plans are just a list of everything you were already going to do

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@buildwithigor 4 lines live in 6 months is real output. distribution is the part that feels like yelling into a void until one channel clicks

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Most small business websites don't have a design problem. They have a "what do I do next?" problem.

No clear call button. No hours. No price range.

Pretty doesn't matter if people leave before they reach out.

What do you check first on a local business's site?

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@ayviatedev day 4 with a demo video is ahead of most. ship the ugly version, users come after.

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@jpbassinello same boat. beats another cold follow. what are you shipping first?

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@AvinashSingh_20 glad it landed 🤝

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@KeldricGaming congrats on launch day. ugly first, patch in public, that whole thing. hope it lands well

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@Techorbitt React. shipping UI is the fun part, the rest is just keeping it from falling over

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get polite likes. Specific ones get the right people in your DMs.

I used to write for "builders everywhere." Now I write like I'm talking to one small business owner who needs a site that actually brings in calls. Fewer impressions. Better conversations.

Who are you actually writing for — everyone, or the one client you want next?

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@KkeniAmbo helping someone before they could pay is usually what turns them into a paying client. congrats on the first one

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@mscode07 the ones who treated ai as the product usually find out the hard way. the ones who used it to ship faster and talk to customers are still here

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@cviklihamar that's the whole shift — when a stranger chooses you over everyone else, you know it's real. congrats, go get the next one

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@grimcodes shipping a playable thing beats another landing page. this is the fun side of building

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@ThePeterMick the kit is just shipping something small before lunch. that fixes most of it for me

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@shahidcodes @UberEng this is the part most teams skip. blind sample first, then let the model see the wins