Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai

Building Prev: digibooster, spotplay, mhotspot, etc with millions of users. I think a lot, question a lot.

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

Startups are hard. Extremely hard.

Two years ago, a vc-backed (big names) copycat blatantly ripped off Superblog.
Their attitude was “I have a team, I’ll build it so easily and grow easily.”

Today they are shut down.

One year ago, an indiehacker launched a copycat of Superblog(after I supported them by giving superblog for free for their other products). Their last update is $4 MRR.

It makes me sad that both ends of spectrum failed. We can’t build a successful product by simply throwing money at or by copying someone else’s playbook.

Some products are extremely hard. Especially blogging platforms! Unless you love the solution (instead of “this looks successful let’s make money), you can’t get the product right!

Founders, be super carful on choosing what you want to build. Failure is the highest probability in entrepreneurship but let’s fail with good principles. :)

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@rajatsx @AnthropicAI @opencode text output wont get stuck
context and usage labels
easy copy ux
fast

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

I think @AnthropicAI should’ve acquired @opencode

Their TX is much superior

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@aryheic she did

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

just realised that dad, sister, brother, and I got red cars as the first car for ourselves.

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@aswinwrites probably, never

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@vivek_naskar Thank you! :)

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@KellyNgee Thank you!

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@AbhinavVignesh2 Thank you!

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@saikrishnasunku lol 😂

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@Sohil_is Thank you!

Total coincidence 😂

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@abnvx17 @supabase @PlanetScale lool

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

tested the @supabase free plan and @PlanetScale $5/mo plan for a simple app

supabase: 1100ms
planetscale: 230ms

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@SDinesh91 @supabase @PlanetScale Thats interesting! Why did you not try their pro version before moving?

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@SDinesh91 @supabase @PlanetScale Thats not my question.

This is an experiment to test the performance of supabase vs planetscale.

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@SDinesh91 @supabase @PlanetScale I wonder how does people use supabase free plan at all. Wait, is the pro plan also like this?

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@abhishekashwinc @supabase @PlanetScale I never used supabase or planetscale in prod.

If this simple app does well, i might consider moving superblog db to ps

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@SDinesh91 @supabase @PlanetScale RLS turned off

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@pdycin @DmytroKrasun rollercoaster that almost killed 😅

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

absolutely love your journey @DmytroKrasun
success depends on what you want in life

what happened in my journey with superblog

> grow at my own pace
> travel in india
> travel the world
> met someone i love and moved to a new country for her
> broke up
> severe heartbreak
> built superblog 2.0 (rewrote backend, frontend, infra)
> made more than enough money (peak 84K ARR)
> made lot of friends online
> proved myself to the world (building in public really opens doors)
> bought a tesla
> moved to scottish highlands
> now experimenting with something huge

[Dmytro Krasun @DmytroKrasun]

I launched https://t.co/9KmQTXjZZq on May 29, 2022, 4 years ago 🥳

Since then, it has grown to $33K MRR with over 1,000 paying customers and executed more than 100,000,000 API requests.

It is nothing impressive compared to the recent successes of people making millions in months after launch. But for me, it was life-changing:

0. A lot of luck involved, but I proved to myself I can achieve things.
1. Build my life the way I want it.
2. This allowed me to spend a lot of time with my kids and family. I almost didn’t miss any important events for them.
3. To fund pleasures. I have been reading every day, traveling, and meeting interesting people.
4. To give back to others and sponsor certain projects/people.

One of the biggest successes for me is that I found ways to sustain my motivation to work on the product, and I don't see why I would stop.

Grateful to everyone who supported me on this journey.

And onto the next chapter. 🚀

Ask me anything.

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@alicodermaker @DmytroKrasun Thank you for your kind words 😇🙌

[Sai Krishna ⚡️ Superblog.ai @_skris]

@KambanTheMaker @DmytroKrasun Thank you buddy 🙌