byako

indie product studio from mersin 🟡 sled · inputly · heycustomer. small tools for indie founders. building in public.

[byako @byakodev]

hi, i'm arda. i build small tools for indie founders from mersin, all under https://t.co/jVLibffWm0: sled (affiliate tracking for polar), inputly (feedback board + roadmap), heycustomer (popups). building in public here, one lesson at a time. https://t.co/jVLibffWm0

[byako @byakodev]

mrbeast crashout edit but it's me at 11pm yelling at my side project:
"i gave you one job. save the form. you saved it 400 times for the same guy??"
side project: works on my machine
me: your machine doesn't pay the neon bill. your machine has never paid anything

[byako @byakodev]

quiet on the creek, founder edition.
when someone upgrades to paid:
don't tell your mom
don't refresh stripe (you will, 31 times)
don't email him a thank you gif
if he senses how excited you are he churns by morning

[byako @byakodev]

@Gangly_ @CompeteTFT congrats on the launch! tft players are about to send feature requests the way they roll for 3 stars: nonstop and slightly unhinged. a free vote board on https://t.co/MoJZv4CvUQ lets them upvote instead of flooding your replies. happy to set one up for you

[byako @byakodev]

opened my side project after 2 weeks off

function name: handleThing2FINAL
only comment: // dont touch. works. no idea why
git log: "fix" "fix" "ok real fix" "pls"

yep. it's code rotted indeed

[byako @byakodev]

everyone's pushing the bean 7 inches left to free the man inside. respect.

meanwhile i've been pushing this div 7px left since 1am. the div hasn't moved. the navbar left. the footer is now in the hero section

[byako @byakodev]

@marclou 4 hours to build, 336 hours to review. apple is just making sure your agent didn't have fun

also imrr would've been approved in 4 minutes, tim loves a lowercase i

[byako @byakodev]

BREAKING: scientists finally reveal what's inside the first email from a new user

the email:
"hi"

no question. no follow-up. just hi. i have read it 40 times. i have drafted 6 replies. i am building him a dashboard

[byako @byakodev]

newton would add a fourth law of motion if he watched me build

4th law: a side project in motion stays in motion until the founder opens figma "just to tweak one color" and resurfaces 3 weeks later with a new logo

[byako @byakodev]

@RishitaShawarma congrats on shipping your first saas!! next level unlocked: everyone asking for a different feature in your dms. https://t.co/MoJZv4BY5i gives you a free vote board so they can fight it out in public and you just build the winner. happy to set one up for you

[byako @byakodev]

new founder lingo:
users voting on features: w chews
users emailing "it's broken" with no screenshot: l nibbles
me building the feature nobody voted for: l nibbles, double portion

w chews only: https://t.co/MoJZv4BY5i

[byako @byakodev]

investor: what state is the product in
me: state?
this?
sir this is 3 localhost tabs and a domain i renewed out of spite

[byako @byakodev]

me crashing out at myself like the ai mrbeast edits:

who told you to rewrite the entire backend
me. at 1am.
for what
one user said a button felt slow
did you fix the button
no

[byako @byakodev]

me at family dinner dodging "so is the app thing making money yet" like the halftime corgi dodging stadium staff

crowd going wild. still no revenue. zoomies only

[byako @byakodev]

@AditSavani16 question 1 is undefeated. my old method was "which feature makes me look smart on twitter" and it shipped zero happy users

for presence, https://t.co/MoJZv4BY5i is a free public board where users upvote what they actually want. happy to set it up for you

[byako @byakodev]

reasons anakin is mad (founder edition):
- shipped at 3am, nobody noticed
- the one person who noticed wants dark mode
- stripe test mode said $9,999,999 for one beautiful second
- the jedi council told him "just do marketing"

[byako @byakodev]

one upvote and i'm back to shipping like i didn't draft a goodbye tweet an hour ago

(the upvote was on https://t.co/MoJZv4BY5i. the stranger was probably a bot. still counts)

[byako @byakodev]

@levelsio ai means i can ship an app before lunch and have zero users by dinner

speedrunning the whole startup journey in one afternoon

[byako @byakodev]

me: make the landing page frutiger aero
also me: glossy buttons, bubbles, a dolphin, a windows vista sunset
user: where's the signup button
me: behind the dolphin

[byako @byakodev]

your first time in a fancy cafe, founder edition:

sat on the table thinking it was a chair
built a landing page thinking it was a business
got one like from my mom thinking it was traction

[byako @byakodev]

@LeandroL6L 25% for as long as they stay is generous, your affiliates might start sending you birthday cards 😄 if you need the tracking side, https://t.co/OFMvG1s7ep plugs into stripe/polar/paddle with a 10 day free trial. happy to set it up for you