Neoclassical Dev 🏛️

Classical thinking, modern execution.
Sharing product, growth, and real lessons from shipping.

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

Personal update: I've joined Anthropic. I think the next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative. I am very excited to join the team here and get back to R&D. I remain deeply passionate about education and plan to resume my work on it in time.

[Internal Tech Emails @TechEmails]

Sam Altman texts Mira Murati

November 19, 2023

[Neoclassical Dev 🏛️ @classical_dev]

The best consumer apps don't sell features.

They sell relief.

[Neoclassical Dev 🏛️ @classical_dev]

Study competitors like a scientist.

Not like a copycat.

[Neoclassical Dev 🏛️ @classical_dev]

Good UI is not decoration.

It's trust, conversion, and distribution.

[Neoclassical Dev 🏛️ @classical_dev]

Most "AI apps" are just wrappers around weak demand.

The model is not the business.

[Neoclassical Dev 🏛️ @classical_dev]

Shipping faster only matters if you're learning faster.

Otherwise you're just accelerating confusion.

[Neoclassical Dev 🏛️ @classical_dev]

Views are fun.

Retained subscriptions are the metric.

[Neoclassical Dev 🏛️ @classical_dev]

Onboarding is where a lot of paid traffic goes to die.

If you can't explain how users discover the app, you probably don't have a business yet.

[Neoclassical Dev 🏛️ @classical_dev]

A weak app idea with good code still loses.

A strong pain point can survive an ugly v1.

[Neoclassical Dev 🏛️ @classical_dev]

Paywalls work better when they feel like the natural continuation of the onboarding story.

Random pricing screens kill momentum.

[Neoclassical Dev 🏛️ @classical_dev]

@gabriel_mlx Noice!

[Rork @rork]

Claude Opus 4.7 is now live in Rork.

Anthropic's latest model with state-of-the-art coding and 3x sharper vision. Low-effort 4.7 matches medium-effort 4.6, so you can build more per session. Best model for design in our benchmarks

[Rork @rork]

We're bringing @iamgdsa (CEO of @wesocialgrowth) to our Discord for an App Roast.

He's studied 2K+ apps that went viral, 600M+ views in total. Few people have studied this more.

Tuesday, April 21 | 12 PM PST
Rork Discord voice chat

Only 3-5 apps will be reviewed live. Drop your app in the comments now to grab a spot!

[Neoclassical Dev 🏛️ @classical_dev]

@OmriBuilds Building a mobile tool aggregator for indie app devs 📱

One place to:
🔨 Build smarter
📈 Grow faster
💰 Monetize better
📊 Track everything that matters

Tired of jumping between 10 tabs to run one app. We're fixing that.

[Neoclassical Dev 🏛️ @classical_dev]

@zerotoviral Screenshots are the silent salesman most devs ignore. Changing the angle on those alone can double CVR without touching a single line of code. Curious what the new positioning is — niche audience or different pain point?

[Neoclassical Dev 🏛️ @classical_dev]

@maubaron The timing is everything — asking after the aha moment is the difference between a reflexive 5-star and a skip. Most devs think of the review prompt as an afterthought, not a product decision. Smart.

[Ryan Mather @Flomerboy]

🧵 My tips for getting the best results out of Claude Design! I’m on the verticals team at Anthropic which means I serve 7 different products. Claude Design makes it possible!
1. Set up your design system and your core screens. An hour of setup and refinement here is worth it

[Neoclassical Dev 🏛️ @classical_dev]

Most app founders don't have a coding problem.

They have a taste problem.