Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert

I build small products and write down how it actually goes.

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

@david_attisaas I'm dead rn 😂

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

Bookmarks across social platforms is another cemetery. No matter this is content you've read or content you'll read later, it ends in a dime you'll never come back.

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

True. Security is critical but it often forgets the end user. Look at your Google account and the number of options you can/must activate to make it safe.

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

Passkeys were invented by security engineers with zero understanding of the consumer brain.

We had no way to argue its merits since no one understood what they are.

As a result, we are now all asked to produce the magic fairy dust to login to apps.

It may be on your phone, in your browser, in your operating system, in your body, who knows.

But now you’re safe.

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

@tibo_maker Thanks for sharing. Bookmarked it!

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

@tibo_maker We use to take breaks in The 3 Valleys (winter and summer). Nothing is more relaxing and refreshing as mountains.

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

@tibo_maker LinkedIn sucks a lot for these reasons. Though it’s pretty good for other things.

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

@wickedguro Awesome! Do you know the main reasons driving this churn increase?

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

Full write-up: https://t.co/jD03aovlMw

I write these up as they happen: https://t.co/4NeVwannLh

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

1,522 unread newsletters in one Gmail label.

So I spent 8 days building an AI to read them for me.

It worked. Real people tested it. I used it for two weeks.

Then I shelved it, and never launched it.

The reason is the whole point.

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

I wrote the whole thing up: the engine, the tests, the mistake I almost missed.

Full write-up in the replies.

What's in your "read later" pile right now? Be honest.

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

One thing survived: the design. The paper-and-ink system I built for briefflow became the site I write on now.

And the problem didn't die, it moved. We save everything and return to nothing. Raindrop, X bookmarks, saved posts. A content cemetery.

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

@alexcooldev Insane to see how fast an app grows when distribution is set up right.

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

Am I the only one still trying to figure out why I'm bookmarking so much content everywhere while I'll never get back to in the end?

Similar problem with the +2k unread nl in my inbox.

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

I spent 16 days building an AI tool to get vibe coders their first 100 users.

Then I shipped it and couldn't get my own.

The entire result, in three dashboards:
-> 10 plans generated
-> under 100 visitors, 100% bounce rate
-> MRR: 0.

Full story -> https://t.co/pbk4AntjRa

[Gilles Sauvageot-Imbert @gillessi]

@Cedric_Roberge Didn't even know mobile apps could reach this type of rev. tbh