Jake Long

💻 10+ YOE in Software Engineering | 🚀 SaaS Builder | 🤖 AI Explorer | Sharing lessons, patterns & mistakes from the trenches | 🤝 FB

[Jake Long @Jake_long_dev]

Life of a solo founder in a loop...

Tried @tibo_maker style video episodes.

[Tibo @tibo_maker]

episode 06 of the show

life of an indie maker - Fable fever

[Hari Prasad @hariprasad_bg]

I don't want to be a founder.

I just want 100 people to pay me for something I made. 😜

[Jake Long @Jake_long_dev]

@hariprasad_bg Hmmm… pretty interesting 🤔

[Jake Long @Jake_long_dev]

@hariprasad_bg You are right, not even finding a customer though you had a customer

[Hari Prasad @hariprasad_bg]

Things I thought would kill my product:

• Competitors
• Pricing
• The tech

What actually killed the last 2:

• Nobody knew it existed

[Hari Prasad @hariprasad_bg]

What's the most overrated AI tool right now??

[Hari Prasad @hariprasad_bg]

@victor_bigfield Built https://t.co/8U02pC4XOK, a SaaS video editor that lets you create stunning product videos in just a few clicks.

Perfect for demos, Product Hunt launches, landing pages, and more. 🚀

No complex editing. Just your product → a polished video.

[Hari Prasad @hariprasad_bg]

The best screen recording tools are all Mac only.

Windows founders just post the raw clip and hope.

So I built ScreenDrift in the browser.

- Works on any OS
- Nothing ever uploads
- 4K export, no account (Free)

Built for the people the Mac tools skipped.

[Hari Prasad @hariprasad_bg]

Just hit 1.2k followers.

- No giveaways.
- No paid promotion.
- No engagement pods.

Just replies and showing up every single day.

Next target 1.3K soon!!

[Jake Long @Jake_long_dev]

@1Umairshaikh @hariprasad_bg Do it 😂and provide a free space for me

[Jake Long @Jake_long_dev]

@hariprasad_bg I love it!

[Hari Prasad @hariprasad_bg]

My kind of https://t.co/gYkaQtHJ0o will look like this.

I am not going to build this.

but thought this would be cool to share.

Do you like it?

[Jake Long @Jake_long_dev]

@hariprasad_bg @DanielSmidstrup Really wonderful, can you do it for @JonBuildsHQ?

[Jake Long @Jake_long_dev]

This is cool… Finding the formula

[Hari Prasad @hariprasad_bg]

@DanielSmidstrup went from 0 to 10.2k followers.

Here is what he actually did yesterday.

- 287 replies.
- 208 different accounts.
- 21% replied back.

No thread. No hook. No viral post.

Just showing up 287 times in one day.

@DanielSmidstrup I am a big fan 😁

[Hari Prasad @hariprasad_bg]

@DanielSmidstrup went from 0 to 10.2k followers.

Here is what he actually did yesterday.

- 287 replies.
- 208 different accounts.
- 21% replied back.

No thread. No hook. No viral post.

Just showing up 287 times in one day.

@DanielSmidstrup I am a big fan 😁

[Hari Prasad @hariprasad_bg]

The demo doesn't matter. Just the product.

I disagree. Why?

Great product, dies because the demo looked like 2015.

The demo is the product now. 👇

Building screendrift like it's the pitch.

[Hari Prasad @hariprasad_bg]

My morning order by with Claude:

- Open laptop
- Say hi to Claude
- The say good morning to my wife

The token window needs a head start. 😅

[Hari Prasad @hariprasad_bg]

Vibe coding made shippers, not builders.

- We automated the easy half.
- Deciding what's worth building didn't.

What's the last thing you chose not to build?

[Hari Prasad @hariprasad_bg]

Half the bugs I fix were never bugs. 🐞

Just a server restart. 🤦‍♂️

[Jake Long @Jake_long_dev]

@hariprasad_bg I just save them 😜

[Hari Prasad @hariprasad_bg]

- Some days I am tired.
- Some days I am scared.
- Some days I have no motivation.

Then I open X and see you all still building.

That is the real reason I keep going.

Love you guys 😍. Drop a 'Hi 👋'