Keshav Vel

I build for fun
SRE 🧑‍💻 I ilft weights 🏋️‍♂️ and ride bikes 🏍️

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@cybermetheus Precisely! Keep it simple, stupid!

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@VanpeltVentures Happy for you, following along to keep up with your ride!

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@vadym_petryshyn If it’s even a bit confusing, the existing motivation also diminishes :/

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Check it out - https://t.co/D8WL9cZKmr

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My landing page was “pretty”

But it converted poorly (8%).

I changed it to showcase how my app works and conversion → 25% 📈

Design doesn’t convert. Clarity does.

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@DevTenta Exactly the idea! Someone to nag you till you get your things done

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@simplydt Interesting. I haven’t done it myself because I haven’t made the time for it but I’m curious to try

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@simplydt Best advice can give me

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Every time I build for myself first, it lands. Keyboard shortcuts were a "let me just add this" feature. Devs lost their minds over it. Building in public teaches you who your real users are faster than any research.

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@terencebuilds Right? Gotta build for pain points you know about to make a product that gets used

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@vadym_petryshyn It helps you collect all your bookmarks in your place and reminds you to follow up on it!

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@bsngln38133 Ahahah, this describes the product completely

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@JamesJames518 My app basically reminds me about saved bookmarks and thus, gets me started on content I’ve saved for later 🤓

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I built my app to solve this and instead of doomscrolling, I’ve been reading more Substack articles and watching long-form YT.

I’m happy about this change.

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I had 50 tabs open to check out later and I have opened exactly 0 of them

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I had 50 tabs open to check out later and I have opened exactly 0 of them

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@terencebuilds Right? All this is a new feeling but definitely exciting

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Nobody talks about how much of indie building is just you, your laptop, and a completely irrational belief that this will work.

No audience, no validation yet. Just keep going.

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@hey_alexndre That’s a banger, I love that!