Ricardo

Building B2C apps and growing them with organic content, SEO and ads.

[Ricardo @ricbuilds_]

If you switch from personal to company Apple Developer account you need to know this

I noticed my proceeds dropped quite a bit while revenue stayed the same. I used to have the small business program so I emailed them to check

It turns out i’ve been paying the full 30% for the last couple months as the 15% rate doesn’t automatically carry over when you convert

I just got it fixed now. Don't be me 🥴

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@alexcooldev How many phones do you handle? Insane

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@martindonadieu Bro knows ball

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@teovito Man they look loaded! Not stingy at all with the lobster, love that haha

[Ricardo @ricbuilds_]

Todo el mundo quiere ser su propio jefe online, pero para mí el OG de esto en España es Electrik, fundador de Forocoches:

> se compra un Renault Laguna en 2002
> monta un foro solo para hablar del Laguna
> en 2003, con 23 años, lo amplía a todos los coches y lo llama Forocoches
> lo monta él solo en PHP
> hace SEO cuando en España casi nadie sabe lo que es
> en 2009 los trolls se le van de las manos y cierra los registros
> sin querer se inventa el club más exclusivo de internet en español: solo entras con invitación
> en Nochevieja abre los registros durante las uvas sin avisar a nadie y entran más de 2000 personas en 5 minutos
> sus usuarios meten a John Cobra en la final de Eurovisión y obligan a la marina británica a retirar una votación para nombrar un barco
> le ofrecen inversores mil veces y dice que no a todos
> no toca el diseño en 20 años
> todo esto desde su casa en Palencia
> a día de hoy tiene casi 1M de registros y 28M de visitas al mes
> lleva varios años facturando más de 1M€ al año sin un solo empleado
> está del copón, el Pavel Durov castellano

el verdadero self-made man español

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@kimiabuilds It's so nice finally! The extreme heat felt like ages

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You know outdoor season has started in Dubai when the yoga mums are back doing open air classes.

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@1konsta In every corner tbh hahaha

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@krekelsrobin Tbh I saw them spawning already a couple of weeks ago

I just didn't wanna jinx the weather lol

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@consumerxai Yessir!

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@consumerxai @onlinedopamine Oh yeah that's true 🫶 Vik is the guy

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@consumerxai @onlinedopamine I'm definitely watching this!!

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The most valuable company in the world is getting spied on with Cold War-era techniques.

That tells you HOW valuable their product and intelligence are.

Instead of making the market extremely bullish, the reaction is to dump the stock.

It's imo one of the clearest buy signals I've seen in my life.

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: Nvidia, $NVDA, extends losses to its lowest level since March 31st as concerns mount around Jensen Huang’s future with the company.

The stock has now lost -$400 billion since Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy was reported.

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@shortformsavage dating

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If I wanted to find my next $10k MRR idea as a B2C app founder, this is the most underrated advice:

Watch how your gf or wife uses her phone.

Women are BY FAR the best consumers to sell to:
- They're more willing to spend.
- They spend more time on their phone.
- They share WAY more.

You want to understand their psychology.

Ask her why she uses a certain app. Why she liked a video. Where her money actually goes (free sauce: create a shared account so you don't need to ask).

Most male founders, especially on X, build for other guys like them. So they all fight in the same niches where nobody spends money anyway.

Stop selling to other indie hackers, it's a race to the bottom!

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@teovito It's so funny every time hahaha. Like wdym bro you're gonna take a week to complete this? I need it done by now

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@DmytroKrasun This is sick man

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This is the biggest part of their announcement.

I've never used Fable 5.1 because of how expensive it is.

If they finally crack how to make cost-efficient Fable, I see no good reason to go back to Opus.

[Claude @claudeai]

In early testing on FrontierCode 2.0, Fable 5.2 at High effort scored about level with Opus 5.5 at Max effort, for roughly half the cost per task. At Xhigh effort, it scored the highest of any released model tested.

Medium is the default in Claude apps and Claude Code.

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@EloiJG_ Muchas gracias! Muy interesante 👀