SideprojectMVP

Tips & tricks for building your side project mvp by @mubashariqbal

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

I've launched 10 projects so far in 2024, think I can get to 12 by the end of the year? 😉

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

I have ~10 droplets that host my side projects (just my solo stuff, I have more isolated droplets for project I collab on with folks), but starting to rethink my strategy.

Is it worth moving all the projects to a single more powerful droplet?

Being able to control PHP versions originally pushed me down this path, but the tech seems to have improved for being able to support multiple PHP and Node versions on a single server now.

Would be less of a pain to manage, and probably cheaper too.

Just not sure it's worth the hassle at this point.

Anyone else done this?

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

I've been working on scratching an itch...

I love that Google send me emails like this, that let me know that my SEO efforts are working.

But after the sugar high it's time to dig into the numbers to see exactly what's working and what isn't.

Normally that involves lot of clicking, exporting and analyzing data from Google Search Console. Instead I started to build some tooling that helps do a lot of the work that I was doing manually.

A work in progress ... but this single screen allows me to see quickly what's performing and what's not in any of my tracked sites. It's easy to switch time frames incase I want to zoom in our out.

Excited to continue to refine this and stop itching so much 😀

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

All the talks from Laracon US 2024 have now been published, enjoy:

https://t.co/hvkCbZoibQ

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

I’m using markdown for the articles on @sideprojectmvp, followed the example set by @aarondfrancis, but thought it was a bit of a pain to setup.

Heard about Prezet this week, gonna give it a try for a new project: https://t.co/N9zWhWQz9N by @benbjurstrom

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

Had a little time to digest the @laravelphp funding news, watch the announcement video and q&a, my thoughts ...

https://t.co/IbejZTEMQr

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

Great to see videos from last weeks Laracon are already being published, adding them as I find them here:

https://t.co/hvkCbZnKmi

Let me know if I missed any!

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

Added the keynote from Laracon US 2024 to @LaraconTV

Will get the rest of the talks published when available!

Link 👇

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

Currently rethinking what SEO analytics means to me.

This chart is the default view that I've been using from Google Search Console, but I'm not really sure it's very helpful.

How you would you like to see your SEO data displayed to make it more helpful/actionable?

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

My first "freelance job" was building a Java (not Javascript) applet for a website to do FX conversions (in 1995 -- was still in university).

How did you get your start freelancing?

[AI Tutorials @aitutorialsxyz]

Learn to supercharge your coding with AI! This tutorial shows how to use Claude, Cursor, and Cloudflare Workers AI to build and deploy projects. From text generation to bug fixing, see how AI can streamline your development process.

https://t.co/JAaR05SGSy

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

Apparently the big "Login with Spotify" button/logo isn't enough attribution for them 😱

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

If you launch on @producthunt and aren't featured on the homepage, did you really launch?

It's like a tree falling in the forest, did anyone hear it? 😢

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

How much traffic can one link get you?

Yesterday @aitutorialsxyz was mentioned in the @bensbitesdaily digest.

I've had 686 visits and counting since then.

If you're building anything AI related, highly recommended sharing with Ben 😀

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

Had an idea this afternoon for a SEO related project.

The dot com matching the name I had for the idea was available.

Obviously won't build this, must be a terrible name and idea.

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

I still think I need to launch with perfect software, totally bug free.

Google…

We’ve indexed one page on your site
3 pages from your site got impressions

🤷‍♂️

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

👋 Full-time founder but still making time for side hustles 🤣

Oh yeah, that's me! Thanks Indie Hackers for taking the time to interview me.

Link below 👇

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

I'd love to stop thinking about "SaaS" and just build cool/fun software again.

Just putting this out there to help manifest it 😀

Who's with me?

[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

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[Mubs @mubashariqbal]

🎉 thanks @_buildspace @_nightsweekends

looking forward to watching everyones demos tomorrow!