Michael Patrick

12 years in big tech. sold a startup in 2024.

now i do seo + saas.

seo operator leaderboard:

i always follow back

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

A year of growing my web apps.

I really, really don't care about the $6300. What I care about is the trend. Trend keeps moving up and to the right?

I'm happy. What's this look like 2, 3, 4 years from now? Actual life changing SaaS income? TBD.

Marketing.. 100% SEO..

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

@MrBeast 1,184,362

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

Google throwing big respect my way today. Woo

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

@JacobCounsell Why does this happen? Everyone using the same X growth tool?

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

@ThePrimeagen Simple repetitive stuff that is token intensive. I use it for translations/localization stuff.

Opus etc when writing translation files destroys budget. Sonnet is good

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

@bridgemindai I'd love more insight in the tests. What are you prompting that it's going to Opus so much?

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

Fable gang

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

@adamc0dez First reply is 🏆

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

@angel_d_munoz @zacodil Theres a lot to unpack there but

I think most of what you said there is subjective and not data driven

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

@hedderichpro @zacodil Alright. Lets just be clear that they were forced to do it.

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

@hedderichpro @zacodil Was it expanded by their own decision?

Or were they forced to by the government they operate under?

(its the latter)

Do we get mad at companies that follow restrictions placed upon them by the government? Or, are people expecting them to just go rogue?

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

@viiskb @zacodil To answer your question

A lot of people will spend $ on the premium item

its why ferrari, mclaren, lexus etc exist

if you want to shop toyota exclusively, go ahead

The suffering you're talking about i think maybe is overstated. I'm not suffering

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

@viiskb @zacodil GLM-5.2 being equivalent to opus/fable is one of those things people keep repeating, but isn't actually true

GLM-5.2 isn't even as good as sonnet. It is cheaper though, yes - about 50% of the cost .

If you optimize for price over quality, sure, GLM-5.2 is best for you

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

@zacodil Agreed. People have every right to rebrand engagement farming as "user feedback" if the algorithm rewards it - even if it is unfair negative PR to a company that's been the most transparent by far of those in their category

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

@katsuxbt Everybody just needs to have a childhood friend like LeBron. It’s so easy

[Charles Maddock @charles_maddock]

Millions of vibe coders rn with 20+ /goal prompts chambered, waiting for the picosecond Fable 5 drops:

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

@Shpigford Is this ragebait ...?

"This guy only makes $700 mrr therefore I choose to gatekeep him and encourage everyone to do the same"

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

Reduced refunds on my one time purchase product from an avg ~8/mo down to ZERO.

TLDR on how: I added a "not happy?" flow to the product, which offers users a chance to re-do the service.

But before they can, they have to click a checkbox that refunds are void if they do.

[Michael Patrick @ushercakes]

@DavidGQuaid @Charles_SEO @WebsiteSquadron @IdleMusings101 Yeah. Theres a few subreddits that just have "the guy".

r/fearOfFlying has realgentleman80. He's an airline pilot.

r/SEO, has weblinkr. He's just a goat