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Thanks for saying so! And yes, for every bootstrapped startup that sees a rocket ship trajectory and makes headlines, there are probably 100 that are struggling to grow. Would love to read more about those journeys.

I'll write a lessons learned post in the future, thanks for suggesting it.

The decision to go full time now stemmed from a combination of factors: partly financial milestones, partly not having enough time in the day to focus on the things I want to work on, partly burnout (consulting + bootstrapping a SaaS takes a toll long term), partly just ready to enter a new season of my life, partly because I'm excited about the recent developments in AI want want more time to explore that space, partly because I think Preceden still has a ton of room for growth, just to name a few. For every person these factors will be different.

jMockups... now that's a name I haven't heard in a while! And one of those lesson learned: don't name products like that :).

More about that tool and other lessons learned for anyone interested: https://mattmazur.com/2016/07/08/a-long-overdue-lean-designs...

I'm not sure I'm the best person to ask about this as I was very naive at that point in my journey. Launching Preceden was literally posting on HackerNews and hoping for the best.

I would encourage you to join Microconf Connect, a Slack community of software entrepreneurs, where topics like this are discussed often: https://microconf.com/connect. Many of the old Microconf conference presentations are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicroConf

> see a write-up of the lessons learned over the years

It would make for a long blog post and no doubt one I'd have to continue updating, hah. I will write it at some point though, thanks for suggesting it.

And thank you for all your thoughtful comments on HackerNews over its history as well as the posts on your blog. You're brilliant and this community is a better place because of your participation in it.

There's no API at the moment to programmatically build your timeline, but that might be something I add down the road.

Here's the relevant post on Preceden's public roadmap if you care to give it an upvote: https://roadmap.preceden.com/b/y0ge5xve/feature-ideas/api

Hope it winds up being a good fit even without an API.

Thanks! I read something here on HN recently about how representation matters: essentially that it's important that people are aware of what others in similar circumstances are up to. I hope this post finds some other long-term side-project solo-founder parent SaaS bootstrappers and encourages them to keep going.

I still have our email exchange from back in 2016 - I hope you were able to successfully leverage the eCommerce boom in India that you mentioned. Thanks for saying hey!

Yes, can do!

Great idea - added it to the public roadmap: https://roadmap.learngpt.com/b/dvdoo209/feature-ideas/rss-fe...

Maybe one day!

Google OAuth cuts down on spam which is why I currently push for it, but you can register manually here: https://www.learngpt.com/users/sign_up

It was a quick v1 solution, but yeah, it likely can be automated.

Matt here, LearnGPT's founder.

I have someone helping transcribe interesting screenshots that others have posted online and she just made a typo; it wasn't ChatGPT. I corrected it.

Also, if you post a screenshot on LearnGPT, she'll transcribe it so it's easier for others to read - usually without typos :).

Thanks! It's a great idea and on my todo list.

Nice surprise seeing LearnGPT (my tool) on the HackerNews again today :)

Here's the LearnGPT launch post from a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33923907

Shortly we're going to expand the site to include other GPT related content like news articles, popular tweets, and other resources to help folks interested in leveling up their GPT skills or just following along with the latest developments.

Feedback/suggestions welcome!

I added support for tags FYI: https://www.learngpt.com/prompts/tagged/coding

Added support for tags too.

Example for "coding": https://www.learngpt.com/prompts/tagged/coding

Added a "Best" page: https://www.learngpt.com/best

Will fix - thank you!

Eventually it may expand into that too.

Agreed! Comments didn't make the cut for the v1 but will ship soon.

Looks like a great site too - thanks for sharing.

I laughed out loud when I saw that one on Twitter :D

I went back and forth on "Front Page" vs "Hot" and went with the former for now, but maybe "Hot" would be clearer.

Totally agree on needing some way to filter down the list.

Having a "Best" section would be easy to add and valuable too. Will add on Monday.

Appreciate the suggestions!

Thanks, will check it out.

What are the tradeoffs of building a Chrome extension vs a bookmarklet?

No plans to, but I'm curious, what do you imagine I might censor?

Thanks for this feedback. Tags are top on my todo list; should launch early next week. Regarding intent, maybe there's an opportunity to have a different section on the site with templates for certain kind of tasks. Will brainstorm - thanks!

Link for the curious: https://www.learngpt.com/prompts/you-are-an-ai-dungeon-maste...