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Passwordless sign-in is live on Achene: passkey via FaceID, TouchID or a security key, or a one-click magic link to your inbox. No password to invent, forget, or reset, for you or your students. What's your preferred login method? #buildinpublic

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Migrating students off another platform is the reason bulk import exists on Achene now. Upload a CSV of names and emails and each row creates an account plus an invite link automatically, no adding people one at a time. #SaaS #EdTech

The possibilities are seemingly endless with this unlocked. Simple yet effective automation.

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Enrolment, a new contact, a tag getting added, any of those can now kick off an automated email sequence on Achene. Chain steps: send an email, wait, update contact data, without touching each one by hand. Custom events and user events are also available. #buildinpublic #SaaS #edtech

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Miss typed a little bit of that, it was meant to say: I'm currently curious to know, for all building in public, are you using Gamification in product? What are your thoughts and feelings about Gamification? Are you aware of the Octalysis Framework by Yu-kai Chou?

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Pete Stewart @achene.app · 24/07/2026

I'm currently for all building in public, are you using Gamification in product? What are your thoughts and feelings about Gamification? Are you aware of the Octalysis Framework by Yu-kai Chou? #buildinpublic #octalysisbook #SaaS

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Lessons on Achene can now be reordered by dragging them into place instead of managing them one at a time. Small change, but it's the kind of thing that makes building a course actually feel easy instead of fiddly. #buildinpublic #indiehackers #SaaS

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Pete Stewart @achene.app · 24/07/2026

Forum moderation for Achene: teachers can pin important topics, lock a discussion, edit or remove any post, and restore context when something gets removed so the thread still makes sense. Small platform, still needs real moderation tools. #buildinpublic #edtech

Pete Stewart @achene.app · 24/07/2026

Students get emailed automatically when someone replies to a forum topic they're part of on Achene, no extra setup needed. They can mute a single topic or opt out of forum email entirely if it's too much. Small feature, cuts down on people missing replies. #buildinpublic

Pete Stewart @achene.app · 23/07/2026

One place to see every student enrolled across every Achene course now: subscription status (active, past due, cancelled), enrolment dates, all in one screen. No more piecing that together course by course. #buildinpublic #SaaS #edtech

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Pete Stewart @achene.app · 23/07/2026

Ever lose your place in a course video and have to scrub around guessing where you left off? Achene's lesson player now remembers exactly where you stopped, plus playback speed from 0.75x to 2x, and marks a lesson complete once you hit 90% watched.

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Pete Stewart @achene.app · 23/07/2026

For course creators and online teachers, which do you think is best?

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Pete Stewart @achene.app · 22/07/2026

Achene's lesson editor supports headings, images, code blocks, links, bullet lists, and blockquotes, and everything autosaves as you type. Built so writing a lesson feels like writing anywhere else, not fighting a form. #buildinpublic #edtech #SaaS

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Pete Stewart @achene.app · 22/07/2026

Email campaigns are live on Achene: pick a segment of contacts, schedule the send, preview before it goes out, then see opens, clicks, and bounces afterward. Basic by design, built to actually get used rather than sit half configured. #buildinpublic

Pete Stewart @achene.app · 22/07/2026

Thanks for your thoughts! Have you used Circle or similar platforms?

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Pete Stewart @achene.app · 21/07/2026

Weighing a native branded mobile app for Achene, Circle style: download the app, log in, your courses are right there, styled to your brand. Would this actually change how your students show up, or is web enough? #buildinpublic #edtech

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Pete Stewart @achene.app · 21/07/2026

Lessons on Achene can now unlock immediately, on a set date, or a number of days after someone enrols. Shipped this week. Students see the release date for anything still locked, no guessing when the next one drops. #buildinpublic #edtech

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Pete Stewart @achene.app · 20/07/2026

Achene now has two layers of community: a discussion forum scoped to each course, enrolled students only, and a site-wide forum open to everyone active on the platform. Different conversations belong in different places. #buildinpublic #SaaS

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Pete Stewart @achene.app · 20/07/2026

Students get a real dashboard on Achene now: every enrolled course, completion progress, recent bookmarks, and a continue learning shortcut that picks up exactly where they left off. Built for the student who forgot which lesson they were on. #buildinpublic

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Pete Stewart @achene.app · 19/07/2026

Interesting separation. Do you find one better for visual presentation, or is there another reason you pick the IDE-intergration for quick demos?

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Pete Stewart @achene.app · 19/07/2026

Thinking about live video sessions for Achene next, built on Cloudflare Stream, maybe live audio too. Genuine question for course creators here: how much does live actually matter to you versus recorded lessons, and would you use it? #coursecreator #edtech

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Pete Stewart @achene.app · 19/07/2026

Upload a video straight into an Achene lesson now and you actually see it happening: upload progress, then processing status, in real time. No more wondering if it silently failed halfway through. Small feature, saved me refreshing the page five times testing it.

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Do you actively reply in threads about the product you're building?

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Every enrolled student on Achene is now automatically a contact. Tag them, filter by course or status, export or delete for GDPR compliance in one click. Shipped this week. #buildinpublic

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Three real categories of AI coding tools now: inline chat, agentic terminal agents, and IDE-integrated agents. I use the last two mainly. Curious if other solo devs converged on a similar split or went all in on one. #buildinpublic

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It's tricky, as I'm posting regularly about what I'm building, but realistically that's just gaining other SaaS builders as follows... None of which are likely to actually want what I'm building. Any thoughts on how to gain the right audience?

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I'm trying to build a community on socials while building in public, but now I'm wondering if I will actually get followers that will be likely to use the platform I'm building... Do other creators worry about this? Is there a solution? #buildinpublic #SaaS

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The "solo" in solo founder isn't deciding everything alone, most of Achene's roadmap comes from what people ask for or push back on in the forum. The real solo part: nobody else triages the bug reports, nobody to stop you building at 2am Least glamorous part of building alone, for you? #indiehackers

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I would say that adaptability is not always emphasised enough with current education and training, but problem solving is usually well covered. It also certainly should be more so, but I guess it's hard to evaluate and teach.

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Apologies if that's a poor translation! Here's the same response in English: I fully agree, and I would also put adaptability as one of the key skills. Technology is always shifting and changing, and therefore it's vital to be able to move quickly with it, and to not get stuck in the past.

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Estoy totalmente de acuerdo; además, consideraría la adaptabilidad como una de las habilidades clave. La tecnología está en constante evolución y cambio, por lo que es vital saber adaptarse rápidamente a ella y no quedarse anclado en el pasado.

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I personally feel problem solving is one of, if not the most important skill. However the ability to learn quickly and good communication skills are also very important! Anyone disagree? Or have another opinion?

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What do you think is the single most important skill as a software engineer? Is there one thing you feel all good engineers need, or do you feel it's a collection of specific skills that are needed to succeed? #buildinpublic #SaaS #WebDev

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