iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 29/10/2025

I have no affiliation with Wispr - but saw devs like @arvidkahl.bsky.social use it and love it, tried it, and stopped at their offices to learn more. A really cool team, neat idea + execution, and they somehow got the world's supposedly largest 3D printed keyboard there as well

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Pete Codes @petecodes.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

What podcasts are people listening to? Seems like a lot of the bootstrapper ones have died recently I miss the IndieHackers pod a lot and seems like nothing ever replaced it

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TRMNL @trmnl.com · 25/03/2025

@briansierakowski.com saw this shoutout via Podscan from @arvidkahl.bsky.social Enjoy the honeymoon phase!

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Dr. Daniel Bender @aidfulai.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I joined today an incredible masterclass with @arvidkahl hosted by @hypefury. Here are my key takeaways on personal branding, content creation, and audience building for founders. 🧵👇

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Kamran Ayub @kamranicus.com · 27/12/2024

I just learned about this through @arvidkahl.bsky.social and I think this is amazing. I've been looking for and hoping this kind of thing existed for a long time to help indie founders build more sustainably. calmfund.com

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Calm Company Fund | An ecosystem of founders and funders of profitable, sustainable, calm businesses | Calm Company Fund

Early stage funding, resources, and mentorship for founders building profit-driven calm businesses.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 21/12/2024

Yah that makes a ton of sense. @arvidkahl.bsky.social is talking about a pretty big product pivot right now that's similar. A very real startup axiom is, "What got you here, won't get you there"

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Viktor Nyblom @nyblom.io · 04/12/2024

Also, @arvidkahl.bsky.social is in good company when it comes to my podcast list.

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Sending your Black Friday marketing email on Cyber Monday is still fine, right? 🤣 Asking for a friend.

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

The more I use AI “at work”, the more I come to understand that an AI can not love its work. Anything it produces is unloved, unlovable, and loveless. That’s great if you want analytical insights and data crunching. It’s terrible for anything supposedly “creative.”

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This is why you can't trust user-provided data. Seen here: a podcast's RSS feed, totally legitimately listing its categories. Not keyword stuffing at all.

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

With nascent social networks like this, how do you feel about “intentional audience building?” Part of me longs for memories of the past, where people just hung out and didn’t expect any outcomes. Yet, in reality, most people now optimize for reputation & monetary gain. So… which is it for you?

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

It's "on-device LLM" today. Soon, it'll be "on-chip" LLM. Or LLM cores. The system default local LLM. The coding framework's default local LLM. I find this incredibly exciting. A privacy-first, self-contained, user-owned AI—a 24/7 agent for action, insights & feedback. github.com/huggingface/...

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GitHub - huggingface/smollm: Everything about the SmolLM & SmolLM2 family of models

Everything about the SmolLM & SmolLM2 family of models - GitHub - huggingface/smollm: Everything about the SmolLM & SmolLM2 family of models

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

This week, I reflected on my free trial strategy. One thought that I couldn’t shake was that a trial period is free for the prospect, but can be expensive for the founder. So where do we draw the line? How much do we let them use the product? Heres my approach. tbf.fm/episodes/357...

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The Bootstrapped Founder | 357: (Free) Trial & Error

Today, I’ll dive into the difference between a trial user and a trial abuser and what you can do to invite the former and prevent the latter.This episode is sponsored by Paddle.com — if you're look...

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I’m really reluctant going all-in on coding with cursor. Maybe that’s old man yelling at cloud, but I prefer having some semblance of a full mental model of my code as I improve it. Only playing “pull request merging expert” disconnects me from the resulting artifacts. Or am I doing it wrong?

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This girl was watching me push a significant UI change to production earlier. They truly mirror our emotional state.

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

What’s that one thing about running a SaaS business that nobody warned you about? For me, it’s the inability to turn of my mental background processing. There’s always a new idea or optimization popping up in the least work-related circumstances.

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

So, I just found out that a sprinkle of freshly ground cardamom in my morning coffee increases the joy of that beverage by an additional 47%. This may not be mid-pandemic sourdough nerdery, but I am really getting into spiced beverages 🤣

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I've been mired in building machine-learning models in... PHP for the last few days. I never thought I could pull this off, but it would appear I have a pretty accurate audience size prediction system using ridge regression on hand-collected data. Still fiddling with it, but it's working 🤯

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

When the studio couch is not in use, my office manager makes sure I still get my work done.

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

The painful part of being a founder is knowing just how impactful an hour spent on the business can be. Really gets in the way of relaxing on a Sunday afternoon 🤣

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Sean Oliver @seanoliver.bsky.social · 08/05/2023

Is there an indie hacker community on blue sky yet?

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 10/05/2023

I was informed at 6am that it was time to get started writing.

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

I bought 4 more books that I likely won't start reading for a few months. Send help.

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 01/05/2023

Was just hanging out with family. Even though I have people who work in rather modern industries, nobody knew what Stripe was. Or Hacker News. Or Paddle. Or MicroConf. Or any of the podcasts I listen to. Or what my own podcast is about. I do enjoy getting that kind of perspective.

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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 30/04/2023

This is the development on top of the protocol that’s amazing to see. The fact that the Bluesky app is just *one* client on top of the protocol is a huge difference versus other social network: even Twitter. The dev ecosystem on top of the AT protocol is just getting started.

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 29/04/2023

Not sure if this is petty or not, but we have construction workers in the house and they blast 80s rock radio in the basement — kinda feels like an invasion of privacy in my own home 🤣 Guess I’ll be going to paradise city then.

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 29/04/2023

This is my doug. She’s a great doug. That’s all.

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 28/04/2023

I just had a moment where I watched a video on YouTube, heard a phrase, and just was inspired to write an 800-word first draft for a really insightful article. Within minutes, it poured out of my fingers. These moments of flow are my drug. (And also the reason why I want to be a writer forever.)

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 28/04/2023

Putting the follow button next to accounts that get re-skeeted into your timeline is low key a good feature

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 28/04/2023

I am struggling pretty hard right now with a choice. I'm working on my third book, and I've been considering moving on from self-publishing (as I did with the first two) — but the world of traditional (and even hybrid) publishing is just so money-grabby. Anyone got experience with that move?

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 27/04/2023

It's funny. I've thought a lot about platform risk ever since the Twitter takeover. It certainly is becoming shakier every day. And still, looking at the blank slate, I feel equally helpless. You can't really impact either the emergence or the decay of a network — other than just showing up.

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Arvid Kahl @arvidkahl.bsky.social · 27/04/2023

It's always an intriguing feeling to set up something new. Hi there :D

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