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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I've been developing online products for a few years, but I've done it wrong (as a solopreneur): - markets too crowded - too difficult to make people pay - too many features to build to be competitive - market too vast I want to try something new to fix this. 1/6👇🧵

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I don't know what's going on I've built a tool to automate i18n files translation People (~15) create accounts, some create a project but don't use the tool, most just quit without even creating one Asked them, nobody answered Sth must be wrong, don't know what #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

People on LinkedIn: how do you DM? You have to be connected to the person or to have a Primium account, right? I'm a LinkedIn noob, i'd like to do some cold outreach

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

"THESE MORONS CAN'T FIND THE FCKING BUTTON"

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I think I should go on LinkedIn bc that's where my ICP is... Wish me luck #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

From 2300 unique visitors/day to 3300/day in 1 week, here is what I did: I don't know 😶 I actually haven't worked on this project in the past 6 months I'll take it anyway Follow for more growth tips 🔥 #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Haven't posted a lot lately I've been busy implementing features for my product before a demo with a prospect happening in a few hours! It's very exciting and stressful in the mean time, I hope everything goes well 😊 #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Made some huge improvements to Polygot (i18n automation solution) lately: - create multiple workspaces - invite members to join a workspace - view changes on a given date (history) - compare changes between a date and now - search for text content Now let's focus on marketing 💪 #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Working on adding XLIFF format support on Polygot (for Angular projects): I hate it

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Just did a phone call with a former colleague to talk about my new app Polygot Asked him if he had any problems with his translation process: turned out he has, and he's interested in such a solution (need to make some tweaks though) Hopefully that's the beginning of something great! #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Do you guys translate your app into multiple languages? 🌍 If so, why? If not, why? 🤔 I need to understand what's stopping people from doing it, vs what makes others doing it, in order to better target my marketing strategy for my new product. Please share your experience! 🤗 #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I just added the glossaries feature to Polygot ✨ It took me longer than expected, but I'm very happy to have added this much-needed feature, allowing users to use terms specific to their application and market, in order to generate high-quality, consistent translations 🌍🚀 #buildinpublic #i18n

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Show off a little, show me your animations 😎

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Had fun building this little animation on Polygot's landing page. Not the most sophisticated one, but I like it 🙂 #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Damn Cloudflare Workerd, you almost got me #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

I took a 2 week break for the end of 2024, and I needed it. I had a lot of fun in 2024, but without any real results my motivation was decreasing. I also know my motivation works in cycles, and I'm OK with that now. Now let's get those results for 2025! 🚀 #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I've started writing guides on the @PolygotHQ blog. The goal: to attract users by integrating Polygot as a necessary element for effective internationalization. Next steps: - write other integration guides - make YT tutorial videos from the blog posts #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It's almost the end of the year. It's time for a little summary of my apps' performance over the past 12 months. #buildinpublic ==> VisualPDF will hit 17M+ impressions on Google 😱 (+200%) How I did that in a very competitive niche, without even focusing on this app, 0 dollars spent on ads 👇🧵

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

These last few months as a 100% indie maker have gone by at breakneck speed. #buildinpublic Day by day I haven't felt like I've been moving fast enough, but looking back I realise just how much work I've put in. A few lessons I've learn so far: 👇🧵

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The Thunder Client extension for VS Code (HTTP request builder) is now unavailable for WSL (unless I pay for it) 😐 Do you guys have a nice alternative? #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Tell me that your SaaS found product market fit without telling me your SaaS found product market fit #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Any marketing books recommandations for solo makers? 📚 There are some interesting ones in the Bootstrapper’s Bookshelf from @arvidkahl.bsky.social, but I would also like to have the testimony of people who have applied the advice in the book and had results. #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I'm so excited about the bsky hype right now, I spend way too much time there instead of building #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I'm so excited about the bsky hype right now, I spend way too much time there instead of building #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It wont stop now! 🥵 @d4m1n.bsky.social is already there too (not very active until now though)

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

@tibo-maker.bsky.social just joined (almost 140k followers on X) 👐 1 day later my post would have been much less relevant 😶 #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Dogfooding is so powerful 1. I understand what I build because I'm building for myself 2. I can test what I build on my own apps Doesn't mean I'll find product market fit immediatly, but still! #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Thank god, ChatGPT exists to write privacy policies and terms of use 🥲 This is such a mess 1. Tell ChatGPT it is a lawyer for tech companies in your country 2. Ask it to ask you questions to collect information in order to write the privacy policy or terms of use for your app 3. Ask it to write it

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I just added 4 new languages to visualpdf.com in literally 3 minutes thanks to polygothq.com And it's already showing results 🔥 It just hit a new record for daily users! Let's see how it goes when pages are properly indexed. #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Why big #buildinpublic names on X aren't on bsky (yet)? My guess: - their socials automation software doesn't support it - bsky doesn't support long posts (vs X premium and LinkedIn for example) - bsky doesn't support GIFs What do you think?

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I spent 10 minutes making a GIF meme only to learn that @bsky.app does not support custom GIFs 🥲

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Focusing on marketing this week Not my favorite part of building but it's necessary and I'm sure I can still have fun here 🤞 #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The nice thing on @bsky.app is that you can get some visibility even with near 0 followers because your posts don't get lost in the crowd It might not last though 😬

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I just shipped my project, and I'm already feeling overwhelmed 🥵 So many things to do, starting with marketing (highest priority rn). But also so many features to add! It's actually really exiting 😁 Challenging too Getting back to work 🫡 #buildinpublic

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Is the #buildinpublic community alive on @bsky.app? 😀 Would love to be part of it

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Just joined @bsky.app Let's see how it goes 🙂

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