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Emmanuel Jégo

@emmanueljego.bsky.social
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Creator of polygothq.com and visualpdf.com (40k+ users/month) Indie maker | Developer Love creating stuff 💻 and climbing 🧗🏻‍♂️

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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Now is time to do it the right way I have an idea of the market I want to "work for". Now I need to - build a list of businesses I can reach out to - ask them what they are struggling with atm - see if I can do smth about it May be it'll be a dead end, but that's the way to do it
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
These are very basic guidelines, but I learned them the hard way. After spending months building a project (cool features, fun developing challenges...), I'm struggling to find clients. I'm 100% lost. I've burnt a lot of cash.
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
3/ Build something small enough, to not feel overwhelmed. My latest project is very cool (as a developer), but I'm not sure I can meet all my prospects' expectations. If I want to build a indie product, I have to lower my ambitions (at least initially).
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
2/ Build something in a specific niche, so that I can easily find and target people in this niche. Marketing is 80% of the job. If I don't know who to reach out to, I've no chances.
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
1/ Talk to the market first, in order to understand what people struggle with and how to fix it with a SaaS or some other piece of software. I heard it 100s of times, never really listened to it ("I'm too smart for this" 🤓).
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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 have no choice 🫠
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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
Google probably ranked higher some of my pages 🤷‍♂️
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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
Forgot to mention addition of Angular support 🔥
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Made all these changes in preparation for a demo with a prospect (coming up in a few days) Hoping to get a lot of feedback from this demo, and maybe a new customer 🤞😀
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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 · 27/02/2025
Lmao I received (once again) a feedback like this yesterday The thing is I don't even use stars, I use smileys (☹️/😐/🙂) to make it VERY CLEAR, but somehow some people still click "☹️" and say "It is a very good tool" 😂
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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 · 29/01/2025
Good morning Dmytro 🌞
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Learning: don't be shy, talk about your product (should have done this way earlier)
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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 · 24/01/2025
Wow that's a super low config for such a price, but I guess there aren't many VPS providers in Bulgaria!
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Wow that's bad! What's your VPS provider? And what is your VPS configuration?
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Are these forms static? Or is there a way for your customers to create/edit them? How do you handle translation? 🙂 Thanks for the feedback!
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Yeah you might be right, my product might be more suited to businesses rather than indie devs! Thanks for your feedback 😀
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Thanks for the feedback! I guess you don't edit the description every other day, so automation (which my product does) wouldn't make sense for your case 🙂
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Yeah that makes sense So I should probably focus on companies (SMBs) that already have a localization process Thanks for your feedback
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Interesting take! Don't you think that depends on your product and market? Why would companies translate their apps if not for ROI then?
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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 · 22/01/2025
Yeah for sure that isn't a priority in the early stages of a project! This definitely can lead to more users and an improved experience for non-native english speakers though (if your app is in english) What's your project about?
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Interesting take! I don't feel the same at all 😄 - as a French guy, seeing foreign websites automatically translated by Google really hurts the eyes (it sometimes doesn't make any sense) - browser translation doesn't impact SEO - you don't have control over the generated content
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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 · 22/01/2025
Wow, thank you for all these tips and ideas! That's gonna help me for sure 🙏
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
It's called Polygot It allows developers to automatically translate their website/app/software into dozens of languages, with meaningful translations (not literal like Google Translate) polygothq.com
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Trying to figure out what I can do to market my product, and how to do it 🧐
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
@nuxt.com developers: learn how to make your app international and how to handle dozens of languages ​​automagically ✨🌎 #i18n #l10n polygothq.com/blog/nuxt-i1...
polygothq.com
Mastering Nuxt i18n: From Setup to Translation Automation
Internationalizing your Nuxt app (or implementing i18n) is an essential step in making your application accessible to a global audience.
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Want to increase your audiance, prospects and clients? Automatically translate your app into dozens of languages ​​with Polygot! polygothq.com
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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
Take it or leave it, but here are some tips: - increase spacing between sections, you have to add blank to make your UI clearer - a basic rule to make an interface clearer and easier to handle: use your primary color only for the logo, action buttons and CTAs, not the sidebar
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
@nuxt.com developers: learn how to make your app international and how to handle dozens of languages ​​automagically ✨🌎 #i18n #l10n polygothq.com/blog/nuxt-i1...
polygothq.com
Mastering Nuxt i18n: From Setup to Translation Automation
Internationalizing your Nuxt app (or implementing i18n) is an essential step in making your application accessible to a global audience.
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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
What the hell is that lmao
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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
100%, I'll feel less guilty about taking a break the next time I feel this way
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I hope you had a good rest, let's get back to work 😎
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
When I'm fully committed to a project, with a long to-do list (both technical and marketing stuff) and no immediate results, I feel overwhelmed and I doubt myself. Now that I've taken this step back, I'm OK with the fact that it's going to take time. 1 step after the other 🙂
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Emmanuel Jégo @emmanueljego.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
🚀🚀
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