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I can do an a/b test next week. Same content on both platforms and see where the best conversations happen

I don't really care about making sales though bsky. I just want to have good conversations

Yeah bsky has become a ghost town recently

Jacob Duval @rough.app · 27/02/2025

#buildinpublic Day 74 - It's time to be bolder with our positioning.

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#buildinpiblic Day 73 - no vid today. We're not hitting the conversion rates we want. It's time to reposition again into something people are actually interested in.

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Jacob Duval @rough.app · 24/02/2025

#buildinpublic Day 72 - It was too spooky to do a real build in public so I talked about fog.

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Jacob Duval @rough.app · 23/02/2025

Maybe if it's wildly innovative in some way?

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Lol Eli farming us for content.

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Haha you're crazy for doing that. You might be onto something though. I'm pretty tempted to follow in your footsteps. I worry that I'll offend people unfollowing them honestly.

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It's that time again #buildinpublic Link me your project. I'll try it out and give you feedback.

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Fair point. I think values are great when there is heavy founder involvement to drive them. Once companies become professionally managed, that passion dies, and the values become appropriated for internal politics.

#buildinpublic Day 72 - LinkedIn will be our main source of leads going forward...but lawdy do I hate the algorithm. #marketing

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I feel well suited to weigh in here, since we're trying to replace Gantt charts with a top 10. Getting companies to move from parallel prioritisation (five number one priorities) to any sort of real prioritisation (5 things in order) is extremely difficult. The number itself isn't a huge issue.

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Great advice. Many huge companies grew quickly because they were able to focus on a single channel

The users being dogs, the vision being tinder for dogs

The users just don't understand my brilliant vision

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Alex @alexzdevs.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Chasing that wagon lifestyle

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Reposted by Jacob Duval

Why there are so many men indie hackers and very few women out there? Is it just because we tend to be more stupid brave? I have studied mechanical engineering then worked in aerospace jet engine manufacturing. My entire life was around men dominated groups. Maybe it's me. #buildinpublic

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This feels like a good product idea. It's a big unknown for a lot of people. Nice one!

Jacob Duval @rough.app · 20/02/2025

Some ideas need time.

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Jacob Duval @rough.app · 20/02/2025

Haha you've posted enough that I finally gave it a go. You should add a LinkedIn field btw

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Jacob Duval @rough.app · 20/02/2025

#buildinpublic Day 71 - Within a year PMs went from retracting at the mention of AI, to basically requesting it replace them. What changed? #product

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Jacob Duval @rough.app · 19/02/2025

#buildinpublic Day 70 - Dont listen to wannabe influencers. You're allowed to raise capital.

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Jacob Duval @rough.app · 18/02/2025

#buildinpublic Day 69 - It took a year, but people aren't comparing us to notion as much now. #product

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Jacob Duval @rough.app · 17/02/2025

I think we're overdue for a chat either way!

Jacob Duval @rough.app · 17/02/2025

#buildinpublic Day 68 - In most small tech companies, product decisions are made by the CTO. They often don't have product people. #product

Jacob Duval @rough.app · 16/02/2025

It looks like it's dripping in blood!

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- The logo is terrifying - I like the concept of the app, it would be perfect for conferences, team building, groups that don't know each other super well. - It should be location-enabled. Then you could suggest starter packs depending on where I am. - You could sell this to airports.

Hey this is pretty cool! - I want to be able to filter based on the streaming services I'm subscribed to - I want to see the imdb rating next to the trailer instead of the link - I'd love to be able to eliminate certain genres (even just a "see less like this") - Affiliate links seem like a good fit

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It's that time again #buildinpublic. Link me your project. I'll try it out and give you feedback.

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It totally depends on the industry and product. Different markets, different approaches

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Jacob Duval @rough.app · 14/02/2025

#buildinpublic Day 68 - The month long outbound experiment comes to a close. Thus starts the next month - SEO

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I'm wondering how much appetite there would be for a more public "trying to use AI in public" private group

Jacob Duval @rough.app · 14/02/2025

Yeah these are almost like negative transformations for businesses with ai

I'll use it more this week!

haha I made a huge mistake and made my first keyword trump. How do I delete a monitor? I love it. This is a super cool app with an awesome UI. You've done something innovative with the firehose that I can actually see myself using. It's like f5bot but in real time and way slicker. 10/10

Audio was corrupted for todays vlog. Let's try something new #buildinpublic. - Link your project - I will try it out and give you positive feedback It's a not-roast. A roastn't #roastnt

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Jacob Duval @rough.app · 12/02/2025

I'm kind of kicking myself for not digging into it more in the past

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Haha no nothing like that. There are companies out there that have a directive to "maximise the use of AI" with some idea that it will increase productivity. I want to hear from companies that have actually done that.

Jacob Duval @rough.app · 12/02/2025

Has anyone gone through any sort of AI transformation at their work (30+ staff)? I'd be keen to chat. #ai

Jacob Duval @rough.app · 12/02/2025

I'm reading this more like PMs waiting for the "magic of AI" to reach them, but nothing has done that yet. I think even if I dug into it, there might not be clear answers as to what PM's would like AI to do for them.