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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 06/01/2026

Uh omg I would LOVE to see you. What can I do to get you to come??

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 15/10/2025

At Kinference, truth bombs being dropped.

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 04/10/2025

I love traveling solo, but sometimes I wonder if I am too good at it and am therefore bad at traveling with friends now.

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 29/09/2025

Kicking things off at #MicroConf Europe: Istanbul. 👏

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TinySeed @tinyseed.com · 01/09/2025

🚨 TinySeed Fall Accelerator batch applications are officially open Sept 1-9! 🚨 Head to tinyseed.com/apply to apply, and join us on YouTube this Wed for an application Q&A: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7KI...

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Andrey Petrov @shazow.net · 15/07/2025

I wrote a comprehensive post dispelling many incorrect assumptions about Copyleft vs Permissive open source licenses. If you author/contribute to open source code, it's worth reading and understanding these nuances! shazow.net/posts/permis...

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Permissive vs Copyleft Open Source
Published on Jul 9, 2025.
The premise of copyleft licenses is attractive: Create more open source!

With permissive licenses, someone can take the code and make proprietary modifications to it and sell it to other people without releasing the modifications. We want people to publish their improvements, right?

With copyleft, we can force people to publish their improvements to copyleft code. Businesses will want to use our code because creating it was so much work in the first place. We need copyleft if we want more contributors, more open source, more code re-use, more freedom.

Right?

Wrong.

In this post, I break down all the ways copyleft licenses fail to achieve their stated goals, and explain why permissive licenses succeed where copyleft fails.

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 16/07/2025

Anyone out there with a YT channel with over 100K subscribers in a tech niche? I'm working on the @microconf.com YouTube strategy (www.youtube.com/@microconf) and would love to have someone to run quick questions on strategy by. Consultant recommendations welcome too!

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MicroConf

Welcome to MicroConf - Where Independent SaaS Founders Launch, Meet, Learn, and Grow! MicroConf is the world’s most trusted community for bootstrapped SaaS founders. MicroConf is a community of SaaS...

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 04/06/2025

Planning an event for @tinyseed.com founders/community and I'm glad that, because it's not a public event, I can use ridiculous illustrations like this to make people laugh. Enjoy the beach in your suits, folks!

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 28/04/2025

@snook.ca Totally agree re: your "comments were a mistake" post, I've been thinking about this a lot lately. They really contributes to the community divide we have now, and has made divisive opinions seem more "the norm" and thus attracting followers rather than staying isolated.

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 10/04/2025

I've gotten an opportunity to use Webflow for work and goodness, is this a cool product. 🙌

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 27/03/2025

I feel vindicated! Ain’t got the time to learn a new framework when jquery still does everything I need for my lil projects.

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John M. P. Knox @windaddict.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

True creativity comes from knowing when to break the rules, something that #AI isn’t good at. @tracyosborn.com #microconf @microconf.com

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John M. P. Knox @windaddict.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Einar Vollset has a new look @MicroConf. Next up: Will #AI kill #SaaS? #microconf @tracyosborn.com

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MicroConf @microconf.com · 17/03/2025

We’re kicking off #MicroConf New Orleans with Dr. Sherry Walling as she dives into the psychological journey of entrepreneurship. She’ll share actionable strategies to build resilience, manage stress, and protect your well-being as a founder. 🧘‍♀️

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 14/03/2025

Heading to New Orleans for our flagship @microconf.com conference. 🎉

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 09/03/2025

Yess, yesss, the more I can get you here, the more likely that I will win

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 07/03/2025

I hope things are well for you! I have a $1,000 bet with Einar that Bluesky will be around still in a year so I'm rather motivated to keep it going. 😆

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 07/03/2025

Haha hey, it's been forever! I'm now the Head of Product at @tinyseed.com @microconf.com so things are super busy! (Which reminds me that I should set up a collab again with @indiehackers.com sometime...)

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 07/03/2025

👀 Going to lurk on this thread because I am curious too!

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 04/03/2025

*slowly collapses into a pile of dust and bones*

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Turn off the TV and tune into the State of the People, a 24-hour livestream of our voices responding to the lies from the White House with the truth from the people. Go to stateofthepeople.media to watch now.

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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

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We're not done yet | 18F

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 28/02/2025

By golly, AI really loves generating three bullet points with emojis.

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 27/02/2025

Yeah, totally agree. Backstory on the question — we're considering running a smaller MC event in the UK this May, emphasizing a specific topic and also the networking aspects. I'm struggling on a name, and seeing what other people are drawn to right now has been a huge help!

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 27/02/2025

Feels like the conference world has been upended in the last few years. Which conferences do you go to and why? (Bonus if they're marketing or SaaS focused.) And if you used to go to conferences and don't anymore, would love to know why as well!

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TinySeed @tinyseed.com · 11/02/2025

Curious about the TinySeed B2B SaaS accelerator? 🤔 @robwalling.com, @tracyosborn.com, and @alexmcquade.bsky.social will be answering questions live on YouTube tomorrow at 7:00 Pacific US / 10:00 Eastern US / 16:00 Central Europe. Click "Remind me" here on YT:

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TinySeed Applications Live Q&A

TinySeed is a year-long, remote accelerator designed for early-stage SaaS founders. Our program is designed to help founders with a revenue-generating SaaS o...

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 10/02/2025

Our SaaS Accelerator is taking applications! We work with generally non-VC track founders who are building innovative B2B applications that could grow 10x faster with a bit of funding, mentorship, and community. Help me share the word. 👇👇👇

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 10/02/2025

(My grandfather built this cabin in the '70s and I've been coming up here a few times a year for over a decade now. 😍)

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 10/02/2025

Wow so close! If you have the time, would recommend a hike around Pinecrest Lake (with microspikes if you have them) then dinner at Mia's Pizza. 😍 This is my favorite area in the world, have a wonderful time!

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 09/02/2025

Waving from the road just south of you! @shazow.net and I are up at a cabin in Strawberry off of 108. 🎉

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 06/02/2025

@tylertringas.com Hey, FYI for your email form on the www.bkup.nyc website. :) Looking forward to this, I'm often in Brooklyn and love to rock climb (well, not well, but with much enthusiasm!) 🧗‍♀️

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 05/02/2025

We're eight people total, and I'm extremely excited to work with and manage such ambitious, high-performing, incredibly and thoughtful folks as we build resources and support for SaaS founders. 🎉

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 05/02/2025

Woohoo promotion! I'm now the Head of Product at @tinyseed.com. 🎉 I'm now leading the teams on the TinySeed Accelerator, TinySeed SaaS Institute (the soon-to-be-launched high-level founder coaching platform), and @microconf.com (community and conferences for bootstrapped SaaS founders).

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 22/01/2025

Feeling like Google is judging my reading comprehension

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 18/01/2025

Ooo good chance we’ll be in Portland for a bit in spring. I’ll ping you when I know when!

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 18/01/2025

Psst it’s been entirely too long since we’ve been face to face

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Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com · 18/01/2025

Thankfully this is only choosing a new location for a well established conference, MicroConf Europe. We’ve done Dubrovnik very successfully many times, Malta was eh, Lisbon ok but meh hotel, so now Türkiye may be the choice for the upcoming year.

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