Simon Chiu

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A lot of folks (including myself) are creating iOS apps these days. So... I created a FREE app store screenshot editor: appshoteditor.com No sign up needed. Just create your multi-screen horizontal screenshots -> Export -> Done Right now it only has the iPhone 16 mock up, but adding more today

Dan Kulkov@dankulkov.bsky.social

submitted 2 apps for review started working on new app $0 MRR x 3 apps = buying villa in bali in 2026

DM me if any bugs!

The coder LLM isn't doing a good job. Time to pull out the big guns.

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12 Jan

“This model is so goooood…” AI models are probabilistic. It’s like flipping a coin and getting 10 heads in a row. Eventually you’ll hit tails — and suddenly people think the coin is broken.

My laptop battery doesn’t last long now. Not really battery health issue. Doing work in parallel really drains battery fast.

10 Jan

Good Claude. Good. cc @jeremysmith.co

They knew if they let it slide, they'd lose the UI -- which is the key. Models will be commoditized as everybody's models improve over time. Important UIs of the past: - Desktop OS - Mobile phone platform - Browsers - Social network du jour

Want to set a deadline that you'll definitely meet? Give yourself a deadline. I just posted to my customers on my product's private Discord that v2.0 will be out in 7-10 days. Now, I'll move heaven and earth to get this shipped.

People are still saying "I never heard of any successful vibe coded app." Here's my take on this:

It's 2026 and anybody with a $100 CC subscription can point the LLM in your direction and copy it in 6 hours. MRR brag is gone. The people who have made successful vibe coded apps aren't going to let you know they vibe coded a successful app.

One of your moat, which was technical and lead time, no longer exists. Someone with better marketing skills can now come and take your lunch. Broadcasting your MRR is just attracting unwanted competition. So no, you won't hear (as much) about successful vibe coded apps in 2026 and moving forward.

People are still saying "I never heard of any successful vibe coded app." Here's my take on this:

Let's do a thought experiment for 2026. 1. You create (aka vibe code) an app that becomes somewhat successful. 2. It took 6 hours of "work". 3. You hit $10k MRR within 3 months. Are you really going to broadcast it for clout? Absolutely no way.

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Does anyone play Big 2, Tiến Lên, or Dou Dizhu? Built some card games for fun. Link: bs.fyi If you do play, let me know if you notice any bugs!

An honest footer... LOL

They say products need to be launched again, and again, and again. I built Broadcast back in October 2024 (hand coded). It's an email marketing platform, and it's matured quite a bit.

Supports: • Sequences (autoresponders) • Segmenting your subscribers • Multiple businesses • Multiple domains • Easy upgrades • Supports AWS SES, Postmark, Mailgun, and any SMTP provider. My customers include small businesses, newsletter operators, email marketing agencies.

sendbroadcast.netBroadcastBroadcast is an end-to-end email marketing software that helps you create, send, and analyze email campaigns. It is a modern, cloud-based platform that is easy to use and integrate with other tools.

Check it out at sendbroadcast.net Obligatory discount code for 40% off: NEWYEAR2026

It is the year 2027. There are now 3.4 trillion apps. On average, there are about 400 apps for each person on the planet. 99.99999999706% of apps have never been downloaded even once. Estimated iOS app store review wait is about 42 years.

When was the last time you subscribed to a SAAS? Or did you just head into Claude Code and built yourself a custom solution instead?

If people don't hold unnecessarily strong opinions about your open source project (without ever contributing in any way), is your open source project really *open source*?

7 Jan

Heart breaking to see this. Tailwind CSS is such a useful tool, and used by many. Its business model no longer works in this post-AI world, and their business isn't the only one. I've talked with several founders about how AI has killed their business. It isn't discussed openly, but it's real.

7 Jan

Accidentally logged out of bsky. 2FA email ended up in spam. I really hate spam filtering. Yeah, I know what it's supposed to do, but it's like some other person telling me what emails I should get.

6 Jan

One day, nobody will know how to fix broken code. Just like most people don't know how to fix their cars. Or do plumbing trade etc. Then, whatever-bros at that time will say, "Yeah, the best jobs are those blue collar JavaScript programmers. Let's all go and be JS plumbers."

sendbroadcast.netSelf-hosted email marketing software | BroadcastBroadcast is an end-to-end email marketing software that helps you create, send, and analyze email campaigns. It is a modern, cloud-based platform that is easy to use and integrate with other tools.

15 Dec 2025

Deep extinction thoughts from my kid: "I think I get it now. Dinosaurs were real, but are not real anymore."

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Lucian Ghinda

@lucianghinda.com

25 Sept 2025

Replying to @valeriecodes.bsky.social

I would recommend sendbroadcast.net built by @geetfun.com with Ruby on Rails

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Broadcast

@sendbroadcast.com

3 Feb 2025

Released v0.17.0 for sendbroadcast.net Get 25% off licensing with code NEWYEAR25 Things added/fixed this week: • Added ability to import CSV files into subscribers • Fixed bug where AWS SES webhooks were not processing correctly • Updated server dependency • Updated internal dependencies

19 Jan 2025

Added some charts to sendbroadcast.net Will be adding more visuals like this in other parts of the app

14 Jan 2025

Tell me you were unproductive yesterday without telling me. I'll go first. I didn't even know GitHub was down.

14 Jan 2025

It's likely 100% true that the thing you're building already exists

13 Jan 2025

Well, it's time for me to start a new project. Last night, while working on my _other_ project, I realized I needed a tool for it to test some things out. Fingers crossed I can get it done in 3-4 days.

13 Jan 2025

Just sent my 13th weekly product update to my customers for sendbroadcast.net. It's become a habit now that every Sunday night, I look at my changelog and summarize what I've updated/improved/fixed and fire off an update to my customers.

Simon Chiu reposted

Broadcast

@sendbroadcast.com

12 Jan 2025

Released v0.14.1 for sendbroadcast.net • Sequences can now use conditions to direct the flow of DRIP/autoresponders

12 Jan 2025

Been reading the book, The Psychology of Money. An idea in there is that it's oftentimes hard to know how much of a result is attributable to luck or skill. As a result, this makes it hard to extrapolate the lessons from someone else's outcome to apply to your own situation.

12 Jan 2025

Instead, look for generalizable lessons, and look toward people at/similar to your current level for things that are applicable to you.

10 Jan 2025

Working on sendbroadcast.net, I am constantly reminded how glad I am to have spent the time writing unit tests. At the start of any side project, it's so easy to just code. But as complexity increases, tests are what gives me the confidence to ship.

8 Jan 2025

Digital Ocean calls servers "droplets" Linode calls servers "nodes" Hetzner calls servers... "servers" Just curious how people feel about companies using their own language/vocab?

7 Jan 2025

My December 2024 report for sendbroadcast.net Yep, I'm doing this 7 days into 2025 :-) 💰 Made 3 sales (m/m 0%) 💻 70 commits into the project (prev 96) 🌟 Domain rating 10 (prev 11) 🚀 Added 10 features incl: • ESP integrations • Improved preview rendering • Resumption of interrupted broadcasts

4. The holidays, family, New Year etc. Every year, the December holiday weeks (2 weeks) really digs into my usual work schedule. As well, a whole bunch of administrative stuff (eg. taxes) creeps in which breaks the cadence I had back in September.

sendbroadcast.netRoadmap for Broadcast | BroadcastSee what's coming soon to Broadcast and what we are planning for future releases.

7 Jan 2025

Not sure if any other indie devs also feel this way, but January always feel like a slow start. Well, that's all for @sendbroadcast.com's Dec update! What are you / have you been working on?

1. December has overall been fairly slow, both in terms of traffic and sales. Part of it is I've been promoting it less (due to the holiday, and trying to improve the product more). 2. Product development wise, I have a clear roadmap of where I'd like to see this to go.