Ryan Faust

Tech bros back in the day: "It's proprietary!" Tech bros now talk about moats. Building a Ghibli image generator? You won't have a moat against someone one-shotting you whole product with AI. Showing a vibe coded game to your 500k+ audience? That's a moat.

I got frustrated while working on one part of my product. Decided to work on another, simpler one. To get momentum again. Now I'm down a rabbit hole. Like one quest leading to multiple side quests.

Solopreneurship vs fitness What people think is hard: - Coding - Going to the gym What's actually hard: - healthy eating - marketing

No-code didn’t kill off developers. It allowed less technical people to create. And gave rise to a new breed: no-code developers. AI coding won’t make developers obsolete either. It’s doing the same: enabling builders and is creating a new class of AI-assisted developers.

Vibe coding is like giving someone a hammer and expecting a house—no blueprint, no foundation, just chaos.

People use AI to generate things that humans don't want. Long emails from bullet points, while people want the bullet points, not the long text. AI avatars for video meetings, while people don't want to show themselves. Vibe coded games that nobody wants to play.

Vibe-coded games are like piano-playing dogs. Is it impressive because it’s a dog, or is it actually any good at playing? At some point, you have to ask: Are they good games? Or are they cool only because they were vibe-coded? Will anyone actually play them?

Recent vibe coding dramas have given me back some confidence. I saw people with no coding skills at all build so much faster than me. They shipped while I was still coding. I felt behind. But the reality hit those people in the face. Hard.

We have come a full circle with AI. Developers are realizing the importance of documentation. They are writing/generating docs to give context to AI. When docs were for humans, they didn't care.

Building a product is having never ending side quests. One thing leads to 5 other things. They each lead to another 5 more things.

Imagine personalized food made just for your taste buds and current cravings. That's where I think AI is going. But for entertainment. Vibe coded games show how easily AI can create. AI will soon create hyper-personalized entertainment instead current for-masses content.

// src/app/page.tsx I started putting the file paths to the top of the files. To give better context to AI. Is there a word for it? AI driven development?

No-code tools are cool and all, but when you need anything remotely custom, you're in trouble. If you can code, build it in code.

How to stop buying new domains? Keep a list of all the ones you've bought. Before buying another one, look at all the failed or abandoned projects. Not to discourage you, but to keep you grounded in reality and learn from your mistakes.

Your business won't take off. This is the most likely outcome according to data we have about businesses. 2nd most likely: It will go bankrupt within three years 3rd most likely: It will never grow to more than 10 employees. Adjust accordingly.

"Legacy" is used as a negative in tech. Almost everywhere else it's positive. E.g. the legacy of an author is their life's work.

They say that if your app looks nice, you've shipped too late. I don't agree. Building something good looking gives me energy to build more. And new UI libraries make it so easy anyway.

I think I don't like SEO. I haven't changed anything on my site, but sometimes pages get indexed and sometimes deindexed on Google.

Most people only learn in school. They say school is important, because that’s the only place they learn. After graduating, they stop learning. Are you still learning and growing?

ChatGPT has learned a lot about me and knows me better than most people in my life. I have mixed feelings about this.

"Pacta sunt servanda" - Latin for "Agreements must be kept". People figured out thousands of years ago that there are certain principles that people in civilized societies should follow to live good lives.

There is no blueprint for men like you—so you must create your own.

Agency and service business owners are always stressed. Every one I have worked with. Without exceptions.

I feel the most productive when other people are occupied with something else like holidays.

Humans reached their biological limitations a long time ago. The only thing that's advanced us is technology. Many people are concerned about AI, but they should embrace it instead. Humans + tech has always been the winning combo.

Worker productivity has increased with tech: Worker productivity 1948-1979: 108.1% Worker productivity 1979-2019: 72.2% AI is increasing it even further and faster: Knowledge Work productivity with AI: 40% Coding task speed with AI: 66%

You’re not bad at marketing. You’re just overcomplicating it. Simplify your landing page: → Clear message → Simple design → 1 CTA Small changes → big wins.

Landing pages fail for 3 reasons: ❌ Confusing headline ❌ No trust signals ❌ Weak CTA Fix those, and you’ll be miles ahead.

Minimalism and automation are kind of contradictory. If you have many processes, then automation is a powerful tool. But minimalism is all about doing the bare minimum and eliminating waste. So there isn’t that much to automate anyway.

The generic advice to solve your own problems is everywhere. True, many companies are founded on this. But you have to take into account things that you like and are good at. If you hate accounting, don’t build an accounting SaaS.

Technical stuff is easier to learn for most people, because it has a short feedback loop. It either works or doesn't. And you get instant errors saying what's wrong. Softer skills like marketing take testing and time to learn.

A weak CTA: 'Submit.' A strong CTA: 'Get Your Free Guide.' Never make your visitors guess what they’ll get. Spell it out.

Your landing page isn’t a canvas for creativity; it’s a tool for conversions. Make it simple. Make it clear. Make it work.