Startups.RIP hits 100k page views ๐
Cost
$77.63
Input
2.2M
Output
582.1k
Cost
$77.63
Input
2.2M
Output
582.1k
Was not expecting this to blow up as much as it did, still trying to process & understand how it happened. Estimate across ~700 posts about the project there was a combined 1M+ impressions -> 100K website hits.
We didn't market it at all, a random guy on X (not that many followers) tweeted it "Someone built...", it got picked up by X trending and snowballed from there. Clearly hit a nerve in the zeitgeist. Unfortunately spent most of the day in triage mode as a result: fixing bugs, responding to inbound, etc. but it was worth it to experience going semi-viral ๐ Hope to get back more Deep Work (& writing) time tmr ๐
For Straude: fixed a gnarly onboarding bug that made some new users the last 2 days invisible, sent an apology email ๐ต, shipped some quality of life improvements (many suggested by @jilijeanlouis like adding photo & file attachments to DMs, thanks!). Fixed CLI bug for Windows users. Added Japanese market launch plan.
Hit โ + K and search "Dark theme" voila!
Oh and shipped a new IG Reel / TikTok w/ @markmdev & @java Check it out! Brand new to short-form content, learning...
Any guesses what my next project will be?