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andrei.blue
✨ Founder (1 exit), bootstrapping listingcat.com to $1M revenue. I share all the ups and downs of the journey – follow along! πŸ“ˆ https://blueskymeter.com (sold) πŸ“¦ https://blueskystash.com (sold)
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What type of product category should I select for SaaS in Stripe? > Electronically supplied services > SaaS - personal use > SaaS - business use

14 km ride just to get a croissant πŸ₯

Does using confetti on successful payment look childish?

Finally got time to set up Posthog properly Funnels are goated

This company was acquired by Wix for $80m (in cash 🀯) > Bootstrapped > 6-month-old > $189k MRR in May > 250,000 users > 8 employees Most of you haven't even heard about it.

Am I the only one who missed that? Cursor now has a rate limit instead of their well-known 500 premium requests on Pro plan. I guess whether it’s better or worse depends on your own use case. Btw, you can opt out of the new pricing model: Dashboard > Settings > Advanced

Web analytics update for @listingcat.com πŸ”Έ 308 unique visitors πŸ”Ή 43 registered users πŸ”Έ 14% conversion rate (sign ups) And that's without having a normal selling landing page...

Truck driver is paid better than a startup founder.

Healthy competition among backend frameworks. Why is it not the same on the frontend?

Selling my PlayStation, I haven't launched it for a couple of years. It's the worst thing you could ever buy with money. Better spend it on a bike 🚲

I'm populating the database for @listingcat.com If you have a launch platform, directory, or any type of marketing tool or service - let me know in the comments. I'll add your projects too πŸ€™

My config files are getting out of control

Vibe coded a favicon agent yesterday Stack: Trigger .dev + Cloudflare R2 A background job looks for a favicon on the website, processes it with "sharp" library, saves it to the R2 bucket (CDN & cached), and then sends me a Discord notification. Enjoy beautiful icons on @listingcat.com

Marketing advice from Apple: If you don’t have any real updates - redesign it. Applies to both software and hardware.

Let's try what Cursor cooked. It would be nice to have a setting so it runs only on specified branches or branch name patterns.

It was a productive night for @listingcat.com Stripe notifications are around the corner πŸš€

"What JS framework should I learn in 2025?" Here is the answer:

Blocked all bots looking for php vulnerabilities with this custom rule in Vercel Firewall. Firewall β†’ Configure β†’ + New Rule Name: Block .php request paths If "Request Path" - "Contains" - ".php" AND Then "Deny" Save Rule β†’ Review Changes β†’ Publish Enjoy πŸŽ‰

We live in reality where you have to pick the tech stack that AI is better trained on. Rather than the one you know best.

Blocked all bots looking for php vulnerabilities with this custom rule in Vercel Firewall. Firewall β†’ Configure β†’ + New Rule Name: Block .php request paths If "Request Path" - "Contains" - ".php" AND Then "Deny" Save Rule β†’ Review Changes β†’ Publish Enjoy πŸŽ‰

My reward after fixing some issues on @listingcat.com

With Better Auth everything is so simple. Discord notification about new users:

Do you use domain ratings from Semrush and Moz? Or Ahrefs DR enough for you to understand the website's authority? I initially added all 3 types of ratings on @listingcat.com, but hid everything but DR for now.

Small milestone achieved Listing Cat crossed 50 registered users πŸš€

And here is the report from my agent 😎

It took me less than hour to set up automatic DR updates for @listingcat.com Stack: > Cloudflare Cron Triggers > Claude Sonnet 4 πŸ˜€ Now handling sending a report to Discord...

POV I’m in Austria πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή Building in a distraction-free environment

Got my second affiliate commission from Typefully $54 in total πŸ’° The first payout is on the way

Best type of marketing One link on Github (not a spam one) > 21 unique visitors in 48 hours > 100% target audience > Zero effort Sign up conversion rate could be better, but my landing page is not the best for now...