When I first started out with #typescript coming from #javascript, I went right into making stuff instead of reading the handbook - but there are a few things I wish I had known. For others who are too lazy to read the handbook, here are typescript basics summed up 👇

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It's hard to find a better example of what venture capital should look like than @1517fund. @DStrachman and @William_Blake have been the first believers in many of the greatest and gnarliest tech success stories. The source of their power is a philosophical rejection of lazy thinking. Essentially, if the greatest entrepreneurs are outliers, patterns and credentials must therefore be irrelevant. It sounds simple, but living that principle as an investor means sailing into headwinds. There's no simple narrative to sell LPs, the future is never clear, capital coordination is difficult, and your capacity cannot endlessly scale. It's the harder path, but it's the only true path to greatness as a venture capitalist. Success is extremely idiosyncratic; there are no shortcuts. You might reach this conclusion by studying the library of research on venture capital. Or, you could reach it much more quickly by just meeting a few of 1517's portfolio companies.

There’s 5 days left to apply to SPARC It’s a free summer camp in the Bay Area. I loved it and I met so many amazing people here sparc.camp/apply

If you’re struggling with startup ideas, just pay more attention What problems do you see around you? Is there someone who would pay to have their problem solved? And look outside of the most obvious things. Lots of developers make developer tools, so it’s a bit more saturated. Do you know a roofer, a construction worker, or a barber? There you might find something more unique

Day 2 of scaling - my cousin came to visit me in Kenya so we went on a little safari - came home and fixed a few issues with the software - scheduled some interviews for tomorrow

Does product hunt actually convert?

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Day 1 of scaling my SaaS from $45k to $1m/mo - pr review - made a scraper for property data - made some intros to help a user - gym - went to a cafe at 8pm to keep working

easier than solving the merge conflicts 😂

we offered our churned users to meet with us for feedback and get 2 months free somehow everyone I talk to loves our software and can't afford it 😬

Someone posted on upwork to hire a developer to copy our software Go apply ->

cursor's new debug mode is insane now that it can see its own console logs and know what actually happened when the code ran, it can solve most bugs on its own. all I have to do is recreate the bug and it can solve it

This was 9 months ago. We had to grind to get those first two users other than my cofounder's dad When they joined it seemed like they were more interested in becoming affiliates than using the product. We almost gave up.

in 2026 I'm going to post every day let's see how it goes

First $1k of 2026!

I started the year flipping electronics, found a startup co-founder on X, went to Japan to pitch that startup, then grew it to $45k/mo while working from Kenya, Ethiopia, and Ghana Happy new year!

on the grind in Kenya

we just crossed 100k reports generated 9 months we were struggling to get just 2 people (other than my cofounder's dad) to pay us $26. almost gave up. now hundreds use us in their business daily.

i interviewed a bunch of devs and many told me "vercel is too expensive, we've got to migrate asap" here's how much we spend on vercel to make $45k/mo: