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π In the last 20+ years I shipped 20 projects
π» 1 of those makes decent money (Bannerbear)
π£ 2 are in early stage but not making much
π’ 1 made ok money then slowed
π The other 16 failed
π So... ship more
Jon Yongfook
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Jon Yongfook
@yongfook
- I was fired by Apple today. Me and my design team have spent the last 18 months tirelessly testing different levels of gaussian blur on backgrounds when foreground elements are in focus. If you are looking for experts in the blur, glass liquid, grass or fur UI space, lmk.
- As an ex member of the Apple UI Design leadership I can reveal this was in fact the result of 12 months of observing real toggle switches in everyday life, that magically turn to liquid and re-manifest into solid matter.They overdid it with this interaction.
00:00 - Eating out culture in Tokyo is not like other cities. Tokyo has 10x the number of restaurants compared to LA so the whole idea of a top 10 or top 50 list is just nonsense. Tokyo breaks the conventional model that thereβs some specific place all the way across town worth going to.
- I'm a dev. My app makes $22k / mo. I just revealed that my server costs are $1200 / mo. Typical dev response: you could save money if you <massive migration to XYZ platform> Reality check: I'm not looking to save a few hundred bucks per month. I'm looking to grow my business.
- Every startup who built a wrapper around ChatGPT right now.
GIF - Me looking at the VC fund run by old men who just gave an attractive Asian female founder millions of dollars in funding for some hair-brained idea.
- AI startups building on GPT realizing that new GPT basically replaces their product offering.
- Taylor Swift will make $10 million *on each day* of her upcoming Eras tour. But the crazy thing? Most people are using Notion entirely wrong. Hereβs 10 ways to bootstrap your AI startup to $8 MRR. π§΅π
