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founder, engineer @AutoRepurpose @_PenelopeAI @supaboxAI (acq.) ▲ sf1 @_buildspace onsen for life
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I and my gf are renting an Airbnb and doing a hackathon by ourselves for the weekend 😁
We have so many distractions in our home that a temporary change of living place can be very effective lol
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introducing Travel Photo AI ✈️🏖️
Travel Photo AI takes photos of you at famous tourist spots around the world.
now you don't need to go to japan to take a photo of you with Mount Fuji (i know you actually wanna be there but it's time-consuming and not cheap)!
all you gotta do
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I relate to this sooo much
About a year ago, I saved almost the same amount as Kamil in my bank account ($25k) and quit my job to become a full-time indie hacker.
At that time, my MRR was $8. But I believed I could make it.
> 1️⃣ Betting everything on Indie Hacking:
Money is
Yeah okay. I fucked up.
Here’s my hard-to-swallow pill: I lost 90% of my money in the first part of 2024 due to bad decisions, stubbornness, and lack of composure. And I don’t even remember most of it.
So it’s time to admit to myself I was wrong.
Here’s the list of my
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my boss said I sucked at engineering and should quit.
during my time as a uni student, i joined a company in tokyo as an intern engineer. to my dismay, my boss told me that engineering was not my calling and advised me to quit to become a dev. however, i stuck to it
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hey gym bro founders
how did you get mass!?
i've been struggling from this since i was born lol
- i hit the gym every other day
- i take a protein shake once a day
- i eat three times a day
- no supplements
i know i probably need to eat MORE, but this is very hard to be done.
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It's a wrap on
@AutoRepurpose
's first launch on Product Hunt!
The results:
🆙 392 votes
💬 114 comments
🏆
#1
Product of the Day
Just like my previous launches, I thought this one would end w/o much happening.
I never dreamed my product would actually grab the
#1
Product of
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I decided to share a weekly update every Friday on Twitter.
@_buildspace
sf1 was life-changing.
It's over now but life goes on.
I'm no longer in SF and it's difficult to find like-minded ppl/keep being accountable, etc.
So I decided to share a weekly update every Friday.
I
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I built a tool to summarise emails on Gmail.
With the click of a button, it turns long emails into 1 short sentence, in your inbox,
so you can understand the main point, instantly.
wanna get it?
Check the reply 👇
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day 1 of
@_buildspace
school in sf 🫡
the space is super clean, i got the best desk ever (with plant)
let's build ideas
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Supabox has been acquired!
It was generating some (very small) revenue, and I wasn't excited about solving email-related problems, so I was considering shutting it down.
Then, something happened.
I got a DM from
@saviomartin7
He was very interested in the problem Supabox
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this is me speaking hindi with synced lip.
but i was speaking english in the original video.
this was done by using an api
@therealprady
is building.
this is just crazy
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i'm supa late for this but hey - better than nothing lol
i'm gonna plan a retreat where you can enjoy the hot springs while working on your project at a ryokan ♨️
why i do this:
after moving to canada and travelling a lot, i realized i love japan, and i'm an onsen junkie.
last
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No free trial plan anymore, I need to make money
i removed a free trial plan from
@supaboxAI
.
Supabox is my full-time project and i need to make money to pay bills.
i'll refund you within 14 days if you don't like it.
no questions asked.
perhaps i am being too honest.... but
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This huge classic Japanese style house (used to be a Japanese inn) is on sale and i'm thinking about opening a hacker house in Japan.
Who's in?
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Automatically tag your emails, and spot only the important ones at a glance.
2 months ago I had nothing but the idea, so I built
@SupaboxAI
.
Supabox automatically tags emails to help people prioritize their most important ones with AI.
Takes less than 1 minute to setup.
Make
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Excited to introduce my new project, Calmy — The Slack Alternative for focused, cost-effective communication
I think Slack has 2 major issues:
💸 Costly per-user pricing
🪇 Constant distractions
I want to create a more efficient online communication tool.
When I was working
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At this point, I can say
@supabase
has everything I need when I build an AI app.
I’m working on
@_PenelopeAI
, a Notion-like, AI-enhanced writing workspace.
It has over 15k sign-ups and Supabase handles nicely.
However, there was one issue.
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Dang my followers went from 990 to 1500 in one day...
I can't believe it.
Thank you everyone 🙌
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My new app
@AutoRepurpose
is on Product Hunt finally 🎉
🔗 Link:
I'm building a YouTube repurpose tool to engage on platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn.
Your support would mean the world to me! 😽
--
The origin story
I made AutoThread AI last year
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as it's my birthday today, i'm enjoying time in the Japanese countryside — Saga prefecture
the older I get, the more i like the countryside🧘♀️
more unique culture and amazing food 😋
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This is a weekly update for
@_nightsweekends
✨
The project is
@Audio2Doc
!
Right now what you can do is "semantic search on the transcription".
I'll add the feature the week ↓
🗣️Talk with transcription
wdyt 😆?
cc:
@_buildspace
@FarzaTV
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i created a new email tool for founders.
the tool surfaces the most important emails in your inbox, categorizes + tags all emails automatically.
$19/month. 5 spots open.
DM for early access.
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Just said goodbye to the dog and am about to fly to San Francisco ✈️
See y'all
cc:
@_buildspace
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it seems the content about life in tokyo/japan has more engagement than my indie hacking content lol
should i tweet more about life in japan? lol
lmk in the reply :D
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Introducing Chatsage — an open-source AI Chatbot app that you can embed on your website 🪄
This chatbot, based on your website's content, can be embedded directly on your site.
Now, your landing page can have 24/7 customer support to instantly answer customers' questions :)
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My update for
@_nightsweekends
this time is...
I am moving back to Japan from Canada 🇨🇦 🇯🇵
(sorry moving out of the country was soooooo busy, couldn't work on my app much lol)
This is not a proper update maybe, but just doing this because this might be better than nothing haha.
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introducing a Gmail add-on for Founders - Supabox
Supabox will automatically tag your emails, so you can find the most important emails at a glance.
no longer a waitlist, just sign up.
click the link below if you are interested and want to save time checking emails.
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i flew back to japan and my life has changed so much
where I can reach by walking for 18 minutes -
in sf:
fort mason
now:
a random cafe in the japanese countryside
:/
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🇨🇦 Boom! I finally got a Canadian PR ✨
I moved to Vancouver from Japan in 2019 and the PR is in my hand at last!
However, I'll keep exploring the world!
Where should I go next? 🌎 😏
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My goal is to complete the MVP of a new AI app with Whisper API and
@pinecone
I worked on in this YouTube live 🔥
I'll keep you updated 🙌
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Today’s office🧑💻
Quite cozy cafe :)
📍Bundoza Cafe in Ginza, Tokyo
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This is my idea for N&W S3 by
@_buildspace
✨
You can see the URL here:
@Audio2Doc
⚡️
What do you think?
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dont wanna say this but today is one of those days when i feel like nothing is gonna work whatever i try.
the harder i try, the more churn i get.
i know/believe this is temporary, but this negative thoughts caught me so hard.
i’m at a co-working space now but perhaps i should
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sf school by
@_buildspace
has been a magical place to be so far.
ai guru
singer
people with all kinda ideas are here
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I am at Haneda airport to fly to Dubai to join the
@_nightsweekends
IRL event🌴
And this backpack is all I have... let's hope I can survive lol
Anyway thanks
@_buildspace
@FarzaTV
for sponsoring me 🙇
Can't wait to see S3 gangs 🙌
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gonna ship a new product which looks boring but is actually a fire 🔥
next week is a ship week.
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As i mentioned below, i’m looking for freelance work :)
I’m a fullstack dev with 7-year of experience.
My tech stack:
◆ TypeScript
◆ React
◆ Next.js
◆ Supabase
◆ Tailwind CSS
◆ Node.js
◆ MySQL
Professional work history:
◆ yahoo japan: PHP, MySQL, Node.js, server
I relate to this sooo much
About a year ago, I saved almost the same amount as Kamil in my bank account ($25k) and quit my job to become a full-time indie hacker.
At that time, my MRR was $8. But I believed I could make it.
> 1️⃣ Betting everything on Indie Hacking:
Money is
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it's time for
#taishiweeklyupdate
14 from bali, indonesia 🇮🇩
- finally recovered from food poisoning
- arrived in bali (bali1 just like sf1 by
@_buildspace
) 🏖️
- set a goal of 2024
i think I've lost some weight even tho i'm trying to gain weight due to food poisoning lol
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I am selling all the stuff since I am leaving the country.
And this is much tougher than a full-time dev job🥵
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colour grading is sooo hard...!
which one do you prefer?
1. warmer
2. kinda retro film vibe, mysterious
the BGM for this YT video will be Lofi songs
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Launched a new landing page for
@Audio2Doc
(with great help from
@tailwindui
😂)
It's really clean and simple!
I mixed a bit of
@buymeacoffee
vibes (big rounded buttons).
What do you think?
cc:
@_nightsweekends
@FarzaTV
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see you guys see you sf
sf1 by
@_buildspace
is over now but our journey continues.
keep shipping, take a rest, keep shipping
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"A Gmail add-on for Founders to stay on top of the inbox"
Supabox automatically checks your email and tags them, allowing u to identify the important ones at a glance.
this is the app I am currently working on!
lmk what u think!
cc:
@_buildspace
@FarzaTV
@_nightsweekends
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No matter how difficult life gets, I gotta upload my weekly update.
It's Friday,
#taishiweeklyupdate
11 :)
- launched
@_PenelopeAI
AI 2.0
- then re-launched a new editor (with tiptap and novel)
- first post on Reddit in a long time
- got banned from r/InternetIsBeautiful
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went to
@LangChainAI
's office today.
it was wild i just saw
@nutlope
and i was like "i know him!"
it was great to meet you
@nutlope
!
this is why sf is such a special city.
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✨ I created Link Summarizer,
which summarizes the content of the link!
I thought it was tough to build but it took only about 1 hour 😳
I'll deploy this on
@_PenelopeAI
soon 🙌
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Yesterday was my payday, so I invested in TailwindUI 🎨
I could say this is a bit pricy but I love just browsing the components/templates and how beautiful they are ✨
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on my way to build the next generation disruptive AI app but the path to the office is so peaceful
nobody cares GPT in rural japan just enjoy the moment.
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Calling all makers! 👋
Let me share my experience with
@_nightsweekends
S3 by
@_buildspace
🔥
It was a crazy journey to build an app along with builders/artists from all over the world 🌏
This is a story of how I made another profitable app 🧵
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Believe it or not, I have exciting news! 🥳
@AutoThreadAI
has finally got its first paying user!
A special thank you goes to
@ser_ando
for providing invaluable advice on the idea. And of course, a big shoutout to
@Ishmeet_Singhh
and the amazing
@_buildspace
community!
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Ok here is my
#taishiweeklyupdate
3 :)
This week was a marketing week and I made some posts to promote
@supaboxAI
and personal content.
- LinkedIn post
- r/gmail subreddit post
- personal newsletter
- a tweet to promote my newsletter
- newsletter of Supabox
They didn't work
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this is how i live
if you feel you are shit, go to gyukaku
if you're losing MRR, go to gyukaku
if you achieve something, go to gyukaku
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Chilled for 3 days in Beppu, Japan, a rad hot spring resort town ♨️
Some ppl know this but I'm an onsen junky lol
So no tattoos on my body even though I really want one.
Post
@_buildspace
sf1, I was all in for some onsen time and a stay in a ryokan, so I headed to Beppu.
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Friendly reminder when you feel shit — go to a bbq restaurant and get proteins (alcohol is optional).
What's on your coping list?
(Btw this is the best Japanese BBQ place in Chiang Mai imo + budget-friendly)
this is how i live
if you feel you are shit, go to gyukaku
if you're losing MRR, go to gyukaku
if you achieve something, go to gyukaku
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Seriously, how do you take a rest without feeling guilty?
It's almost impossible to feel "I have done enough today😏"
OR
"It's Sunday I should take a rest anyway 🤷♂️"
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such an honor to hear this from Damon.
i'm in the transformation from an employee to a founder.
i need to change myself from my actions to my words.
this is the first step.
This is a strong signal I see of a future successful entrepreneur 👇
We are not building products for fun; we are building them to make money!
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Just created an API in
@modal_labs
to generate some slick narration for videos using
@OpenAI
Vision API :)
In this demo, I used a video from
@_PenelopeAI
.
The video is stored on
@supabase
, so my API fetches it and the frame images of the video are passed to the Vision API.
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20 hours in: Just woke up and saw this 🤯
→
I'll be honest — I had no confidence at all until I launched on Product Hunt.
Seriously thanks everyone 💜
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When I see other makers launching their apps while I haven't launched anything, it makes me feel a little anxious 😰
The best way to beat this anxiety is to launch my own app 💪
LET'S SHIP 🚀
(In short: I am working on a new app)
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This tutorial by
@jonmeyers_io
is still the best resource to integrate Stripe with your SaaS nowadays if you use Next.js and
@supabase
.
Supa gold material.
HUGE respect for him 🙏
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✨Introducing a new feature called "Chat with YouTube vid" of
@Audio2Doc
If you have some questions or want a summary of the content, this feature should help!
Please check the link in the thread if you'd like to try it!
cc:
@_buildspace
@_nightsweekends
@FarzaTV
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the best library in the hood...
this library — Takeo City Library is soo wild
this modern building just came out of nowhere i mean it's supa rural around but this one is shining af.
wifi, quiet library vibe, starbucks (i don't like it much since it's everywhere but better than
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i documented how i made this app on YT:
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Since quitting my job, I've had the opportunity to reflect on my life and goals. Lately, I've been giving them a lot of thought.
I discussed it with my friends and some people I know, and I'll definitely shift from B2C to B2B now because that's the best way to achieve my goal.
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Enjoy Japan's hot springs while working!
I'm planning a retreat for those interested in Japan, where you can enjoy hot springs and work remotely.
Our hot spring retreat plans are coming together nicely.
🗓️Timeframe: Late October or early November
🕐Duration: 7 days
♨️Location:
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has become a very neat website imo...!
i am v sensitive to the font i use.
this time i go with "Satoshi".
also, shout out
🪄 cool magic ui components: by
@dillionverma
✨ supa sophisticated components:
@shadcn
ui
🌬 my bud who
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i'm tweaking the headline and the subtitle of
@supaboxAI
left or right, which one do you prefer and why?
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I've received my second payment for
@_PenelopeAI
✨
$8 MRR feels totally different from $0 MRR 😳
The important thing?
It's not cancelled yet this time 😏
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✨ Introducing a new app "AutoThread AI"
AutoThread AI will generates Twitter Thread from your podcast/youtube.
🔺 Problem: Writing thread takes tons of time!
⭕️ Solution: Let AI do that
Here is why I started to work on this app 🧵
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