New feature in Metacast: Global speed control! You've asked, we've delivered. metacast.app/blog/product...

We've added support for private feeds in #Metacast. Add a podcast by RSS feed URL and access transcripts, summaries and chapters, just like for any public #podcast! Learn more on our blog: metacast.app/blog/product...

New in #Metacast #podcast app: Episode summaries, faster image load times, and a buncha other goodies. Read the blog post: metacast.app/blog/product...

New version of Metacast is out: new sharing experience (seamless magic through QR codes) + unveiling the new identity! metacast.app/blog/product...

Super fun conversation about the best things in the podcasting ecosystem (and the challenges), with @ilya.metacast.app on metacast.app/podcast/soun...

Metacast v1.18 is out. Massively improved podcast chapters, bookmarking and transcript search! metacast.app/blog/product...

We've just added support for chapters in metacast.app. We support the chapters tag from RSS feed, parse time codes from descriptions or generate them w/ AI. The end result - any episode has chapters with an easy-to-use, consistent UX. Try it and let us know what you think (we think you'll love it).

@justinjackson.ca I’m wondering if a solution to DAI could be markers in the audio files inserted by podcast hosting along with dynamic ads?

Even if your Delaware C-Corp startup didn't make any money, you must file taxes. We've documenting our journey to file 2024 corporate taxes DIY, starting with Delaware Franchise Tax that's due on March 1st. If you haven't filed yet, do it now.

Our podcast app Metacast has just crossed $1,000 in total revenue! We're bootstrapped. Revenue, savings and spouse's income is how we pay the bills. If you're a paying customer, huge thank you! If you haven't tried the app yet, try it now at metacast.app

1/ When looking for a co-founder, my personal preference is to only work with someone I've worked with before. Otherwise, you don't know what you're getting into. 🧵

We've just made podcast sharing a tad cooler. When you share a podcast on social media, the snippet is short and sweet. We only display what is necessary - the cover, the title and the sexy blur behind the image.

1/ Always set budgets for metered resources on your infrastructure! Yesterday, we discovered that we hit our $25 spend limit on @vercel.com. If we weren't careful, it could've spiraled into $7,000. Here's what happened. 🧵

This video puts indie hacking into perspective! 10 mins of time well spent for a good laugh and some tears... Sad but true. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxXW...

Every bootstrapped founder should read the email we received today. It made my day. I get goosebumps every time I'm re-reading it. Share this with someone who needs to hear a word of encouragement. The EOY review post they referenced: metacast.app/blog/company...

“Unexpectedly, I was saved by getting back into coding. Starting in November, I spent most of my time in coffee shops working on our web app. It gave me the grounding that I was missing in life. It also gave me the inner calm to continue with…” Full post: metacast.app/blog/company...

#buildinpublic Want to know what it *really* takes to bootstrap a business? We've written up an honest account of how 2024 went for us with user and revenue numbers, the highs and the lows, and all the shades of gray of founders' life. metacast.app/blog/company...

I had a nightmare last night. I was stuck in an endless loop of refactoring. I made code changes but each iteration created a bug somewhere else. Doesn’t this look like the reality of the software development process?

We've just shipped an inbox feature for our podcast app Metacast. When a podcast you follow publishes a new episode, it pops up in a special playlist. The Inbox facilitates a "triage" workflow to help you pick episodes you want to listen to and purge the rest.

Nerds will appreciate this

ChatGPT Plus is the next best thing after psychedelics.

I saw a pickup truck by Mercedes (a collab with Nissan) and it got me wondering what would a pickup truck from BMW or Lamborghini look like… see 🧵

I've just written 5 LinkedIn posts with ChatGPT by - Giving it a transcript of our latest podcast episode - Asking it to come up with topics from the podcast that could be interesting to startuppers - Asking it to compose a post using my voice and tone from the podcast. Works like a charm after...

In this holiday edition of the Metacast behind-the-scenes podcast, we discuss the highlights of 2024, a recent outage, and the rapid emergence of Bluesky as a social media platform. Listen wherever you listen to podcasts or watch on YouTube. Links here: metacast.app/podcasts/epi...

Cold emails be like - wow, we both play the guitar! Just like you like 6-string guitars, I have a 6% mortgage rate for you!

The lamest cold email I received today: "Just like how Metacast Podcast Player enhances your podcast experience for learning and connection, Outbound Solutions enhances your sales journey by generating qualified calls with targeted, AI-powered outreach." It preceded with 👇🏻

Prompt engineers have the best work ethic. They’re always on time.

This! 💡

Falling in Reverse and Ronnie Radke are so good! Only learned about them last year when they opened for Avenged Sevenfold in Palm Beach. Immediately became a fan when they sang “Voices in my head.” It’s like Limp Bizkit, but for the 2020s. open.spotify.com/track/1jVXXu...

Sir David Brailsford, a legendary British cycling coach on “podiums vs. pedals” aka “achievement vs process.” Source: metacast.app/podcasts/epi...

There’s one guy who keeps following and unfollowing me in hopes that I’ll follow him back when I see the notification. It is a well known follower growth hack that was popular on Instagram many years ago. It’s lame in this day and age though. The guy sells some Bluesky SaaS. Should I block him?

At AWS and Google, I worked in a 9-5 “employee that somewhat cares” mode. At a startup, it’s 24/7 founder mode. I often have dreams about user auth in Flutter, pagination in Next.js, and the next social media post. It’s fun, but sometimes I wish I could have a good old nightmare for a change.

#buildinpublic 11/30 When starting a startup, start it with a tech stack you know. Working with a new stack will make it feel like a slog 👇🏻

How cool is this? X-Ray on Kindle uses the context to display highly relevant information! It could’ve picked a generic use for the word “imperative” but it picked the use as it relates to programming, because I’m (re)reading The Pragmatic Programmer.

TIL: I’m a geriatric millennial (born in 1983). Oh well.

A very informative and fun podcast by @joshuawood.honeybadger.io and @bencurtis.com about Bluesky, atproto, moderation, 3P labelers, difference with Mastodon and Twitter, etc. "Why does Bluesky love Alf so much?" - FounderQuest

#buildinpublic 11/30 I’ve been doing SEO since 2005, but it was always for small sites where you need to mostly focus on the content, backlinks and the page structure. Our current site has 600k+ pages and it’s a different ball game. Turns out optimizing large sites has additional gotchas 👇🏻

metacast.app on sale at a 50% off, $10/year until Monday! With the subscription you get access to transcripts for any podcast ever published that you can read, bookmark or share. Premium also comes with soon-to-be-very-powerful playlists and other features for getting the most out of podcasts.

TIL: some handy settings for VSCode.

#buildinpublic 11/28 SEO expectations: Publish a bunch of great content and customers will find us. Yay! SEO reality: - Optimizing page load times with server-side HTML generation - Implementing pagination to avoid too many links - Fixing broken tests How was your day?

Next time your friend has a birthday, ❌ Don’t send them a text ❌ Don’t send them a voice ❌❌ Don’t write on their “wall” goddammit ✅ Pick up the phone and call You both will be surprised just how good it feels 🎉 Did that twice last week and it made my day and their days.

#buildinpublic 11/27 Today's news - a monster pull request. All in a day's work! @arnab.metacast.app good luck reviewing! If you have questions, I'm AFK.

“There is no point in developing software unless you care about doing it well.” — The Pragmatic Programmer

#buildinpublic 11/26 Today we had our last team meeting for the year. It feels weird (it’s still November!), but our time off in December doesn’t overlap at all. At a big co, that would mean projects effectively grinding to a halt. But we’ll keep shipping [unreviewed] features! 🚀

I’m waiting for my follower count to get to 404, so I can make up an HTTP dad joke. I missed an opportunity to do it for 200 followers, but that’s OK.

On Bluesky there’s us, with our unique domain names and THEM, the masses who think that DNS is some kind of syndrome! 😜

Bluesky excitement is all cool, but when are we going to see #buildinpublic posts that are not about building follower count apps for Bluesky, starter packs, and self-congratulatory follower count screenshots? 🤔

#buildinpublic 11/26 I am guilty of assuming features are easy to build if I _feel like_ they're easy to build. Sometimes I even go so far as to tell @arnab.metacast.app that "Let's do it! It should be easy, right? Right?" Never again! 🧵

I followed Mark Cuban and he immediately followed me back.

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