In client work I have seen it many times: a plugin, library or service that a site quietly depends on stops getting updates. Nothing breaks on the day, so it is easy to ignore, until a new version of something else makes it fail.
The options I know are replacing it early, forking it, wrapping it so it can be swapped later, or accepting the risk and watching it. Each one costs time that never shows up in a launch plan.
We're drowning in dashboards. Impressions, click-throughs, followers, reach, saves, shares but not all things are equal. Telling, is there a metric you're meant to be keen on, yet in actuality, you're not? Maybe you: Don't care about likes but are ridiculously fixated on replies Track shares but never take the time to check reach Are concerned about DMs only because that's where the magic happens We're building a social tool on the social web and taking a lot of time deliberating about what's truly important, and what just looks good on a chart. Would be great to hear your own opinion regarding what you're paying attention to (and what you're not).
Hey folks! Some friends of mine are launching a self-care wellness app built as a Telegram mini app. They're based in Eastern Europe, where Telegram is hugely popular and widely used for all sorts of things. They asked for my help in marketing it globally but I'm hesitant. Living in the US, I mostly see Telegram associated with sketchy stuff: black market services, shady job offers, etc. It has a pretty bad rep here. So I'm wondering Is it just me? How is Telegram perceived in your country? And if someone you trust recommended a really good app, would the fact that it's on Telegram be a dealbreaker for you? Would love to hear your thoughts before I commit to helping them.
We're getting close to launching, and I keep feeling like there are a hundred things we could be doing right now, but probably only five that actually matter.
For those who have launched before:
What were the most important things you did in the final few days?
Which social platforms actually brought people to your launch?
Did X, LinkedIn, Reddit, newsletters, communities, or personal outreach work best?
Was there any small tactic that made a surprisingly big difference?
What's something founders should never do before or during launch day?
Cleaning up technical debt feels satisfying until you realize that mysterious piece of ugly code was actually holding the whole feature together.
I used to delete anything I didn't immediately understand during a refactor thinking I was being efficient. Now I've learned the hard way that messy code doing vital work looks identical to code doing nothing at all if you don't check git blame first.
What's your current routine before you hit delete on a large block of legacy code?
Yesterday I checked a month worth of conversation with one of my AI (yes it was claude). This month alone i shared with Anthropic my blood test results to figure em out and some legal contracts (back and forth) that I wanted to revise both manually and thru mr claude to double check. Those were the most sensitive ones among other information i sent within conversations. Search engines already knew a lot about me, i see that from ADs tailored to my preferences. Companies like this go beyond knowing your liking, with context, including private things. I don t necessarily think that makes anyone a villain, as this is roughly the same trade we made with email and maps and photos, and most of us took it (I did at least) without much hesitation. What I notice is that I never actually decided how I feel about it, as it is me who decides what to share with them (more or less). So my question to you is where s your line? Do you think about what goes in, or is this a trade you ve already made? If none of it left your machine, what would you ask that you don t ask now? (you don t have to be specific haha)
