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rjyoungling

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About rjyoungling

Entrepreneurial Scientist & aspiring maker

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    accidentally entered vwww instead of www without noticing! Thanks for letting me know. https://vibeflirting.com/ Oh that's funny, I stumbled upon this a few weeks ago. Maybe via X?…

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    Show HN: Vibeflirting turns bad selfies into good dating pics for Tinder

    typo in the url: https://vibeflirting.com/ Hey HN, After years of false starts learning to code (pure math background, but got stuck in tutorial hell), I finally shipped something …

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    I appreciate you for taking the time to not only have a look but also leave a comment. I'll continue to work on it and try to improve them. (Although, technology is moving so fast,…

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    Show HN: Built my first web app – AI image generator to fix bad Tinder pics

    Hey HN, After years of false starts learning to code (pure math background, but got stuck in tutorial hell), I finally shipped something real with Claude Code as my patient tutor. …

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    Show HN: A marketing partner for startups so you can stay focussed on building

    Hey HN, I'm an entrepreneurial scientist & aspiring maker. So I'm gonna be shipping projects. My first project that I've launched is a subscription-based marketing partner for star…

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    If this was obvious advice, the mistake wouldn't be so prevalent in among non-fiction authors.

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    >I suspect people who read a memoir, an auto-biography, an eulogy or about true crime may well be interested in reading about a topic rather than looking for actionable advice? Tho…

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    You severely overestimate how well known Rob was before releasing The MOM Test. You've got the order wrong. He got "famous" because The MOM Test did well. It wasn't "He was famous …

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    I agree but you can't fake this. You still have to follow our process because a book that doesn't have strong word of mouth and doesn't resonate doesn't give you credibility. I.e. …

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    That sentence refers to the traditional method, not our method.

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    I respect your opinion, and if you're the type of person who considers that a blanket conflict of interest than our book isn't for you. I don't consider that good or bad, it just i…

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    Thanks! I agree that our marketing is good as the CMO. Just kidding. Strongly agree with this: >not a universal truth that you can only be successful with "huge budget". That quick…

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    Did you use beta readers? This is just one of our posts. We talk more about the mechanics of useful books here.¹ Unfortunately, if it's not organically growing, it's not getting wo…

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    That's the kind of stuff I like to write myself as well. But after hundreds of essays, years in, my audience is still tiny. Churn is also higher because when you have such a style,…

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    Thanks. I'm glad you liked it!

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    >But odds are you won't make all that much. You might write far better than JK Rowling and still not sell very much because you write something that just doesn't catch the imaginat…