Zach Schiller

building colombiaready.com in public. we run short term rentals in colombia, i buy property here, and i'm building tools for people doing the same. no paid users yet. i post the real numbers every week, good or bad.

If you're into sci-fi design check out @doganuraldesign

day 24 > put price sources + dates beside the number. > worked on making that proof fit smaller phones. > cleaned up filters + map links. > rechecked a colombia ready guide in english + spanish.

Claim your business in ChatGPT. How many startups are getting wiped out by this?

day 23 missed a few updates. kept building. > added housing + rental filters. > rebuilt business signup around a card preview. > worked on phone layouts + clearer next steps. > drafted new colombia ready downloads + an owner workspace.

I'm loving these Fable 5.2 insights people are sharing... You guys gettin any good ones? I saw one this morning about the importance of judgement and how many people view it as a fixed quality when in reality it is a tool that can be polished; therefore, we should keep a journal and preserve our predictions so that we can calibrate them over time

day 18 > 📸 added photo uploads for business owners. > ➕ made the + button match the page you're on. > 👤 put uploads + review status in one profile view. > 🔎 cleaned up the site's search setup.

day 17 > moved business verification + weekly rankings from preview to live. > fixed a safari sign-in bug. > added photo corrections + clearer moderator feedback. > reviewed colombia ready’s search visibility.

day 16 > worked on business verification + easier owner price updates. > tested the next app update in preview. > a helpful post on fb led to a potential customer enquiry for colombia ready. > added weekly rankings + clearer date-night pricing for two.

day 15 > claude for visuals, codex for implementation. > met in person with a business I’d like to bring onto new app. > shipped the second live release. > got the code onto github. > worked on business signup + the owner dashboard.

day 14 - a green smoke test can be testing yesterday’s code, for developers who use Cloudflare Pages

day 13 🫂

day 12. Still cooking up the app. No. sales so far. Will keep moving

day 11. colombiaready.com taught me a lot. about 25 people clicked buy and nobody paid, and one reply showed me 111 of 113 visitors never reached checkout. i'm taking that into something new i'm not ready to name yet. still posting every number

I am cooking up here (shout out to my friends who chef it out in private)

Day 9 of building in public - here is an update of the dashboard I'm using to track site performance -more visitors -no sales -good times

I don't buy the idea that you need 18 months of learning before your first rental. I'd look for the 20 percent of knowledge that gets you 80 percent of the way there, then act and learn from what happens.

Been responding to Expat questions in facebook manually... Am i doing this right? I link to the website at end of my answer

Founders: what was the first traffic source that actually turned into sales for you?

Genuine question for other builders. When AI cuts the time and cost of building by many multiples, what's the new rule for deciding where to focus? The old advice was to stay in your lane. I'm not sure it still holds.

AI has saved us real time on analyzing portfolio performance and adjusting pricing. It got harder when we tried to automate things like government guest registration. Some processes still need a person.