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19 Insights From Building Boringlaunch 📚
We started Boringlaunch at the end of November 2023 and have just completed 6 months. We have not made millions, but we have made enough that we can work on this full-time. I thought it would be worth sharing these insights that have helped us along the way.
1. Find your first dollar before finding your moat.
2. Spend 10x the time to validate problems; spend 1x the time to validate the solution.
3. You don’t need more money/expertise/following, you need a good problem to get the first 10 users.
4. If you don’t know where to find the first 10 users, don’t build anything.
5. No one cares how you solve the problem, everyone cares if you can solve the problem.
6. Deliver more than you promise, promise what you can deliver.
7. You don’t need to be an expert, but you should know enough to deliver value.
8. Finding the right type of users is equally important. Paid users are better than free users. Paid users who help you improve your product are priceless.
9. Figure out your primary marketing channel and experiment with as many as you can.
10. Promote where your solution can actually add value.
11. Go deep and then go wide, not the reverse.
12. The idea is important, execution is 10x more important, and the market is 100x more important.
13. Starting something new is exciting, staying excited about what you have started isn’t. Experiment, learn, and iterate to keep that freshness alive.
14. Failure is not the problem; slow failure is.
15. Take action based on what you know, and you will learn more to take more action.
16. When in doubt, experiment.
17. Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
18. Old is new New.
19. Luck plays an important role, believe it or not.
For me and most of you, these are just reminders as most of us already know these :)
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introducing opensourcealternatives.to
⌨️ type anything. it answers with the right open source alternative:
> a paid product by name (e.g. notion)
> what you need (e.g. privacy friendly website analytics)
> a problem (e.g. slack hides old messages on the free plan)
> a category (e.g. project management tools)
> something for your team (e.g. team chat we can host)
> a feature (e.g. kanban with self-hosting)
> a comparison (e.g. cheaper than linear)
📖 short story:
we started this in march 2025 as one of many seo experiments and built it on the side while shipping other things.
credit where credit is due, initially it was inspired by og @piotrkulpinski's @ossalternative (check that out as well)
this started working well this year, thanks to the shift toward open source and AI, and to writing content every week.
we rebuilt the whole thing in the last few months. new home is live today.
📊 stats so far
> 924 open source projects added
> 122,028 visitors in last 30 days
> 342,024 visits since april 2026 (since the revamp)
> 65%+ traffic from google
we want to make this platform the one stop to find the best open source alternative for your needs. lots of improvements in the pipeline.
check out opensourcealternatives.to and let us know what you think
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Cool new open source directory!!
I see @inboxzero_ai and @rakazobot in the video 😄
introducing opensourcealternatives.to
⌨️ type anything. it answers with the right open source alternative:
> a paid product by name (e.g. notion)
> what you need (e.g. privacy friendly website analytics)
> a problem (e.g. slack hides old messages on the free plan)
> a category (e.g. project management tools)
> something for your team (e.g. team chat we can host)
> a feature (e.g. kanban with self-hosting)
> a comparison (e.g. cheaper than linear)
📖 short story:
we started this in march 2025 as one of many seo experiments and built it on the side while shipping other things.
credit where credit is due, initially it was inspired by og @piotrkulpinski's @ossalternative (check that out as well)
this started working well this year, thanks to the shift toward open source and AI, and to writing content every week.
we rebuilt the whole thing in the last few months. new home is live today.
📊 stats so far
> 924 open source projects added
> 122,028 visitors in last 30 days
> 342,024 visits since april 2026 (since the revamp)
> 65%+ traffic from google
we want to make this platform the one stop to find the best open source alternative for your needs. lots of improvements in the pipeline.
check out opensourcealternatives.to and let us know what you think
we have world's best marketing team
thanks Nadeem ❤️
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Got the 1st sale today for gleamaudio.com via SEO 🥳
Lot of learnings from being part of a community.
introducing opensourcealternatives.to
⌨️ type anything. it answers with the right open source alternative:
> a paid product by name (e.g. notion)
> what you need (e.g. privacy friendly website analytics)
> a problem (e.g. slack hides old messages on the free plan)
> a category (e.g. project management tools)
> something for your team (e.g. team chat we can host)
> a feature (e.g. kanban with self-hosting)
> a comparison (e.g. cheaper than linear)
📖 short story:
we started this in march 2025 as one of many seo experiments and built it on the side while shipping other things.
credit where credit is due, initially it was inspired by og @piotrkulpinski's @ossalternative (check that out as well)
this started working well this year, thanks to the shift toward open source and AI, and to writing content every week.
we rebuilt the whole thing in the last few months. new home is live today.
📊 stats so far
> 924 open source projects added
> 122,028 visitors in last 30 days
> 342,024 visits since april 2026 (since the revamp)
> 65%+ traffic from google
we want to make this platform the one stop to find the best open source alternative for your needs. lots of improvements in the pipeline.
check out opensourcealternatives.to and let us know what you think
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Best places to find the latest in open source:
openalternative.co/ by @piotrkulpinski
opensourcealternatives.to/ by @notifyShivam
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It's 9:57 am. Been up all night. Postiz is back up!
Been a very hard night, and I feel like I let everybody down.
All the comments I got were very encouraging; nobody scolded me. Thank you so much for that!
During the day, a major PHP vulnerability was discovered, affecting about half the web.
Deployments on @railway stopped, and I assumed it was because of that, even though you do want deployments to upload the latest WordPress fix.
Everybody pinged Railway on Discord, and there was no answer- crickets... and people started getting extremely worried, especially because of >> PHP.
Then I got an email from Anthropic and Stripe saying my API keys were compromised. Still no answer from Railway, but I didn't take the risk; I rotated them and put Postiz down.
We all, even in Discord, already understood there was a leak, but Railway reported it only one hour later.
So the goal was to rotate all 140 keys (that's wild), because each key is duplicated across different containers (scattered). Some have the same variable with a different value (like different DB pool connections)
I was overwhelmed; it was too much, and I froze. I didn't know what to do.
I am lying on my Airbnb bed, but I know I need to get into sitting mode to be more serious, so I go to the kitchen and sit on a chair.
I asked claude to vibe code a system that:
- Will take all the keys and values from Railway (using their MCP)
- Will have an easy way to update all of them or one by one. Based on containers.
- Give me categories so I can be more organized. and prioritize.
I also started rotating keys from 12 am to 7 am.
All while Railway is still down and deployments are paused.
Once I finished I used Railway MCP to update all the env variables. if AI didn't exists I don't know how I could have done it.
Then, around 8:40am to 9:00am, we started deploying everything back to Railway to minimize downtime as much as possible.
And now everything is up.
I feel bad because DevRels at Railway sweet-talked me into staying after each incident and promised things wouldn't happen again; after two incidents, I should have migrated.
I couldn't find a platform I enjoyed as much as Railway, so I didn't want to switch.
Railway problems will happen again, and I will do everything I can to make sure they don't affect me like that anymore. The main problem was the lack of communication and 17 hours of downtime, which isn't realistic.
In the next few days, we will come up with a solid plan to migrate from Railway to a different service, trust is gone.
Also, Postiz grew from $300k to $303k MRR overnight. If you tried to cancel your subscription and couldn't, please contact [email protected], and they'll issue a full refund (super sorry about that).
This week, will be security week for everybody!
We are currently shutting down Postiz for all customers. We are afraid @Railway has been compromised; they won't tell us.
We have received emails from Anthropic and Stripe that our keys have been compromised.
We are digging into it and will get back to you ASAP!
almost done, thanks to our CTO A. Claude and
@coolifyio 🫡
i was planning to share this but @Railway had other plans
good thing is that I had already planned to move to a self-hosted setup, and thanks to railway, i will do that today
i really loved railway dx but every month they are having some issues
i was planning to share this but @Railway had other plans
good thing is that I had already planned to move to a self-hosted setup, and thanks to railway, i will do that today
i really loved railway dx but every month they are having some issues
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started something 1.5 years ago as one of the many seo experiments and now its working really well
3 key things that helped us to reach here:
1/ niche selection
2/ initial backlinks with boringlaunch
3/ quality content
started something 1.5 years ago as one of the many seo experiments and now its working really well
3 key things that helped us to reach here:
1/ niche selection
2/ initial backlinks with boringlaunch
3/ quality content
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To kick things off, drop your best tweet below and I'll submit it for free. 👇
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Inbox Zero Mail is live on Product Hunt!
It's the open source Superhuman alternative.
I'd love your support:
producthunt.com/products/inb…
⚡ Fast and keyboard-first
📥 All your Gmail and Outlook accounts in one inbox
🗂️ Split inbox
✍️ AI drafts in your voice
🧹 Bulk unsubscribe
💬 Team comments
📱 Web, Mac, Windows and iPhone
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today is my birthday and I’m launching SignWith on Product Hunt 🎂
as a gift, @tibo_maker is hunting it for me 🤩
producthunt.com/products/sig…
SignWith is actually the first SaaS I’ve ever built that made money
it’s a simple pay per doc e-signature tool, so you don’t have to pay a monthly subscription for expensive and complicated e-sign tools
it makes me super happy to see 1,000+ businesses around the world use it to sign their documents every day
and they aren’t just tech companies. they’re therapists, independent tutors, daycares, home care providers for the elderly, physiotherapists, local electricians, vet clinics etc
they’re the people who keep our lives running, so the rest of us can talk about AI all day on X 😬
and they all had the same problem I had 2 years ago
they were paying heavy subscriptions for e-sign tools that were way too complex, with features they didn’t even need, when all they needed was a simple way to get a doc signed
knowing that something I built makes their day a little easier is the proudest I’ve ever felt about my work
would mean a lot if you checked out my launch and left your honest feedback 🙏
every bit of support genuinely helps a small product like this get seen 🙌
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Introducing Inbox Zero Mail.
The open-source Superhuman alternative.
- Fast and keyboard-first
- Unified inbox across Gmail and Outlook
- Split inboxes
- AI categorization and drafts
- Bulk unsubscribe
- Team collaboration
Runs on web, desktop, and native iOS.
Free to use. AI is $20/mo, half Superhuman’s price. Open source, so you can self-host for free too.
This isn't an overnight vibe-coded project. I've been running Inbox Zero for 3 years: 12k GitHub stars, 25k+ sign-ups, and enterprise customers.
Until today, Inbox Zero was an AI assistant for Gmail and Outlook. It still is. But now we have our own email app too.
We're SOC 2 compliant, and have undergone multiple pentests, including recent ones from OpenAI and Snyk using unreleased cyber models.
Try it: getinboxzero.com
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🚨 Announcement for friends in India 🚨
I'm hosting a founder getaway in November
🎯 Agenda - Relax + Have Fun + Learn with like minded founders
📆 Dates -> 19th-22nd November
Location -> Goa 🏖️
25 folks are in ✅
3-5 slots left
No ego, only vibes ❤️
(Invite only)
Reply if interested
@RoachMafiaGroup
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