First Build in public daily log (I'm bankrupt)

welcome to my buildin public daily log welcome to my buildin public daily log welcome to my buildin public daily log this is episode this is episode this is episode one um first of all I just want to say one um first of all I just want to say one um first of all I just want to say I’m sorry I’ve been sick I have had a I’m sorry I’ve been sick I have had a I’m sorry I’ve been sick I have had a cold for the last few days I sound and cold for the last few days I sound and cold for the last few days I sound and look like and I still kind of feel look like and I still kind of feel look like and I still kind of feel like I’m not not 100% better okay a like I’m not not 100% better okay a like I’m not not 100% better okay a little bit about about me so my name is little bit about about me so my name is little bit about about me so my name is Steve erby I have been a software Steve erby I have been a software Steve erby I have been a software engineer I have worked full-time for engineer I have worked full-time for engineer I have worked full-time for software companies let’s put it that way software companies let’s put it that way software companies let’s put it that way for almost 18 years yeah I’m old for almost 18 years yeah I’m old for almost 18 years yeah I’m old um I have worked remotely and lived um I have worked remotely and lived um I have worked remotely and lived abroad since 2015 so almost 10 years now abroad since 2015 so almost 10 years now abroad since 2015 so almost 10 years now uh about half my adult life quarter of uh about half my adult life quarter of uh about half my adult life quarter of my life I’ve lived abroad um I think I my life I’ve lived abroad um I think I my life I’ve lived abroad um I think I have a lot to share uh I have a wide have a lot to share uh I have a wide have a lot to share uh I have a wide range of experience almost 20 years range of experience almost 20 years range of experience almost 20 years experience writing code I’ve worked for experience writing code I’ve worked for experience writing code I’ve worked for every possible company you can think of every possible company you can think of every possible company you can think of at this point uh bunch of startups at this point uh bunch of startups at this point uh bunch of startups nonprofit fit one time large nonprofit fit one time large nonprofit fit one time large corporations middle mediumsized corporations middle mediumsized corporations middle mediumsized companies I’ve done my own startups I’ve companies I’ve done my own startups I’ve companies I’ve done my own startups I’ve had businesses before a lot of projects had businesses before a lot of projects had businesses before a lot of projects and I’m working full-time right now uh and I’m working full-time right now uh and I’m working full-time right now uh to to build a company I want to go from to to build a company I want to go from to to build a company I want to go from zero to a million zero to a million zero to a million plus I I wanted to do that any year but plus I I wanted to do that any year but plus I I wanted to do that any year but obviously that didn’t happen I’ll get obviously that didn’t happen I’ll get obviously that didn’t happen I’ll get into that into that into that so I want to share as transparently so I want to share as transparently so I want to share as transparently everything that’s going on how much everything that’s going on how much everything that’s going on how much money is being made money is being made money is being made what are the wins what’s working what what are the wins what’s working what what are the wins what’s working what are the successes what are the failures are the successes what are the failures are the successes what are the failures I failed a lot so uh I have a lot to I failed a lot so uh I have a lot to I failed a lot so uh I have a lot to share and I I I want a daily format share and I I I want a daily format share and I I I want a daily format where I could just do an update and where I could just do an update and where I could just do an update and where I’m at and how things are going so where I’m at and how things are going so where I’m at and how things are going so uh I quit my job quit I was going to get uh I quit my job quit I was going to get uh I quit my job quit I was going to get fired everybody was getting fired so it fired everybody was getting fired so it fired everybody was getting fired so it wasn’t just me uh I I had a really highp wasn’t just me uh I I had a really highp wasn’t just me uh I I had a really highp paying Tech job I worked remotely um paying Tech job I worked remotely um paying Tech job I worked remotely um they knew I was remote which is unique I they knew I was remote which is unique I they knew I was remote which is unique I made a lot of money I’m I’m going to be made a lot of money I’m I’m going to be made a lot of money I’m I’m going to be I’m going to be straight up blunt um I I’m going to be straight up blunt um I I’m going to be straight up blunt um I lived abroad my cost of living was lower lived abroad my cost of living was lower lived abroad my cost of living was lower and I made a fat like San Francisco and I made a fat like San Francisco and I made a fat like San Francisco salary remotely so I quit my job be I salary remotely so I quit my job be I salary remotely so I quit my job be I first of all I survived three rounds of first of all I survived three rounds of first of all I survived three rounds of layoffs I was the last frontend engineer layoffs I was the last frontend engineer layoffs I was the last frontend engineer at my company and the writing was on the at my company and the writing was on the at my company and the writing was on the wall like clearly another one was coming wall like clearly another one was coming wall like clearly another one was coming they were looking to looking to get rid they were looking to looking to get rid they were looking to looking to get rid of me um I didn’t even do anything of me um I didn’t even do anything of me um I didn’t even do anything everyone said I didn’t do anything but everyone said I didn’t do anything but everyone said I didn’t do anything but uh they just they they they were a uh they just they they they were a uh they just they they they were a failing company at essentially they are failing company at essentially they are failing company at essentially they are still surviving but they ended up after still surviving but they ended up after still surviving but they ended up after I left laying off the rest of the people I left laying off the rest of the people I left laying off the rest of the people and there’s a small Skeleton Crew so the and there’s a small Skeleton Crew so the and there’s a small Skeleton Crew so the writing was on the wall so I was like writing was on the wall so I was like writing was on the wall so I was like okay I’m going to quit I’m GNA Focus okay I’m going to quit I’m GNA Focus okay I’m going to quit I’m GNA Focus 100% of my energy on starting my own 100% of my energy on starting my own 100% of my energy on starting my own company uh I want to be an indie hacker company uh I want to be an indie hacker company uh I want to be an indie hacker um I have made some money so full trans um I have made some money so full trans um I have made some money so full trans transparency I I’ve made some money but transparency I I’ve made some money but transparency I I’ve made some money but not nearly enough I’m broke so my random not nearly enough I’m broke so my random not nearly enough I’m broke so my random story is uh yesterday I went to a story is uh yesterday I went to a story is uh yesterday I went to a bankruptcy lawyer I I I’m broke y’all I bankruptcy lawyer I I I’m broke y’all I bankruptcy lawyer I I I’m broke y’all I have no money I um I have a ton of have no money I um I have a ton of have no money I um I have a ton of debt I’m like crazy in debt uh if you debt I’m like crazy in debt uh if you debt I’m like crazy in debt uh if you even knew how much debt I had you’d even knew how much debt I had you’d even knew how much debt I had you’d probably faint and collapse uh like most probably faint and collapse uh like most probably faint and collapse uh like most people do more than $100,000 let’s put people do more than $100,000 let’s put people do more than $100,000 let’s put it that way I’m like really really it that way I’m like really really it that way I’m like really really seriously in De and I I don’t mean seriously in De and I I don’t mean seriously in De and I I don’t mean property I don’t mean a house I don’t property I don’t mean a house I don’t property I don’t mean a house I don’t mean a mortgage I don’t mean like a big mean a mortgage I don’t mean like a big mean a mortgage I don’t mean like a big car no I mean I’m really in debt so uh car no I mean I’m really in debt so uh car no I mean I’m really in debt so uh I’m going to be 40 next year and I have I’m going to be 40 next year and I have I’m going to be 40 next year and I have moved in with my mom that’s that’s how moved in with my mom that’s that’s how moved in with my mom that’s that’s how bad it is so I finally went to the bad it is so I finally went to the bad it is so I finally went to the bankruptcy lawyer and that was a trip uh bankruptcy lawyer and that was a trip uh bankruptcy lawyer and that was a trip uh you you sit down and you you know you you sit down and you you know you you sit down and you you know shamelessly go through your your your shamelessly go through your your your shamelessly go through your your your failures like I said I have a lot of failures like I said I have a lot of failures like I said I have a lot of failures to share what not to do I I’ll failures to share what not to do I I’ll failures to share what not to do I I’ll touch on that the business failures touch on that the business failures touch on that the business failures um yeah was very surreal just just going um yeah was very surreal just just going um yeah was very surreal just just going there and talking to this lawyer uh he there and talking to this lawyer uh he there and talking to this lawyer uh he is what a bankruptcy lawyer what you is what a bankruptcy lawyer what you is what a bankruptcy lawyer what you would expect a bankruptcy lawyer to be would expect a bankruptcy lawyer to be would expect a bankruptcy lawyer to be like um it was interesting I one one thing so um it was interesting I one one thing so um it was interesting I one one thing so they ask you all these questions uh you they ask you all these questions uh you they ask you all these questions uh you know everything all your all your know everything all your all your know everything all your all your background you have house you have cars background you have house you have cars background you have house you have cars kids uh you know what are your you know kids uh you know what are your you know kids uh you know what are your you know what is your debt obviously how much what is your debt obviously how much what is your debt obviously how much money are you making and they ask you money are you making and they ask you money are you making and they ask you like this huge list of questions and one like this huge list of questions and one like this huge list of questions and one thing that stood out to me was like I in thing that stood out to me was like I in thing that stood out to me was like I in my head I was thinking yeah I could see my head I was thinking yeah I could see my head I was thinking yeah I could see how other people would answer like do how other people would answer like do how other people would answer like do you have life insurance do you have you you have life insurance do you have you you have life insurance do you have you know car do you have um Collectibles do know car do you have um Collectibles do know car do you have um Collectibles do you do you have heirlooms do you have you do you have heirlooms do you have you do you have heirlooms do you have art do you have watches uh what are your art do you have watches uh what are your art do you have watches uh what are your assets you know you know the value of assets you know you know the value of assets you know you know the value of your house your car blah blah blah blah your house your car blah blah blah blah your house your car blah blah blah blah blah one thing that stood out to me was blah one thing that stood out to me was blah one thing that stood out to me was everything I went down the list no I everything I went down the list no I everything I went down the list no I don’t have no I don’t pay for that z z z don’t have no I don’t pay for that z z z don’t have no I don’t pay for that z z z like like they ask you everything how like like they ask you everything how like like they ask you everything how much do you pay on car insurance on gas much do you pay on car insurance on gas much do you pay on car insurance on gas every every month to get around and I every every month to get around and I every every month to get around and I I’m just they probably think I’m such a I’m just they probably think I’m such a I’m just they probably think I’m such a weirdo well they kind of did seem to weirdo well they kind of did seem to weirdo well they kind of did seem to think I was a weirdo uh zero for think I was a weirdo uh zero for think I was a weirdo uh zero for gasoline zero car insurance zero health gasoline zero car insurance zero health gasoline zero car insurance zero health insurance uh you know zero rent um uh insurance uh you know zero rent um uh insurance uh you know zero rent um uh zero debt zero like they ask you like zero debt zero like they ask you like zero debt zero like they ask you like how much do you think the furniture in how much do you think the furniture in how much do you think the furniture in your house is and I I mean it’s just your house is and I I mean it’s just your house is and I I mean it’s just it’s just bizarre and surreal It’s like it’s just bizarre and surreal It’s like it’s just bizarre and surreal It’s like 000000 because I’ve been a nomad for 10 000000 because I’ve been a nomad for 10 000000 because I’ve been a nomad for 10 years I I own nothing I have no assets years I I own nothing I have no assets years I I own nothing I have no assets and the assets I listed were my MacBook and the assets I listed were my MacBook and the assets I listed were my MacBook my iPhone and my Nas computer I have my iPhone and my Nas computer I have my iPhone and my Nas computer I have nothing I have no things nothing I have no things nothing I have no things and what so the reason why I’m telling and what so the reason why I’m telling and what so the reason why I’m telling this is it brought home a realization I this is it brought home a realization I this is it brought home a realization I have nothing to lose like short of my have nothing to lose like short of my have nothing to lose like short of my life or or my health or something like life or or my health or something like life or or my health or something like that uh other than my my girlfriend my that uh other than my my girlfriend my that uh other than my my girlfriend my partner I have nothing to lose I have no partner I have nothing to lose I have no partner I have nothing to lose I have no job I have all the free time I want in job I have all the free time I want in job I have all the free time I want in the world there’s no excuse to not be the world there’s no excuse to not be the world there’s no excuse to not be succeeding to not be crushing it so succeeding to not be crushing it so succeeding to not be crushing it so that’s a gift I think it’s a gift to be that’s a gift I think it’s a gift to be that’s a gift I think it’s a gift to be in this situation uh most people head in this situation uh most people head in this situation uh most people head into their 40s have children a mortgage into their 40s have children a mortgage into their 40s have children a mortgage a car uh they have so much a car uh they have so much a car uh they have so much responsibility they would they would responsibility they would they would responsibility they would they would fill out the whole list with all sorts fill out the whole list with all sorts fill out the whole list with all sorts of uh uh details that I just put no no of uh uh details that I just put no no of uh uh details that I just put no no z0 um what a gift I have so I should be z0 um what a gift I have so I should be z0 um what a gift I have so I should be killing it I should be killing it so killing it I should be killing it so killing it I should be killing it so clearly I’m not part of this log is to clearly I’m not part of this log is to clearly I’m not part of this log is to be accountable for for the things I’m be accountable for for the things I’m be accountable for for the things I’m not doing right so we we’ll get into not doing right so we we’ll get into not doing right so we we’ll get into that later but what a gift so that that that later but what a gift so that that that later but what a gift so that that was surreal to like have that was surreal to like have that was surreal to like have that realization realization realization that you you have like nothing that you you have like nothing that you you have like nothing tying you down you got no bills no debt tying you down you got no bills no debt tying you down you got no bills no debt no job well I’m soon soon going to have no job well I’m soon soon going to have no job well I’m soon soon going to have no debt uh as soon as I go through the no debt uh as soon as I go through the no debt uh as soon as I go through the bankruptcy um but I’m not making money bankruptcy um but I’m not making money bankruptcy um but I’m not making money so like I have to go bankrupt so like I have to go bankrupt so like I have to go bankrupt so what am I working on let’s shift so what am I working on let’s shift so what am I working on let’s shift gears uh but I I I’m not depressed about gears uh but I I I’m not depressed about gears uh but I I I’m not depressed about it like I’m feeling like what a gift it like I’m feeling like what a gift it like I’m feeling like what a gift like I’m feeling uh optimistic I’m going like I’m feeling uh optimistic I’m going like I’m feeling uh optimistic I’m going to start fresh next year without the to start fresh next year without the to start fresh next year without the debt without the worry of not hanging debt without the worry of not hanging debt without the worry of not hanging over my head so part of me not doing over my head so part of me not doing over my head so part of me not doing well the last year and a half is I I got well the last year and a half is I I got well the last year and a half is I I got sidetracked doing a lot of freelance sidetracked doing a lot of freelance sidetracked doing a lot of freelance work I needed money had all this debt I work I needed money had all this debt I work I needed money had all this debt I was trying to pay it I burned through my was trying to pay it I burned through my was trying to pay it I burned through my savings trying to pay my debt and I I savings trying to pay my debt and I I savings trying to pay my debt and I I regret that I should have did the regret that I should have did the regret that I should have did the bankruptcy earlier so that that was a bankruptcy earlier so that that was a bankruptcy earlier so that that was a big failure I should have focused on the big failure I should have focused on the big failure I should have focused on the business not got sidetracked with with business not got sidetracked with with business not got sidetracked with with the freelance so uh I landed a small the freelance so uh I landed a small the freelance so uh I landed a small freelance job this week so freelance job this week so freelance job this week so um I am doing a bit more now just um I am doing a bit more now just um I am doing a bit more now just because I really need money but I do because I really need money but I do because I really need money but I do regret wasting so much of my time I I I regret wasting so much of my time I I I regret wasting so much of my time I I I did I wasted time should have focused did I wasted time should have focused did I wasted time should have focused more on the business so what am I more on the business so what am I more on the business so what am I working on right now um right now the working on right now um right now the working on right now um right now the business consisted of a the main thing I started when I quit a the main thing I started when I quit a the main thing I started when I quit my job was this newsletter yep a my job was this newsletter yep a my job was this newsletter yep a newsletter um this is a daily newsletter newsletter um this is a daily newsletter newsletter um this is a daily newsletter it’s pretty cool I recommend you it’s pretty cool I recommend you it’s pretty cool I recommend you subscribe even though I get no benefit subscribe even though I get no benefit subscribe even though I get no benefit if you do I’ll get to if you do I’ll get to if you do I’ll get to that I send people one piece of art that I send people one piece of art that I send people one piece of art every day just like a a way to brighten every day just like a a way to brighten every day just like a a way to brighten up your inbox hey here’s a nice piece of up your inbox hey here’s a nice piece of up your inbox hey here’s a nice piece of art here’s some information about it art here’s some information about it art here’s some information about it cool you you you got to like be more cool you you you got to like be more cool you you you got to like be more worldly and cultured via your your Mbox worldly and cultured via your your Mbox worldly and cultured via your your Mbox um this this was my baby this has been um this this was my baby this has been um this this was my baby this has been around for years just in the background around for years just in the background around for years just in the background I didn’t do much with it so when I quit I didn’t do much with it so when I quit I didn’t do much with it so when I quit my job I started uh focusing very my job I started uh focusing very my job I started uh focusing very heavily heavily heavily on the artist like the modern contempor on the artist like the modern contempor on the artist like the modern contempor orary artist yeah this is a buug um I orary artist yeah this is a buug um I orary artist yeah this is a buug um I made this nextjs web app so artists like made this nextjs web app so artists like made this nextjs web app so artists like modern contemporary artists can maintain modern contemporary artists can maintain modern contemporary artists can maintain profiles and they can actually submit profiles and they can actually submit profiles and they can actually submit their artwork to the newsletter to be their artwork to the newsletter to be their artwork to the newsletter to be featured and be seen across the world by featured and be seen across the world by featured and be seen across the world by thousands of people around the world uh thousands of people around the world uh thousands of people around the world uh it needs a lot of work I just kind of it needs a lot of work I just kind of it needs a lot of work I just kind of gave it up because I wasn’t really gave it up because I wasn’t really gave it up because I wasn’t really making much money on this um that’s cool making much money on this um that’s cool making much money on this um that’s cool there’s 100 artists a lot that don’t there’s 100 artists a lot that don’t there’s 100 artists a lot that don’t have art some of them have really have art some of them have really have art some of them have really fantastic art uh some of them fantastic art uh some of them fantastic art uh some of them frankly I I didn’t really like their art frankly I I didn’t really like their art frankly I I didn’t really like their art didn’t didn’t feature them but I didn’t didn’t feature them but I didn’t didn’t feature them but I appreciate them uh trying and and coming appreciate them uh trying and and coming appreciate them uh trying and and coming onto the onto the onto the platform there’s fantastic artist so I I platform there’s fantastic artist so I I platform there’s fantastic artist so I I highly recommend the newsletter um it’s highly recommend the newsletter um it’s highly recommend the newsletter um it’s quite a quite a collection of classic quite a quite a collection of classic quite a quite a collection of classic art uh most of is classical art uh most of is classical art uh most of is classical art art art sorry but there’s these amazing new sorry but there’s these amazing new sorry but there’s these amazing new artists and it has good traction every artists and it has good traction every artists and it has good traction every week artists are showing up so I made week artists are showing up so I made week artists are showing up so I made money money money um um um uh from sponsorship so uh one big uh from sponsorship so uh one big uh from sponsorship so uh one big company in particular came and sponsored company in particular came and sponsored company in particular came and sponsored it for a couple months so basically all it for a couple months so basically all it for a couple months so basically all the money I made was from the the money I made was from the the money I made was from the sponsorship this was not bringing me in sponsorship this was not bringing me in sponsorship this was not bringing me in money so full disclosure this this and money so full disclosure this this and money so full disclosure this this and the AI one there’s an AI version that is the AI one there’s an AI version that is the AI one there’s an AI version that is pretty pretty pretty new I love the the ai ai art by the way new I love the the ai ai art by the way new I love the the ai ai art by the way so full disclosure this this has just so full disclosure this this has just so full disclosure this this has just been acquired so so both of these been acquired so so both of these been acquired so so both of these websites the web app all the assets it’s websites the web app all the assets it’s websites the web app all the assets it’s been acquired um there’s now I I’m in been acquired um there’s now I I’m in been acquired um there’s now I I’m in the process of fully moving it over to the process of fully moving it over to the process of fully moving it over to the new buyer um I I totally think you the new buyer um I I totally think you the new buyer um I I totally think you should still subscribe still should still subscribe still should still subscribe still awesome um most of the money I’ve made in the in um most of the money I’ve made in the in um most of the money I’ve made in the in the last 15 months through the the last 15 months through the the last 15 months through the business is from the acquisition of this business is from the acquisition of this business is from the acquisition of this so that is what I’ve been working on so that is what I’ve been working on so that is what I’ve been working on but it’s no longer mine so um now what but it’s no longer mine so um now what but it’s no longer mine so um now what I’ve been working on one of the one of I’ve been working on one of the one of I’ve been working on one of the one of the core things I’ve been working the core things I’ve been working the core things I’ve been working on AI chat email it’s where you can on AI chat email it’s where you can on AI chat email it’s where you can communicate and chat within AI so chat communicate and chat within AI so chat communicate and chat within AI so chat GPT for example through your GPT for example through your GPT for example through your email um one of the main cool things it email um one of the main cool things it email um one of the main cool things it does is it will read you can Cc or does is it will read you can Cc or does is it will read you can Cc or forward an email thread I’m sure we’ve forward an email thread I’m sure we’ve forward an email thread I’m sure we’ve all been in these long huge email all been in these long huge email all been in these long huge email threads with like 30 50 emails back and threads with like 30 50 emails back and threads with like 30 50 emails back and forth you can uh CC it forward and then forth you can uh CC it forward and then forth you can uh CC it forward and then you can ask it to you can ask it to you can ask it to summarize um you summarize um you summarize um you can uh like help it have it help you can uh like help it have it help you can uh like help it have it help you write an email uh that’s the MVP okay so um where I uh that’s the MVP okay so um where I uh that’s the MVP okay so um where I want to take this is this is kind of want to take this is this is kind of want to take this is this is kind of your your AI virtual assistant so you’ll your your AI virtual assistant so you’ll your your AI virtual assistant so you’ll be able to like tell it to do things uh be able to like tell it to do things uh be able to like tell it to do things uh for example let’s say you’re you’re for example let’s say you’re you’re for example let’s say you’re you’re emailing and someone is like hey let’s emailing and someone is like hey let’s emailing and someone is like hey let’s meet tomorrow at 10: a.m. you can CC the meet tomorrow at 10: a.m. you can CC the meet tomorrow at 10: a.m. you can CC the bot the AI and be like hey AI chat can bot the AI and be like hey AI chat can bot the AI and be like hey AI chat can you please make a meeting for uh for you please make a meeting for uh for you please make a meeting for uh for everyone on the email for us uh tomorrow everyone on the email for us uh tomorrow everyone on the email for us uh tomorrow at 10: am. and it knows your time zone at 10: am. and it knows your time zone at 10: am. and it knows your time zone so it it it automatically knows that so it it it automatically knows that so it it it automatically knows that kind of data about you and then it kind of data about you and then it kind of data about you and then it replies with an email invite and replies with an email invite and replies with an email invite and everyone can just like click and add it everyone can just like click and add it everyone can just like click and add it to the calendar so that’s one that’s one to the calendar so that’s one that’s one to the calendar so that’s one that’s one easy example but the one thing I easy example but the one thing I easy example but the one thing I um I started working on yesterday was um I started working on yesterday was um I started working on yesterday was this this this um basically I’m adding off so you can um basically I’m adding off so you can um basically I’m adding off so you can sign in and manage you can change your sign in and manage you can change your sign in and manage you can change your email address manage your subscription email address manage your subscription email address manage your subscription but the main thing I want to do is add the ability to connect it to any is add the ability to connect it to any is add the ability to connect it to any app build an agent build out your own app build an agent build out your own app build an agent build out your own agent build out your own workflows agent build out your own workflows agent build out your own workflows you’ll be able to sign you’ll be able to sign you’ll be able to sign in uh you you’ll have a you’ll have in uh you you’ll have a you’ll have in uh you you’ll have a you’ll have email addresses or you can generate new email addresses or you can generate new email addresses or you can generate new ones and fire off a web hook to anything ones and fire off a web hook to anything ones and fire off a web hook to anything so think about zappier or naden make so think about zappier or naden make so think about zappier or naden make you’ll be able to like send an email or you’ll be able to like send an email or you’ll be able to like send an email or forward automatically or CC and a web forward automatically or CC and a web forward automatically or CC and a web hook will be fired and it’ll have the hook will be fired and it’ll have the hook will be fired and it’ll have the data in a format that’s usable Json data in a format that’s usable Json data in a format that’s usable Json ready for ready for ready for llm llms like in markdown or text llm llms like in markdown or text llm llms like in markdown or text and you’ll be able to manage this and do and you’ll be able to manage this and do and you’ll be able to manage this and do it yourself and build whatever the hell it yourself and build whatever the hell it yourself and build whatever the hell you want with this so one of one of the you want with this so one of one of the you want with this so one of one of the things I see a lot with agents that use things I see a lot with agents that use things I see a lot with agents that use email is first of all they’ll use email is first of all they’ll use email is first of all they’ll use telegram because it’s just easier to set telegram because it’s just easier to set telegram because it’s just easier to set up than Gmail or or apple mail or up than Gmail or or apple mail or up than Gmail or or apple mail or whatever but one of the things I see a whatever but one of the things I see a whatever but one of the things I see a lot is people using Gmail where it just lot is people using Gmail where it just lot is people using Gmail where it just blindly reads every single email I think blindly reads every single email I think blindly reads every single email I think that’s insane I built this with privacy that’s insane I built this with privacy that’s insane I built this with privacy in mind so you very selectively tell it in mind so you very selectively tell it in mind so you very selectively tell it what emails you want red this is local what emails you want red this is local what emails you want red this is local that’s that’s why you’re saying that um I think this is a better way like set um I think this is a better way like set um I think this is a better way like set up a web hook and have have your own up a web hook and have have your own up a web hook and have have your own custom have your own custom uh custom have your own custom uh custom have your own custom uh email you send an email or automatically email you send an email or automatically email you send an email or automatically or set up automatic forwarding with a or set up automatic forwarding with a or set up automatic forwarding with a filter or something and have it have it filter or something and have it have it filter or something and have it have it kick off whatever the hell you want kick off whatever the hell you want kick off whatever the hell you want whatever the hell you make uh it could whatever the hell you make uh it could whatever the hell you make uh it could talk to anything with uh or zappier or talk to anything with uh or zappier or talk to anything with uh or zappier or something like that so that’s what I’m something like that so that’s what I’m something like that so that’s what I’m working on um I actually working on um I actually working on um I actually tried actually tried to use super tried actually tried to use super tried actually tried to use super tokens ah um this is an off Library where you ah um this is an off Library where you ah um this is an off Library where you can just like dump it right into your can just like dump it right into your can just like dump it right into your your code base I it looks promising but I didn’t base I it looks promising but I didn’t base I it looks promising but I didn’t end up using it the landing page is end up using it the landing page is end up using it the landing page is dope I love the landing page um dope I love the landing page um dope I love the landing page um so I didn’t go with super tokens I tried so I didn’t go with super tokens I tried so I didn’t go with super tokens I tried it out so actually I I selfhosted I put it out so actually I I selfhosted I put it out so actually I I selfhosted I put this up on my server I stood this up on this up on my server I stood this up on this up on my server I stood this up on my server I I started like intergrating my server I I started like intergrating my server I I started like intergrating it into the app and I just I didn’t love it into the app and I just I didn’t love it into the app and I just I didn’t love it and it felt a little bit too much it and it felt a little bit too much it and it felt a little bit too much like too much friction and work so I like too much friction and work so I like too much friction and work so I ended up going with clerk instead ended up going with clerk instead ended up going with clerk instead um hi this costs a lot so with super tokens this costs a lot so with super tokens this costs a lot so with super tokens you can self host it this you have to you can self host it this you have to you can self host it this you have to actually actually actually uh uh use theirs like use their server uh uh use theirs like use their server uh uh use theirs like use their server and it gets pricey after 10,000 and it gets pricey after 10,000 and it gets pricey after 10,000 active users I’m not I’m not worried I active users I’m not I’m not worried I active users I’m not I’m not worried I don’t think I’m gonna have 10,000 any don’t think I’m gonna have 10,000 any don’t think I’m gonna have 10,000 any time soon and honestly if I end up time soon and honestly if I end up time soon and honestly if I end up having 10,000 active users on this thing having 10,000 active users on this thing having 10,000 active users on this thing I’ll be making so much who the hell is I’ll be making so much who the hell is I’ll be making so much who the hell is about spending the $25 but it can get about spending the $25 but it can get about spending the $25 but it can get pricey but um I went with this this this pricey but um I went with this this this pricey but um I went with this this this was so much easier to drop into um into was so much easier to drop into um into was so much easier to drop into um into AI chat so anyways what did I do AI chat so anyways what did I do AI chat so anyways what did I do yesterday I I started working on this yesterday I I started working on this yesterday I I started working on this there is a there is a there is a dashboard um but there’s like nothing dashboard um but there’s like nothing dashboard um but there’s like nothing there um it’s a work in there um it’s a work in there um it’s a work in progress so progress so progress so uh I did freelance work I do have a uh I did freelance work I do have a uh I did freelance work I do have a small freelance gig for the next week or small freelance gig for the next week or small freelance gig for the next week or two um potentially another two um potentially another two um potentially another one I worked on that I worked on AI chop one I worked on that I worked on AI chop one I worked on that I worked on AI chop and I I I I have not been feeling well I and I I I I have not been feeling well I and I I I I have not been feeling well I wasn’t feeling well so I just did that wasn’t feeling well so I just did that wasn’t feeling well so I just did that that’s all I did yesterday um I’m GNA that’s all I did yesterday um I’m GNA that’s all I did yesterday um I’m GNA wrap this up now wrap this up now wrap this up now so there’s so much more to talk about uh so there’s so much more to talk about uh so there’s so much more to talk about uh the business I’ve worked on a lot more the business I’ve worked on a lot more the business I’ve worked on a lot more I’ll talk about that on in another video I’ll talk about that on in another video I’ll talk about that on in another video this one’s getting along so wins wins this one’s getting along so wins wins this one’s getting along so wins wins wins uh first of all God damn I’m going wins uh first of all God damn I’m going wins uh first of all God damn I’m going bankrupt guys that’s uh that’s a huge bankrupt guys that’s uh that’s a huge bankrupt guys that’s uh that’s a huge win this debt has been stressing me out win this debt has been stressing me out win this debt has been stressing me out to no end like I’ve been so stressed out to no end like I’ve been so stressed out to no end like I’ve been so stressed out the last year over this debt and I’ve the last year over this debt and I’ve the last year over this debt and I’ve been like just dumping and throwing away been like just dumping and throwing away been like just dumping and throwing away all my money to pay for this I should all my money to pay for this I should all my money to pay for this I should have did this a lot earlier um so big have did this a lot earlier um so big have did this a lot earlier um so big win I started the process for going win I started the process for going win I started the process for going bankrupt bankrupt bankrupt um I have freelance work I’m making um I have freelance work I’m making um I have freelance work I’m making money I I I sold I sold random daily art money I I I sold I sold random daily art money I I I sold I sold random daily art that’s a huge goddamn win but that was that’s a huge goddamn win but that was that’s a huge goddamn win but that was the other week um wins for for this week the other week um wins for for this week the other week um wins for for this week you know it’s Tuesday yeah I I landed you know it’s Tuesday yeah I I landed you know it’s Tuesday yeah I I landed another small freelance gig it’s not another small freelance gig it’s not another small freelance gig it’s not like a huge project that I’m going to be like a huge project that I’m going to be like a huge project that I’m going to be involved with most likely but that’s a involved with most likely but that’s a involved with most likely but that’s a win I have some money uh I got an Amazon win I have some money uh I got an Amazon win I have some money uh I got an Amazon gift card like all of a sudden I won a gift card like all of a sudden I won a gift card like all of a sudden I won a year subscription to um uh a service year subscription to um uh a service year subscription to um uh a service that I use it’s like $40 a year there’s that I use it’s like $40 a year there’s that I use it’s like $40 a year there’s there’s like tons of wins this week it’s there’s like tons of wins this week it’s there’s like tons of wins this week it’s weird weird weird so uh yeah those are the wins Revenue so uh yeah those are the wins Revenue so uh yeah those are the wins Revenue wise there is there’s no new signups um wise there is there’s no new signups um wise there is there’s no new signups um there’s no there’s no there’s no Revenue AI chat is making zero uh I did Revenue AI chat is making zero uh I did Revenue AI chat is making zero uh I did a bunch of marketing for it and getting a bunch of marketing for it and getting a bunch of marketing for it and getting the word out there that got me a bunch the word out there that got me a bunch the word out there that got me a bunch of people trying it but it honestly this of people trying it but it honestly this of people trying it but it honestly this is like the really crappy MVP so limited is like the really crappy MVP so limited is like the really crappy MVP so limited the landing page sucks um it it needs so the landing page sucks um it it needs so the landing page sucks um it it needs so much more so I need I’m going to start much more so I need I’m going to start much more so I need I’m going to start building agents and adding them to building agents and adding them to building agents and adding them to it uh but yeah there’s there’s no it uh but yeah there’s there’s no it uh but yeah there’s there’s no Revenue um Revenue um Revenue um I started working on another project I started working on another project I started working on another project which I’ll talk about later but uh yeah which I’ll talk about later but uh yeah which I’ll talk about later but uh yeah a lot of wins I’m feeling positive about a lot of wins I’m feeling positive about a lot of wins I’m feeling positive about about the business I finally made money about the business I finally made money about the business I finally made money I can’t I can’t disclose just yet how I can’t I can’t disclose just yet how I can’t I can’t disclose just yet how much I sold the the newsletters for I’ll much I sold the the newsletters for I’ll much I sold the the newsletters for I’ll hopefully be able to disclose that later hopefully be able to disclose that later hopefully be able to disclose that later but uh yeah the business has made money but uh yeah the business has made money but uh yeah the business has made money not a lot I’m still broke still living not a lot I’m still broke still living not a lot I’m still broke still living on my mom’s on my mom’s on my mom’s house after I moved out when I was like house after I moved out when I was like house after I moved out when I was like in my early 20s so I’m super independent in my early 20s so I’m super independent in my early 20s so I’m super independent it really sucks living here to be honest it really sucks living here to be honest it really sucks living here to be honest um I came back to California from London um I came back to California from London um I came back to California from London I was living with my girlfriend in I was living with my girlfriend in I was living with my girlfriend in central London uh I’m super independent central London uh I’m super independent central London uh I’m super independent so to live here and be dependent on Mom so to live here and be dependent on Mom so to live here and be dependent on Mom and not be able to get around and be and not be able to get around and be and not be able to get around and be broken and going bankrupt it’s been broken and going bankrupt it’s been broken and going bankrupt it’s been tough but as I said it’s a gift I I have tough but as I said it’s a gift I I have tough but as I said it’s a gift I I have nothing to lose so all right what’s next nothing to lose so all right what’s next nothing to lose so all right what’s next I’m going to wrap this up uh right now I’m going to wrap this up uh right now I’m going to wrap this up uh right now but uh what’s next is um but uh what’s next is um but uh what’s next is um I’m going to I’m going to put this video I’m going to I’m going to put this video I’m going to I’m going to put this video up that’s cool but I’m going to up that’s cool but I’m going to up that’s cool but I’m going to um I’m going to work on a new tool for um I’m going to work on a new tool for um I’m going to work on a new tool for email so I I want basically to be able email so I I want basically to be able email so I I want basically to be able to how do I say to how do I say to how do I say this like programmatically read emails in so programmatically read emails in so programmatically read emails in so there’ll be an API I’ll I’ll talk about there’ll be an API I’ll I’ll talk about there’ll be an API I’ll I’ll talk about it later but that’s what’s next uh next it later but that’s what’s next uh next it later but that’s what’s next uh next up for today I’m going to work on um up for today I’m going to work on um up for today I’m going to work on um freelance a little bit more I think and freelance a little bit more I think and freelance a little bit more I think and then I’m going to start working on the then I’m going to start working on the then I’m going to start working on the this other new project it’s kind of top this other new project it’s kind of top this other new project it’s kind of top secret so uh hopefully more on that soon secret so uh hopefully more on that soon secret so uh hopefully more on that soon but uh that’s it for today see you