I spent the last two weeks tracking & analyzing 13,159 Hacker News posts.

Here's what I learned.

Thread 👇 1) But first, why?

Because HN is an incredible source of traffic. I wanted to learn:

✅ What's the best day to post?
✅ What's the best time to post?
✅ How many upvotes do you need & in how much time?
✅ Does karma matter?

My weekend side of a side project 👇

Earlier this week, I asked Twitter to help with ideas for a domain I purchased ($145)

👉 popout.io

Shout out to these lovely people for ideas/help

@safaorhanEN
@poppacalypse
@CadenSumner
@kwongyuli
@felix12777

A thread 👇 @safaorhanEN @poppacalypse @CadenSumner @kwongyuli @felix12777 💡 Idea

In the end, I thought @CadenSumner's idea of a "pop-out window for anything" was most appropriate 👇

https://twitter.com/CadenSumner/status/1301254072859684864

I spent the last week compiling a list of 5,178 indie hacker profiles & Twitter accounts.

I then filtered the data in separate lists on Twitter based on followers, products & recent activity.

A thread 👇 1) Motivation

I'm very new to Twitter (August 2020). I try and provide value in my tweets, but still, Twitter is an incredibly lonely place when you're just getting started

(I currently only have 50 followers).

React Hooks are amazing → but if you're not careful, **performance** can spiral out of control.

Here are the fundamentals for optimum performance. #reactjs #javascript #es6

A thread 👇 State, 1/3)

Avoid using multiple setState's for combined data models, especially in async functions as they re-render per setState.

I'm starting a project & need ideas.

It's recap time.

"How To Get Startup Ideas" by @paulg in 7 diagrams + 3 bonus diagrams.

A thread 👇 👇 👇 @paulg 1) Build for the few, who want a lot

Almost all successful startups started this way.

Start narrow/niche by optimizing for depth.

Ask yourself, who wants this right now, even as a crappy prototype?