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$750 MRR, cats everywhere, sites for inspiration and workspace inspiration

September was pretty warm, humid, it was also productive and busy for me. How did your September go? Also this issue is going to 37 amazing people 🤩

Rishi Mohan
Sep 29, 2022
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Side Project updates

Pika.style has crossed $750 in MRR this month. The start of this month was pretty slow with racing churns and new users, but it improved as the month progressed

September went mostly in working on product, adding new stuff like Mockup templates, 4K exports, user suggested features etc. The focus is to increase the use cases Pika covers and help users create different type of assets, easily and instantly

I am also experimenting with advertisements in Pika to support free plan, if this works out I’ll be able to improve experience for free users

One thing I learned about retaining users is to make them very comfortable in sharing their questions, requests, feedback etc. from the start. So comfortable that they should be able to tell you their thoughts about your product openly and without thinking twice. This increases trust and builds a healthy relationship with the user. Also this works only when you as a founder are very open to feedback, critique and plan on acknowledging the feedback

This issue is written in Substack

From this issue on, I’ll be using Substack for sending newsletter

Previously I was using Revue, which is good and integrates with Twitter well. But Revue lacks on the experience of writing newsletters, plus after being acquired by Twitter there’s not much updates in Revue and product seems to be paused

Substack’s editor is minimal, distraction free and gives you more power over the formatting of the content. And Substack is constantly bringing more features for the creator community

Great people make simple things look interesting

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Dan Gauthier @danielmgauthier
šŸš€āœØ Up Ahead is a countdown app for people who like nice things, and it’s out now! (Please tell everyone you know.) My goal was to fill Up Ahead to the brim with joy and personality, and I’m very proud of where it's ended up šŸ§‘ā€šŸŽØ Get it for free: apps.apple.com/app/up-ahead-c…
12:55 PM āˆ™ Sep 28, 2022
639Likes93Retweets

What could be so good about a countdown app, right? It’s a simple idea, and can have a simple solution

Up Ahead is a countdown app by Dan Gauthier. But Dan’s take on this simple idea is what makes his app so interesting. If you see the video of the app shared by Dan in the tweet, it tells how he has worked on little details. From a beautiful timeline view, patterns, colour themes to beautiful widgets and a great onboarding, this app would be a goto countdown app for many just because IT MAKES YOU LIKE THE IDEA OF COUNTDOWNS

Ghost of the mountains

Such fascinating photos

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Khumais | Īž @khumaix
Ghost of the Mountains
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12:19 PM āˆ™ Sep 21, 2022
4,424Likes639Retweets

Sites for creative inspiration

I’ve been exploring creative ideas to keep my perspectives updated and these are some sites which I absolutely love to visit on regular basis

  • Godly Website: Astronomically good web design inspiration from all over the Internet, every day

  • Lovers Magazine: Interviews of creatives around the world. Very insightful reads on how they think, kind of challenges they face and their routines

  • One Page Love: showcases best single page websites, apps, templates and resources

CSS ā€œborder-radiusā€ tip

This tip has changed the way I do nested rounded corners

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Lily Konings @lilykonings
Tiny design detail: nested border radii look really funky if they're the same. To maintain the same curvature, the outer radius = inner radius + padding.
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1:01 AM āˆ™ Sep 7, 2022
27,164Likes3,015Retweets

Cats everywhere

A very realistic looking video by this artist placing cats everywhere

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Francis Chen @fncischen
How to place cats on green screens using Adobe After Effects everywhere
9:32 PM āˆ™ Sep 5, 2022
53,736Likes14,771Retweets

A song for Indie lovers

Everyone knows how good Lucky Ali is, and I feel a lot of his old songs from 90s are underrated. They’re soothing and also good music to work on. I’ve been listening more of his old songs recently and they make make me want to go to Goa and live a peaceful life

Look, a purr-ger

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CATS @Heartfullofcats
Catwich
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4:45 PM āˆ™ Sep 28, 2022
11,570Likes1,693Retweets

Workspace inspiration

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Nuria Quero @_NuriaQuero
It’s a long work in progress but after a year and a half, I’ve finally taken care of my office wall.
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7:41 AM āˆ™ Sep 28, 2022
13Likes1Retweet

Copy is important

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Built for Developers @ShowwcaseHQ
Being a programmer is hard šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚
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9:00 AM āˆ™ Sep 27, 2022
1,793Likes244Retweets

That’s it for September!

I hope you enjoyed this newsletter. I would be back with another one soon. It’s been 4 months now since I’ve been working from home, and now I think I need a vacation. Where should I head to? šŸ¤”

What’s your plan for October? Do share by replying this email :)

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