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Getting users for what you built.
Short, specific guides for founders who shipped something and need people to use it.
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How to get your first 100 users for an app you built with Lovable, Cursor or Bolt
A step-by-step plan for the week after you ship: fix the landing page, find the ten threads where people already ask for what you built, post where the rules allow it, and turn the first replies into users.
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Where to post your side project in 2026 (the full list, with rules)
Every place worth posting a side project or new app in 2026, with the rule that gets you removed from each one: launch boards, Hacker News, Reddit, directories, social and communities.
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Reddit self-promotion rules by subreddit: where founders can post without getting banned
A subreddit-by-subreddit table of self-promotion rules for founders in 2026: which ones welcome your product, which allow it once with a flair, which only allow it in a pinned thread, and which ban it outright.
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How to pitch journalists as a solo founder (with a press release template)
How a solo founder gets press without a PR agency: what counts as news, how to find the right reporter, the three-paragraph pitch email, the source-request services that replaced HARO, and a press release template you can copy.
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Why replies beat posts on X: what the open-source algorithm weights
X has published its ranking code twice. The 2023 release weighted a reply at 13.5 against 0.5 for a like, and a reply the author answered at 75. The 2026 code keeps the same shape. Here is what the numbers say and what a small account should do about it.
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The four-minute-a-day marketing routine for founders who would rather build
A daily marketing routine that fits in four minutes: one alert check, one reply, one post, one number. Plus the twenty-minute weekly block and the tools that make it possible.