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Nomad translation:
5.0 = fine
4.9 = fine, the photos used a wide lens
4.8 = the wifi only works if the laptop sits on one specific stool
4.7 = someone will drill the wall at 4am
Learned the last one in Da Nang, Vietnam.
24 hours awake, a launch to run the same day, and a drill in the wall.
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Eric Djavid retweeted
My entire X feed is now
- SaaS is dead
- distribution is the key now
- we're AI-native
Posted by people who never shipped a SaaS to kill.
Original thinking is dead.
It feels fucking good to finally reach product validation.
If you’re building something,
DON’T FUCKING QUIT.
My entire X feed is now
- SaaS is dead
- distribution is the key now
- we're AI-native
Posted by people who never shipped a SaaS to kill.
Original thinking is dead.
Everyone says 40 years in a job you hate is the worst deal in history.
Agree. But I'd defend the beginning.
My consulting job almost broke me.
It also taught me project management and how organizations actually make decisions.
The bad deal starts the day it stops teaching you and you stay anyway.
Eric Djavid retweeted
Hot take: almost nobody is waiting for you to fail.
They're not thinking about you at all.
Worse for the ego.
Much better for shipping.
Underrated founder advice: keep proof that it's working.
What I keep for bad weeks:
- Aug 11, 6:14pm. My first €490 payment, in installments
- A voice note from a user saying her first full sentence in French
- A DM: "I ordered a coffee in French today. Nobody switched to English."
- The first review I didn't have to beg for
The week revenue dips, I open it. Free reset button.
Everyone who uses "vibe coding" as an insult seems to have the same Stripe dashboard.
Empty, but technically excellent.
Eric Djavid retweeted
I'm 34.
At 12, I wrote my first line of code.
At 26, I was in a grey office I hated.
At 27, I quit in the middle of a pandemic. Freelance paid me double for half the hours.
At 29, got scammed by a co-founder and my NFT marketplace collapsed because of FTX.
At 31, I'd turned the wreck into a services company that made €300K in 2 years.
At 32, I left Paris for Bangkok with $0 in revenue.
Ar 33, I launched 2 language learning apps crossing $1,400+ MRR.
At 34, a course I hadn't built yet did €23K in 38 days.
It's never too late in life.
I regret to inform you that a lot of problems in life are solved by having one paying customer.
Waking up at 5am without one just gives you more hours to refresh the dashboard.
Hot take: almost nobody is waiting for you to fail.
They're not thinking about you at all.
Worse for the ego.
Much better for shipping.
Eric Djavid retweeted
When you look back, you’ll wish you’d just done the long-term version of everything.
My short-term versions:
- Scammed by a co-founder.
- 4 products nobody downloaded.
- A $2,000 MRR SaaS killed by 1 email.
My one long-term version:
- 18 months of posting into silence.
- 2 apps crossing $1,400 MRR
- Then €23K in 38 days.
I'm 34.
At 12, I wrote my first line of code.
At 26, I was in a grey office I hated.
At 27, I quit in the middle of a pandemic. Freelance paid me double for half the hours.
At 29, got scammed by a co-founder and my NFT marketplace collapsed because of FTX.
At 31, I'd turned the wreck into a services company that made €300K in 2 years.
At 32, I left Paris for Bangkok with $0 in revenue.
Ar 33, I launched 2 language learning apps crossing $1,400+ MRR.
At 34, a course I hadn't built yet did €23K in 38 days.
It's never too late in life.
Doom scrolling in 2026:
Monday, software is dead.
Tuesday, jobs are dead.
Wednesday, the world is ending.
Thursday, everyone's back to posting their MRR screenshot like nothing happened.
When you look back, you’ll wish you’d just done the long-term version of everything.
My short-term versions:
- Scammed by a co-founder.
- 4 products nobody downloaded.
- A $2,000 MRR SaaS killed by 1 email.
My one long-term version:
- 18 months of posting into silence.
- 2 apps crossing $1,400 MRR
- Then €23K in 38 days.