I had such moments too, even though not that critical because of way less subscribers.
My lesson learned: NEVER deploy your product before going to bed, or going out, or whatever. Anything may break, and it’s good to have some spare time to test and possibly fix stuff.
Today, I FINALLY got fed up with the subtle bugs that come with lvh.me being such as short domain name; such as Rails' domains: :all not working by default (it's documented behavior! This sucks! https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/Cookies.html)
So I registered local-loopback-wildcard.com. No matter what you throw, it always resolves to 127.0.0.1. So you can test against subdomains without TLD hacks. Your testing environment matches production; as it should be.
I had to rework quite a few bits to get this to be backwards compatible, but I’m really happy with this update. AND it includes some great UX polish too.
Hello creators of all sorts, why are you creating your latest thing?
No specific category of making, and it doesn’t matter if it’s your job or just a passing interest.
I’ll go first, honestly, I just think it should exist. And while the running costs are low, I can fund it even when no one is paying for it. Hopefully that won’t ever change.
The whole #indiehackers#saas scene these days is such a wasteland of grifters, wannabes and dilettantes.
Partly this is because the low-hanging fruit is done and there aren't easy routes left. What you going to do, make the umpteenth project management app?
I am still new to this, but for me #bootstrapping a #SaaS on the side is like assembling IKEA chair without the manual. Confusing and you'll likely end up with extra nuts and bolts but man, you'll sit on that chair with pride. 🛠️
@davidgarywood Still plugging away at my water-tracking app, #Wotter! I feel most people are interested just because of the cute lil guy on the icon. 😂
How does everyone on indiehackers.social feel about creating a live document about what to do after creating your account?
Things I would have loved to know when starting out on #mastodon
a. Get a client that supports following hashtags
b. Follow tags e.g. #IndieHackers#BuildInPublic
c. Follow other local feeds based on interest (e.g. gardening, open source, gamedev)
I assume your intro message is automated @simeon , maybe it could include a link to this ‘First Steps’ document?