Its really good, Hugo. In future if you want to translate it to PT ill call my community members to play here, in luna park. were acttually using discord, but ive just come back to produce content, long history. were gonna rock it, and so do you. Nice to meet you, Ill be here almost everyday, my name is Sergey
Hey, that would be awesome! How big is your community? We could set up this fairly soon.
We’re trying to push internationalization with French, but for now, not everything is available. For example, the editor is still in English.
Also, we won’t be able to provide help in Portuguese…
I’ve only been working directly on the code for six months, so it still takes me a while to fully get my head around system interoperability — how they’re shaped to scale and connect, and how robust and secure they really are. I know building something like that isn’t easy, but being truly alive and thriving at the pace of AI would be even harder. If we stick to essentialism in features, a gamified journey (spot on), and keep our focus on the user experience, that’s something I genuinely believe in.
I reckon that until a culture of information-sharing, presence and real person-to-person value — the kind you can’t get just by chatting to an AI — is properly established, that will ultimately be the soul of the product. The interface, the core systems and the design are what attract people and create culture. I’d suggest never to tinker too radically: big brands only adjust their design by roughly 3% a year.
We like novelty, but we crave predictability. I haven’t come across an interface or the start of a journal as cool as yours — I don’t know whether it was 100% original (if it was, fair play), or inspired by something similar. I don’t claim to create everything; I connect things and work with small businesses that are far removed from my everyday reality, but I know it’s possible because the path is clear. It took me years to notice, but I noticed. Living in the real world isn’t easy, and the hardest thing for me as a solo entrepreneur is getting past the fear of talking about something extraordinary. Choosing to go solo is a decision I nurture, but I also realise I’ll need to meet developers who truly own the structural, full-stack skills — while I bring the conceptual mastery to build something big.
I hope I haven’t passed on too much fear or anxiety — perfectionism can be channelled into excellence or used to hide cowardice. I really want to build something big: big in the sense of having no real competitors in Brazil and being respected enough to contribute, learn, keep reinventing, lower customer acquisition cost with each new client, and carve out defensible moats.
For me, a success metric isn’t a one-off sale; it’s annual recurring revenue or upsell. I don’t want to be huge; I want to be the best operation that huge companies rely on. My focus is on technology and design, not popularity. Branding over marketing. ROI over gross revenue. Culture, design and exclusivity above fame and being labelled an “expert”. I favour what survives the test of time — things that could buy anything but prefer to buy nothing. Sadly, that’s what I want and what I lack. I’m working on it.
Sorry for the long message — perhaps we have a few things in common, and that might be comforting. In any case, it was part confession, part manifesto: I’m properly returning to this work this week. Back then I didn’t spend a penny trying to sell the first hundred over roughly a year.
In five years’ time — either three ventures will have been abandoned or three outlier startups will have been created — I see the shape of a company that reinvents how we think about business: global vision, local action, and communities becoming like digital cities. I think we’re living that: proving that the next great nation could be geographically scattered yet deeply connected in outlook, purpose and perspective. I can’t say whether that’s better for the world, but anarcho-capitalism and technocracy, in many circles, feel like a cypherpunk culture that keeps growing — the system’s current infatuation, so to speak.
Are you English? Oasis are the soundtrack of my life — I’m dying to see them in November, haha.
Por não ser da área, e estar trabalhando no código diretamente apenas de 6 meses pra cá, ainda levo tempo pra entender completamente a interoperabilidade entre os sistema, e o quanto eles sao moldados pra escalar, conectar, e quão robustos, seguros, são, enfim. sei que construir algo assim também não é fácil, mas ainda mais difícil seria manter isso vivo e próspero no ritmo de IA, mas se for mesmo apenas essencialismo nas funcoes, jornada gamificada (perfeito), e foco na experiencia dos seus usuarios, é algo que acredito.
Acho que até que a cultura esteja estabelecida de troca de informacoes, presenca, valor real gerado de pessoa pra pessoa de uma forma que ela nao consiga obter só interagindo com IA, isso, no fundo, no fundo, será a alma do produto, e a interface, cores, design, serão o que atrai e cria cultura. Sugiro para que nunca pense em mudar demais, grandes marcas mudam design 3% no ano.
Nós gostamos de novidade mas amamos previsibilidade. Ainda nao vi uma interface e inicio de jornada toa legal quando o de vcs, nao sei se foi 100% original (se foi, é gênio), ou se inspirou em algo similar (eu não crio nada, só conecto e penso negocios bem distantes da minha realidade, mas sei que é possível pq o caminho é claro, eu levei anos pra notar mas notei. Viver na realidade não é fácil e controlar o medo de falhar em algo extraordinario é minha maior dificuldade como soloentepreneur. Mas a decisao de seguir solo é algo que alimento, mas noto que vou precisar conhectar com devs que dominem a parte estrutural e full stack como eu penso que domino conceitos pra criar algo grande. Espero que não tenha te transmitido medo e ansiedade demais, o perfeccionismo pode ser busca por excelencia ou covardia. Mas quero criar algo grande realmente, grande no sentido: nao ter concorrentes no Brasil e ser respeitado fora podendo somar, aprender, e estar seguir jornada de descoberta, reinvenção, reduzir custo por cliente novo a cada cliente que chega, e criar moats.
A métrica de sucesso não é venda, é revenda anual ou upsell. Não quero ser enorme, quero ser a melhor opção pra quem seja enorme. Pq minha paixao esta em tecnologia, design, e nao em popularidade. Branding > marketing. ROI > receitas. Cultura / design / exclusividade > popularidade, fama, e ser notado como expert. Gosto do que sobrevive no tempo, melhora sempre, e pode comprar tudo mas prefere comprar nada. Infelizmente é o que desejo e me falta. Estou trabalhando. Desculpe a msg longa, mas acho que temos pontos em comum, talvez isso te conforte, de qualquer forma, foi em certo ponto um desabafo e manifesto, pois estou voltando nessa semana mesmo, não coloquei 1 centavo pra vender os 100 em ~1 ano na epoca.
Em 5 anos ou terei desistido ou terei criado startup outlier e reinventando a forma de pensar em negocios, visão global, acao local, e comunidade se tornando as cidades, só que no digital. Acho que vivemos isso, é provavel que a proxima grande nacao do mundo seja geograficamente desconectada e profundamente conectada em perspectivas, visão de mundo, propósito. Não da pra saber se é melhor ou nao pro mundo, mas anarcocapitalismo, tenocracia é, de fato, uma cultura cypherpunk que continuará crescendo e maior ameaça do sistema hoje.
Vc é ingles? A banda da minha vida é oasis, estou louco pra conhece-los em novembro kakakakkaa
but being truly alive and thriving at the pace of AI would be even harder
I think that every competitor rely in the same LLMs and 200 lines prompt. What makes the difference is the editor, so we’re focusing on that. Also, I think maintainability and scalability is extremely important to production apps, something that is not possible with current vibe coding tools.
I’d suggest never to tinker too radically: big brands only adjust their design by roughly 3% a year.
Our vision hasn’t changed much in the past years. We try to build a cool-looking design, but it’s functional and serves our vision before being brand related.
We like novelty, but we crave predictability. I haven’t come across an interface or the start of a journal as cool as yours
Thank you so much! If you’re talking about the challenge, it’s 100% original. In the beginning it was inspired by the “Advent of Code” but drifted away.
For me, a success metric isn’t a one-off sale; it’s annual recurring revenue or upsell.
I agree on that. We don’t want to make quick sales right now. We want to build a community and create something that lasts. Our priority is to put it in the hands of users, gather feedback, and improve Luna Park.
Oasis are the soundtrack of my life — I’m dying to see them in November, haha.
Enjoy your Oasis concert! I’ve recently heard the brothers are back together. I have a much more sane relationship with mine :P! (And we’re from France)