topoftheforts

8 ms·

1. 1.▲
   by topoftheforts 2y ago

   You can do that with flux.1, it's the best image model right now as far as I'm aware, especially for dealing with text. This is the result for "vegetables spelling out the word "HELLO"" I used flux-pro on Repli
2. 2.▲
   by topoftheforts 2y ago

   SEEKING WORK | UK or Remote | IT Consultant / Full Stack Engineer Technologies: PHP, Laravel (9yrs exp), VueJS/NuxtJS, AlpineJS, MySQL, TailwindCSS, AWS, Azure, RESTful APIs, Adwords, GA Ecommerce, Git, Twilio, Stripe, Docker Emai
3. 3.▲
   by topoftheforts 3y ago

   SEEKING WORK | UK or Remote | IT Consultant / Full Stack Engineer Technologies: PHP, Laravel (9yrs exp), VueJS/NuxtJS, AlpineJS, MySQL, TailwindCSS, AWS, Azure, RESTful APIs, Adwords, GA Ecommerce, Git, Twilio, Stripe, Docker Emai
4. 4.▲
   by topoftheforts 3y ago

   I'm a software engineer and I'm trying to get into selling HTML templates. I wanted to do some competitor research to see what's selling a lot on Themeforest and what people are complaining about, to find gaps in the market.
5. 5.▲
   by topoftheforts 3y ago

   I think the main link of this post should be the homepage and not the generated report, I was very confused at what I was looking at. I understand the value proposition of this but I can't get past the feeling of "this is just mor
6. 6.▲
   by topoftheforts 3y ago

   "Maybe that was all preparation for slicing America in two using an Australia-shaped knife" one of those sentences I feel like no one has ever said before (/r/brandnewsentence material)
7. 7.▲
   by topoftheforts 3y ago

   96%, really proud of that
8. 8.▲
   by topoftheforts 3y ago

   thank you so much for sharing this site! I've been having a hard time wrapping my head around some Vue2->Vue3 changes and this is very helpful
9. 9.▲
   by topoftheforts 3y ago

   I kinda feel it's mostly because of the paywall
10. 10.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    On point.
11. 11.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    Thank you! I think you're so right and I used that spirit to launch Gumtrends. I was worried about the reaction of people (about bugs, the scraping, missing features) but I'm so happy I launched anyway.
12. 12.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    Thank you so much!
13. 13.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    sure just email at info@gumtrends.com
14. 14.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    Unfortunately Gumroad does not display any text reviews as far as I'm aware
15. 15.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    Honestly I hadn't heard of trends.vc until now (and I never scrolled that far into the Gumroad homepage) I have another website that is focused on trends (social media related) and I know it's a big market so that's why I bu
16. 16.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    Haven't used AWS. Just a VPS, with Laravel and AlpineJS + TailwindCSS with Vite on the frontend. Database is MariaDB, the DB is just on the server.
17. 17.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    No problem about the cynicism, I appreciate any questions. Honest answer: I know Laravel, I know how to use a template to make a nice looking landing page, and I know how to plug in Stripe to receive payments. I don't really write book
18. 18.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    This looks great! Nice work
19. 19.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    Sorry I was a bit unclear on my previous message. By ratings I mean number of reviews. So I'm not using the average star rating at all, just the pure reviews count.
20. 20.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    Thank you! I looked at the previous Show HN submissions and tried to get a pulse on what worked better.
21. 21.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    Just followed you on twitter, I'll DM you
22. 22.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    That's a fair question, and that's why I didn't build out everything I had in mind (trends, AI based suggestions, etc), I just put together the best MVP I could in a week and put it out there.
23. 23.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    Thank you so much this is really helpful! I was a bit worried about spending weeks on something that nobody wanted, so I launched a MVP to begin with. If there’s enough interest I’ll work on more features! I would still keep a one off or l
24. 24.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    thank you! Not yet but I have some ideas for sure
25. 25.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    Haha honesty is the best policy!
26. 26.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    Not yet, if I see enough interest in my product I’ll work hard to improve the estimates.
27. 27.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    Sure! I’ll email you :)
28. 28.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    Yes just webscraping. Just used Laravel, cause that's what I'm most familiar with. The site is Laravel + AlpineJS (with Vite)
29. 29.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    That's amazing! I thought about whether to keep the data to myself and build something or share it and sell access to it. I hope I made the right decision! (Also I just learned what a COI policy is)
30. 30.▲
    by topoftheforts 3y ago

    I've calculated the ratings-to-sales ratio on products that do have official sales numbers, and used that to estimate it for the ones that don't. I used the median ratio as a guide. It's hard to tell how accurate the estimat