Brief backstory
I wrote a post on here a couple months ago about how I decided to quit my Director level job at GitHub to attend a code bootcamp and become a full time indie hacker.
For years I have tried to build products from ideas that I have had, and was always reliant on others to make it happen. They never really worked out, for the simple reason that no one ever cares about a project or idea as much as YOU do.
Motivation was always strong in the beginning and slowly but surely decreased as I struggled to make any progress on ideas.
At the end of last year, in the middle of a pandemic, I decided to flip the script and (re)learn to code so that I could take my destiny into my own hands.
I completed the bootcamp in December and decided to start working on a project that I had in mind, and had pitched to my cohort for a group project in the bootcamp.
I wanted to reinforce the things I had learnt and push myself to launch my first product as soon as possible!
I thought it would be good to get started over the Christmas holidays and work on it into the new year. The day after Christmas though, I got sick with vertigo (you thought I was going to say COVID didn't you?).
For three weeks I could hardly look at a computer screen, but eventually I felt well enough to get back to working on the project, and finished it this week.
Fast forward to today
I managed to finish the project in about 6 weeks, taking much longer than I originally hoped to. But I'm super happy with the end result.
So, what did I build?
Well, I've created a number of Twitter threads in the last year or so and I couldn't find a scheduling tool that worked for me. So I decided to build one.
It was a fun product to build and I learnt so much.
The most important lesson I was hoping to take out of it was actually finishing something I started. So many side projects start out strong and never see the light of day, and I was determined not to make that mistake again.
Even if no one ever used this tool, I was going to finish it and launch it! And so I did.
I'm soft launching this week, with a Product Hunt launch planned for next week. I'm super excited to launch and have had a couple sign ups so far, with some great feedback too!
Introducing Thread Creator
The idea is pretty simple.
You can create your Twitter threads, add an image, enable automatically numbered tweets, schedule the thread to be published later, and easily drag and drop to re-order your tweets.
I built Thread Creator because I believe there is a better way to create and schedule Twitter threads, and I really couldn't find something that worked well for me.
Thread Creator is totally free and you can create as many threads as you like. I hope you'll give it a try. 🎉
If you have any feedback or suggestions, I'd really love to hear them!
I'm on journey to build self-funded startups.
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