Josh

One of the greatest years of my life, thank you to everyone who supported me on Orbit's journey ❤️

this is the best Orbit clone yet

I hope they animate around the earth like that

korean goes so hard

building a product will literally beat patience into you

never give up

launching very soon, an exciting update is around the corner 🚀

found a forgotten subscription?

Share to Orbit ✅

amazing way to start the week

is this beta button juicy enough?

promising to see ChatGPT is finally recommending Orbit!

with a conversion rate of 41.7% 🤯

You are a designer, Dyson. What do you know about business?

aim to sit amongst the greats

naive enough to try

dogged enough to persist

crazy enough to keep going

Orbit has generated revenue every single day since launching

I put it down to running a beta pre-launch for 3 months, working almost daily with test customers to make sure it’s something people would love

regardless of where you’re at, speak with customers everyday

Jedi senses are tingling with another Disney+ price hike this Christmas

I've been wanting to work on something huge for WEEKS

but fixing bugs comes first. I want to make the best product possible and that means ensuring it works flawlessly.

plus it's nice to tell customers who report bugs to you that it's been fixed, they're on the journey with you too!

visiting Apple’s beautiful London office at Battersea power station today learning how to make Orbit more accessible ✌️

see you tomorrow at Config 👋

make software beautiful

Keep going! Tell everyone :)

Invest in SEO too

"How do you get over a failure?"

"You go back to work. You take advantage of the quiet time that a failure allows you."

it’s hard to understate how much you will learn building your own product

it’s the fastest crash course on what it really takes to ship

Orbit's refund rate is 1.46% ✨

be obsessed and focused with delivering the best possible experience and speak with your customers every single day

finally shipping the most requested feature customers have longed for and seeing their response in the private discord is everything ❤️

ask o3 to help you create a pain + solution map for your product

It’ll help you empathise with core needs, spark creative ideas and ship with ruthless focus

I absolutely love speaking with customers everyday in the Orbit discord

I get to share in-progress work, hear from them directly and ensure I'm building the best possible version of the product for them

$242/mo is not too bad imo (personal + business) – what's your subscription spending?

btw Orbit by @joshnewtonn.bsky.social is pretty cool ✨

recently, someone asked me, "How did you know to go all-in on Orbit?"

It was a combination of financial signals, my intuition, and mostly the positive feedback from early customers, like this one:

when I left my job, friends suggested taking a week off to clear my mind

but I was just so excited to continue building Orbit

It gave me energy. Make something that excites you.

using your own software is a wild feeling