Valentin Hinov

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Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them. Hosted by @ben-gilbert and David Rosenthal.

📖 Author of Mastering Laravel Validation Rules ✍️ I post useful Laravel tips https://masteringlaravel.com 🎙️ Co-host of https://show.nocompromises.io podcast 🐘 Organizer of Milwaukee PHP

Entrepreneur Costplusdrugs.com

Full Stack Software Developer, creating things with Laravel, Livewire and Inertia/React/Vue. Big fan of Filament too. Working on a side project that might just launch!

Your news source for the Laravel PHP Framework. Email us at hello@laravel-news.com

PHP developer at Spatie, built Mailcoach, ‪myray.app‬, ohdear.app and flareapp.io, blogging at ‪freek.dev‬, organising fullstackeurope.com

🤫 Unannounced B2B SaaS founder 🏆 BlogMaker.app founder 🎙 podcasting https://bootstrapping-saas.transistor.fm 🤔 thinking at valsopi.com 👾 bullish on AI 🥳 here to make friends

Canadian in Taiwan. Emerging tech writer, and analyst with a flagship Newsletter called A.I. Supremacy reaching 115k readers Also watching Semis, China, robotics, Quantum, BigTech, open-source AI and Gen AI tools. https://www.ai-supremacy.com/archive

Building pod.link ✦ Sr. Product Designer at linktr.ee ✦ Full of information. Some of it’s actually useful. ✦ he/him

Friendly marketer, human, and entrepreneur. It’s good to see you here. Everything changes — don’t be afraid. ✨ Founder of @DoubleYourEcommerce.com - helping Shopify merchants grow their organic revenue with SEO and email 📍 Eugene, Oregon

Multidisciplinary Designer, Musician, Permaculturist | building @developerux.com | running @meticulous.com | chief stall mucker @sfumato.farm | MSTDN: @johnathayde@ruby.social https://www.johnathayde.com

Founder & CTO at Haven Headache & Migraine. Making stuff and helping people is my jam. startups, humor, software, empathy, food, elixir, learning, whatever.

Building apps in #Ruby + #Rails, #ElixirLang + Phoenix LiveView. Loves building useful software. From 🇬🇧, based in 🇯🇵.

Co-founder @ qpoint.io 👨‍💻 Blog @ jonfriesen.ca 🌎 Community Mod @ megamaker.co Be kind and make cool things!

Building an automated video editor (getrecut.com) Developer founder, Pilot ✈️ Wrote @ daveceddia.com

3x dad, 6.2x runner, 10x plant killer, principal engineer, violinist. I build everyoak.com, mailtimer.com, onetimefax.com

Weather data wrangler, Melbourne Australia. @bsky.app blocked my DMs because I'm Australian. Contact me on email at FIRST_NAME at theweatherchaser.com if you need to get in touch.

product, engineering, SaaS, remote work

Wfh dad x2, helping small business owners save thousands each year via AugustaPlanner.com Other projects include: mycpaconnect.com justsendit.email rails.market susanssudoku.com

SW-engineer who made https://customerping.ai, an AI that finds customers for your business while you do something else. Now working on eliza.money, a social network designed for private stock investors. I love "Matrix".

Designer @fractional.design – hire a design leader @mailful.com – email for your domains rowera.com – semantic CMS https://inlägg.com – Swedish social media platform https://indlæg.com – Danish social media platform Ex ustwo, Bang & Olufsen, Hyper Island

Co-founder of Beyond Code. We're building essential tools for Laravel and PHP developers: Herd, Tinkerwell and Expose. herd.laravel.com tinkerwell.app expose.dev

President, .NET Foundation CTO. Consultant. Microsoft MVP. I 💖 #dotnet #azure. I run Hampton Roads .NET, Hampton Roads Azure groups, and a little conference called RevolutionConf. https://consultwithgriff.com/courses 📍Chesapeake, Virginia

Creator, Writer Creating: 👋 Wavepal • friend CRM @wavepal.app 📲 Flux • Bluesky client app @fluxapp.blue 🌐 SkyLink • Bluesky ext. skylink.blue Writing: 📙 Extra Focus • ADHD book extrafocusbook.com 📮 ADHD newsletter extrafocus.com

🗣️ /mer-AHT/ 👨🏻‍💻 Web Developer 🐻‍❄️ Indie Maker @polarhabits.com 🪷 Indie Maker @therapyspace.co 🛠️ Ex-Stripe Tinkerer

Staff Engineer. Ex-Shopify. Bootstrapper wannabe. Father of two.

Dad, founder of approximated.app, developer (usually #elixirlang). Friendly and sincere. I mostly post about dev, things I'm working on, and stray thoughts about business/work/entrepreneurship.

Programmer by day, programmer by night. Blog: https://push.cx Bootstrapping: https://recheck.dev I run https://lobste.rs and stream office hours Mon+Thu: https://push.cx/stream For people migrating, I was @pushcx on Twitter. I use he/him.

Bootstrapper, software developer, poker player. Founded 2005: HelpSpot Founded 2014: LaraJobs (@larajobs.com) Founded 2025: Outro (@outro.fm) CoHost: Mostly Technical Podcast (@mostlytechnical.com) Artsy photos: https://www.instagram.com/ianlandsman/

Founder/CEO at @Ghost.org - Geographically restless. Mostly posting about publishing, media, open source, JavaScript, Laravel, bootstrapping, SaaS, activitypub, and design.

Christian, husband, dad, co-founder of Honeybadger.io, fan of Ruby, creator of the faker gem, EV nut (1, 2, and 4-wheel), LSU football fan, and cycling enthusiast in the PNW.

🔮 Notion warlock at notionmastery.com 🧱 Product maker at weareokidoki.com 🤠 Latest at typeoneerror.com 👨‍🚒 Volunteer firefighter (Lt.) 👨‍💻 Hacker (rb/js/ios/php) 🎹 Producer (soundcloud.com/hacynth) 🎧 DJ (mixcloud.com/hacynth) Avatar by Vic Nguyen

only srs biz content over here 👋 web - dev - design - saas - edu biz - copywriting - sales - ethics - rants if you're over 35, i probably taught you rails or javascript performance personal account @amyhoy.bsky.social

Keyword, buzzword, half-truth, adjective, hey look at me! (founder of two unicorns: http://WPEngine.com, http://SmartBear.com). Writing for 18 years at: https://longform.asmartbear.com

@honeybadger.io co-founder 🧡 @joshuawood.net worksonified🕴️ Blog: https://joshuawood.net ✍️ Podcast: @founder.quest 🎙️ Developer-first monitoring and observability. 📈

I spend my days building @judoscale.com to help developers optimize their web hosting. Follow me to hear about... 💎 Ruby on Rails 🚀 Heroku & PaaS 💸 Independent SaaS Also on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamlogic/

Dev+Founder+Dad -> Wafris, SendCheckIt, Knowatoa, ExpeditedWAF. Mostly post about cybersecurity and AI SEO stuff. Discover how your brand ranks in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini at knowatoa.com/bsky

Creator of Laravel.

Marketer turned bootstrapper. Learning Ruby and building internet businesses. meetlars.com - your AI marketing strategist apacagencies.com - discover top agencies in asia craft.tattoo - turn tattoo ideas into designs I also play drums and bake pizza.

I run a small software dev shop called Thunk.dev with some of my closest friends. I live in Philly, grew up in Japan, and was raised by hiphop and the internet. ❤️ Laravel

Family guy • Software engineer / music producer • Mostly building speakflow.com • Prev. software @ Apple — Los Angeles. Posting about SaaS, coding (javascript/ruby on rails) and music

- Helping SaaS’s track how AI's represent them with knowatoa.com - Been programming for 25+ years - Believes being a dev is a marketing/sales super power

Bootstrapping seotesting.com Lucky enough to live in Bude, Cornwall

Notion educator Productivity YouTuber (and on @nebula.tv) JS developer (with many skill issues) Improv guitarist Rhythm game nerd   Currently building flylighter.com, an advanced web clipper for Notion.

Co-founder at Every

✨ dabbler 🏒 collector 💰 @maybe.co 💱 synthfinance.com *️⃣ revise.dev 🧰 toolstash.com — @shpigford everywhere else

Founder and head honcho at punchpass.com Exploring all the mtb and ski lines in northern VT. Get outside. You'll feel better.

I'm writing a book: Kill the HiPPO: How small, bootstrapped software companies decide what feature to build next. Follow along or be a beta reader at killthehippo.com

ranked #1 for "funny copywriter" (i killed all the others) www.punchlinecopy.com

Rails developer, startup founder. Accidentally started 3 businesses. https://www.bitmappeddesigns.com https://www.simplefileupload.com

Writer, traveler, entrepreneur. Currently in Costa Rica. Former projects acquired: Copyblogger, Rainmaker, StudioPress. further.net

Founder of @postpone.app. Posting about tech, startups, sports, U.S. politics, and movies mostly. Be curious, not judgmental. 🔗 www.postpone.app

Having fun, doing stuff. #buildinpublic #webdev #indieweb 🌐 ryanhefner.com 🎙️ allplay.fm 💬 webmentions.com 🥇 opengraphs.com ⛱️ commune.software 🎒 starterpacks.net

Building https://openfreemap.org and http://maphub.net Writing on http://blog.hyperknot.com Loves paragliding

Father, outdoors, snowboarding, full stack dev 🇨🇦 Active: Status List (statuslist.app), Consulting (http://blue-giraffe.ca) Podcast: https://searchingforsaas.com About Me: https://natebosscher.com

Founder BoltAI.com. Sharing my solopreneurship journey.

💻 Co-founder / Engineering at @userlist.com 🎙️ Co-host at slowandsteadypodcast.com 🛠️ Ruby, Rails, Ember.js, PostgreSQL ❤️ Loves music, food, and cooking 🥁 Plays the drums benediktdeicke.com

Building new stuff at Stripe. Previously: Apple, Google, Thoughtworks, trading, founder. Open source: websocketd, xstream, hamcrest, and others… github.com/joewalnes linkedin.com/in/joewalnes x.com/joewalnes

Web evangelist at Apple , founder CodeNewbie (acquired), developer, creator, chief baker of the Try Bakery (located in my kitchen ❤️)

I work at https://panic.com Find me at https://cabel.com 📍Portland, OR

Founder SignWell and Bidsketch. My personal blog: http://extendslogic.com

Founder of @savvycal.com

Building independence and playing the great online game. Writing about: - Life as an indie founder - Startups and growth ideas - Biz templates and frameworks - Lessons from history Current: - ateamoverseas.com Previous: - mercury.com - definite.app

Genuinely desire success in those around you and do what you can to make it happen. Founder of Flagrant a software design & development consultancy. https://www.beflagrant.com He/him

Freelancer. Founder @ Metrics Watch (sold in 2024). Dev. Community guy. Father, husband, music aficionado, (board & video) gamer, etc. #SaaS #Ruby #Linux #Godot

self-taught ruby dev turned startup founder something something building something new everything i post is satire

Founder of DNSimple, vendor of duct tape, purveyor of UDP packets. He/him. Mastodon: https://ruby.social/@aeden

Purveyor of calmness

🇳🇬, computer dude, hip-hop lover. software eng at Stripe. previously at PlanetScale, GitHub, DigitalOcean, and IBM Watson.

Founder of Creator Science — Growth as a creator, down to a science. Helping thousands of creators build resilient businesses through observation, experimentation, and iteration Website: creatorscience.com YouTube: youtube.com/@jay

💻 webmaster building laravel php apps 🚀 product @laravelphp 🚵‍♀️ i like to ride bikes in Iowa 🧰 building https://surveysnaps.com, https://pmprompt.com 🤙 running https://faxonline.app, https://jsonltools.com, https://freeurlindexer.com 🔗 https://brudtkuhl.com

Indie Dev / Recursive Problem Solver / Learn & Share here http://Kiru.io http://FlashDictation.com http://MathleGame.com http://Reversle.net http://Learnle.net http://GeotagSEO.com http://OGTester.com http://WhatDinner.com

I help SaaS founders troubleshoot growth & marketing. Occasional posts about art, poetry, and other hobbies. Learning how to work with my ADHD at the same time. I run demandmaven.io

Your friendly neighborhood white beard! Organizer of the @kyphpug.bsky.social meetup Building @draftsmaninc.bsky.social - a visual dev tool Blog: https://friendlyneighborhoodwhitebeard.dev dev, father, husband, friend, wine-drinker, foodie, musician

Helping you become more confident with Python and Pandas since 1995. • Courses: LernerPython.com • Newsletters: BetterDevelopersWeekly.com • BambooWeekly.com • Books: PythonWorkout.com • PandasWorkout.com • Videos: YouTube.com/reuvenlerner

Developer @savvycal.com. Previously @statamic.com. #Metroid larva. #Zelda cucco. #Saints fan. 1 John 4:19. https://jesseleite.com 😎 https://1337keyboards.com ⌨️ https://vimfornormalpeople.com 📺 https://campfirecoders.com 🎙️

Honk If You ♥️ SaaS 🥾 I'm the bootstrapped founder of Paperbell (>1m ARR) 🚪 Exited MeetEdgar ✍️ Blogging at https://lauraroeder.com/ 🇬🇧 Based in Brighton, UK

Ruby on Rails developer with 10+ years of experience. Freelancer by day, indie hacker by night.

Cofounder of SparkToro, Alertmouse, & Snackbar Studio. Geraldine's husband.

Founder starterstory.com/b. On a mission to help 1 billion people make money online!

Building the best LLM frontend on earth: typingmind.com

7-figure exit | wildfront.co • wildfront.co/community • churnzap.com • brandedcharts.com • cleanpix.co • domainstorm.io • viewexport.com • legaltechtitan.com

🌊 Surf, sail & make apps 📱 7 Apps on the App Store 💸 Bootstrapped (& freelancing on the side) 🎨 UX/UI Designer

Sold Tweet Hunter & Taplio for 7 figures. Working on 2 new SaaS: https://letterpal.io + one in stealth 👻

Youform: www.youform.com OneUp: www.oneupapp.io

CEO of Bluesky, steward of AT Protocol. dec/acc 🌱 🪴 🌳

Internet Ninja, masquerading as a researcher, hidden inside a curious person, that’s standing on top of a guy that just loves tech. He/Him

Game designer, startup founder, advisor. Blog and links: https://thisisgelb.com Games: 🥒 HotShot Pickleball (bg): Pre-orders live 🧩 One Stone (bg): Launching next year 💫 Aster (bg): In development 🔎 Daily Case (mobile): Beta on the app store

PM @github.com. Ex-founder. Opinions my own. labudis.com

Indie maker 🚀 Building SaaS with Laravel alongside a 9–5 ⏰ | 1 exit 🏆 Bootstrapping 🚀 DeployIt.com 🔄 Converthub.com

Building owlendar.com and other things. 🌎 https://foundersaround.com 🏠 https://leonagano.com

💾 Pieter.com est. 1994 📸 PhotoAI.com $120K/m 🏡 InteriorAI.com $38K/m 🛰 RemoteOK.com $37K/m 🌍 Nomads.com $35K/m 🎁 levelsio.com $23K/m

🪄 CMO at Players1st.com 🤖 AI Agents and Automation ⚽️ U12 Football - UEFA C Licence coach 🍝 Love Italian Cuisine and French Bistro 🇮🇹 Currently learning Italian @duolingo