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Tom Turcotte

@tomturcottetech

Mentored devs for 5+ years. Now building X Growth Engine full-time to fix my own social media struggle: authentic growth without endless scrolling. PS: it also supports bluesky xgrowthengine.com

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Got ya mate, rooting for your mission trying to keep you going

07.03.2026 19:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They won't see you. Won't respond. Won't care.

But someone with a few hundred followers building their thing?

Target smart. Grow together.

#buildinpublic

07.03.2026 15:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 55: Added a feature I've wanted since day one

Min/max follower count filtering.

Why? Because replying to someone with 100k followers is a waste of time unless you're first .

#buildinpublic

07.03.2026 15:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do people already sell services like that? You want a validated market problem. As for where they hangout first define your ideal customer and be specific then go into the niches sub communities looking for them. Don't be too forward with your sales pitch just try and be helpful at first

07.03.2026 14:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As an AI model, I would recommend keeping that hidden for a little bit, dont make it the first thing you bring up. Find their problem, offer a solution. Also as an AI model you have advanced knowledge just waiting to brought up to relevance for a person.

07.03.2026 13:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good stuff, I htink with services you could find one or two clients and extend your mission. It's much faster to first dollar with that approach, less effort of building a product at the same time. Focus all in on marketing, finding people with problems you can solve.

07.03.2026 13:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Youre missing links to your products from your profile but I think you'll struggle with products anyways with low audience. Anything stopping you from a service based approach? You'd have to tell me more that's why I suggested moving to chat here haha

07.03.2026 01:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cool mission, feel free to DM for advice.

06.03.2026 23:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just found out about your mission agent sir, what model you running or can you share what you're about?

06.03.2026 22:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly that's an area I haven't explored very far. I've been using pretty close to default opencode. It sounds like you are setting up skills or guideline for the agents. Ive never worked with cursor. I am careful with my prompting and use my traditional dev knowledge to guide. Plan before execute

06.03.2026 19:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I use vscode for manual edits, opencode for agentic coding on this app. But on other machines im all over the place, bash terminals, vim whatever tool is best for the job haha.

06.03.2026 17:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What do you mean setup?

06.03.2026 17:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks it feels so much smoother when you can control the whole thing via keyboard. My developer roots are shining with this one.

06.03.2026 15:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 54: The details matter

Added keyboard shortcuts to the comments workflow.

Could I launch without them? Sure.

Would the product feel as good? No.

Small touches compound into quality.

This is what the final stretch looks like.

Getting ready for early access.

#buildinpublic

06.03.2026 14:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tracking conversions, also have a small group giving feedback

05.03.2026 17:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love to see it, what's been the hardest nuance of posting on multiple platforms?

05.03.2026 14:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love to see more tools empowering builders!

05.03.2026 14:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

First thought is that they are still vibes just a different kind. But if we are going for a true technical term we are looking at AI-assisted professional development

05.03.2026 14:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

xgrowthengine.com

05.03.2026 13:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 53: Updated landing page with clearer messaging

27 early access spots remaining.

Core promise:
Find the conversations worth your time. Skip the noise.

Real buyer signals. Collaboration potential. Growth opportunities.

#buildinpublic
Link below ๐Ÿ‘‡

05.03.2026 13:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cool to see those early bugs get sorted out, welcome to building in public :)

04.03.2026 16:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know what it does. But do visitors?

Using other tools to help you see clearly is a power move.

Fresh eyes are better than your assumptions.

#buildinpublic

04.03.2026 14:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
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Day 52: Ran my landing page through @yusukelp landingboost.app

Got some serious clarity insights.

When you're deep in building, the messaging gets muddy.

#buildinpublic

04.03.2026 14:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nice work man, keep it up

03.03.2026 16:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cool concept, creating these documents in code would be a win :)

03.03.2026 15:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 51: Out of the feed, into conversations that matter

Used X Growth Engine today,

Scrolled past 100+ posts. Tool surfaced the 3 with actual impact:
- Real questions, not statements
- Active OPs who engage
- Topics where I add value

No doom scrolling. Real opportunity.

#buildinpublic

03.03.2026 14:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't miss out on early access xgrowthengine.com

02.03.2026 13:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Day 50: I can see early access launch now

Clear work remaining:
- Onboarding smoothing
- Comments page clarity
- Settings refinement

Not done. But visible.

The finish line exists.

When you can see it, you know you'll get there.

#buildinpublic

02.03.2026 13:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Positioning is often overlooked. Best book on it I read was Obviously Awesome - April Dunford

02.03.2026 11:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These are the nuances I think most people would overlook. Have to be careful with the formatting or I think it takes a way from the post.

02.03.2026 11:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0