xucian

i finally embraced free trials

the key is: have a shared communal amount of credits, and it's first come, first served. calculate how much you can afford at max per day and that's it

i got burned by free trials in 2023 when people automated account creation to abuse the system, so i just dumped them altogether, but i think this variation is the sweet spot. thoughts?

it's way harder to implement in an existing system than when you're just getting started, so i recommend everyone consider this when building their next projects, especially if you bootstrap and probably can't afford free trials for everyone

the app in question is a midjourney-like image/video generator: maginary.ai

I'm a builder. I do have a few promising projects and want to find cofounders in SF, but been postponing this since aug last year (online doesn't work for me).

I want to visit for a few months and attend some events, hopefully will find similarly driven people to build something together. I don't want to wait for 2026, it has to be now. this will cross multiple todos on my list

any tips? I don't have academic credentials and I didn't join big tech because I hate coding interviews so I can only impress someone by talking to them, not showing anything substantial (I mostly did contracting work, and none of my projects made me rich yet, so the only tool I have is my brain and hard-earned eastern-european 10k in my bank account)

I do seem to get some traction on a certain projects, but I've been marketing it everywhere recently, but I'm not sure how much it'll stick