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#440 – Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

2024/8/20
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@Lex Fridman : 本期节目采访了 @Pieter Levels ，一位自学成才的开发者和企业家，他独立设计、编程、发布并运营了40多个创业公司，许多都非常成功。他还在40多个国家和150多个城市过着数字游牧的生活，这给许多开发者和企业家带来了灵感。 Pieter Levels: 我的创业理念与众不同，我不寻求风险投资，而是独立完成所有工作，包括设计、开发和市场推广。我采用快速迭代的模式，通常在两周内完成一个产品的开发和发布，并通过用户的付费行为来验证想法。大型组织的官僚制度会降低效率，而独立开发者可以更快地发布和迭代产品。我经常穿着短裤工作，因为我容易出汗。我热爱创造性的工作，它让我快乐，而不是追求公司规模的扩张。许多优秀的工程师更享受独立贡献者的角色，而不是管理者的角色。我个人对风险投资持谨慎态度，因为我认为其中存在很多不透明的财务操作。 Pieter Levels: 我27岁时经历过一段低谷时期，感到迷茫和沮丧。这段经历促使我开始专注于构建产品，并启动了“12个月内创建12个创业公司”的项目。我发现体力劳动和积极行动比消极思考更能帮助我克服抑郁。我使用简单的技术栈（HTML, jQuery, PHP, SQLite）快速开发和发布产品，并根据用户反馈快速迭代。我早期曾使用 Flash 和 ActionScript 进行网页开发，我的第一个项目 Play My Inbox 是一个从 Gmail 中提取 YouTube 链接并创建音乐播放列表的应用。人们对付费插件的接受度较低，而对独立产品的付费意愿更高。我开发过一些 ChatGPT 插件，并尝试过各种方法来快速构建产品，包括利用 Reddit 等平台进行推广。

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Pieter Levels discusses his unique startup philosophy, which emphasizes rapid iteration, personal involvement in all aspects of development, and prioritizing validation through user payment.

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Pieter Levels (aka levelsio on X) is a self-taught developer and entrepreneur who has designed, programmed, launched over 40 startups, many of which are highly successful.
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OUTLINE:
(00:00) – Introduction
(11:38) – Startup philosophy
(19:09) – Low points
(22:37) – 12 startups in 12 months
(29:29) – Traveling and depression
(42:08) – Indie hacking
(46:11) – Photo AI
(1:22:28) – How to learn AI
(1:31:04) – Robots
(1:39:21) – Hoodmaps
(2:03:26) – Learning new programming languages
(2:12:58) – Monetize your website
(2:19:34) – Fighting SPAM
(2:23:07) – Automation
(2:34:33) – When to sell startup
(2:37:26) – Coding solo
(2:43:28) – Ship fast
(2:52:13) – Best IDE for programming
(3:01:43) – Andrej Karpathy
(3:11:09) – Productivity
(3:24:56) – Minimalism
(3:33:41) – Emails
(3:40:54) – Coffee
(3:48:40) – E/acc
(3:50:56) – Advice for young people

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