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Undiscovered #074: Growing from 2k to 105k Users in 15 Days, Vibe Coding Video Games, Becoming Eloquent
#074: Growing from 2k to 105k Users in 15 Days, Vibe Coding Video Games, Becoming EloquentHi All! We are pleased to welcome you to this week's edition of Undiscovered, a newsletter with exclusive resources and insights expanding from the material found on our main site - becketu.com. This week, we will take a look at how one app recently grew their user base from 2k to 105k in 15 days, the ultimate guides for learning independent video game development, how to become more eloquent, and more. Let's dive in: 100 Talking Points from VisaAs mentioned in one of our previous editions, writer Visakan Veerasamy is one of the best thinkers and explainers regarding the nature of humans. If you haven't heard of him before, a thread containing 100 of his talking points recently resurfaced and it contains absolute gems of hidden truths. I highly suggest reading the whole thread, but here are a few of my favorites: 3. Practice good reply game. Life is multiplayer co-op. You can achieve much more with others than you can by yourself. You can build relationships simply by doing good replies over a sustained period of time. Do 100 good replies over 2 years. Don’t be pushy or needy about it 4. Cultivate your taste. Everything beautiful in the world is made by people with discernment, who know what they like and why they like it, who are motivated by something deeper than just money or status. This takes a while. Evaluate 100 things you love, articulate why/how244501 14. The core thing about good reply game is attention. You have to be attentive to other people, discern what they’re trying to do, how they’d like to be interacted with. Attention is also how you cultivate taste. Attention then is the most precious, valuable resource there is 26. you can’t think your way out of a courage deficit 30. real ambition is something far beyond mere prestige and accolades. real ambition is about serving your deepest values at the highest level possible. it is certainly dangerous if it isn’t intertwined with a genuine love for humanity 35. If you’re trying to get healthy, drinking a glass of water and going for a walk will serve you much better than spending time researching obscure details about nutrition and exercise. Figure out a good-enough next step and execute it. This applies to practically everything How to Be Funny"If you've never gotten off a good joke in your life, start here." This is the preface to the Substack article, 'How to be Funny' by Hero Thousandfaces. I was intrigued by the article when I saw what looked like a joke in itself. Hero wrote a tweet saying "10 like and I post an essay." Needless to say, the post received 60 likes and the essay was dropped. Hero quickly validates themself: people tell me I’m very funny. Not just family members, or people trying to sleep with me; my psychiatrist laughs at a lot of my jokes, even the really concerning ones, and I’m only paying him $400 an hour, so clearly there must be something there...There’s a pervasive idea that comedy can’t be taught; I don’t think this is entirely true. I think you need a little innate talent and charisma and intelligence, but I also think these things can be taught and fostered. Hero doesn't necessarily have a 'huge' account by traditional social media standards, and this essay doesn't have the traditional 'love' in the form of externally validating metrics, but the content of this essay is excellent - and its one of the best I've read in a long time. Hero outlines all the important aspects of comedy, mainly focusing on rhythm, energy, and intelligence. It's the best and most comprehensive guide to learning the why behind comedy. Where it gets very interesting is how they end the essay: So, to cap this off with the same thesis, comedy in humans is — in my opinion — something that is partially dependent on innate traits of intelligence and rhythm but, largely, can be taught.
But what about non-humans?
Growing App from 2k to 105k Users in 15 DaysI'm always curious to learn how new mobile apps are driving downloads, and one of the more interesting recent case studies was an insight shared by S-laurent for their app Focus Tree. Laurent shared three of the following tweets:
The Ultimate Guide to Vibe Coding GamesPieter Levels recently made headlines after his latest side project hit $87k in monthly recurring revenue. What exactly was the project? A video game entirely made with AI, built just over a week ago. Pieter has a huge audience he's able to leverage for initial distribution, but this also indicates the possibility of something exciting: solo indie game devs. Andrew Chen recently asked, "Has anyone seen/created a vibe coding for game dev tutorial? I need to try...". The most liked response came from Nicolas Zullo, who made his own game, fly.zullo.fun, which is a WW2 dogfight simulator and very impressive for a game that required no personal coding. He then proceeded to share an even more in-depth guide on his Github detailing how to make your own game. For those interested in trying out some game development themselves, we highly recommend checking out Nicolas' posts along with this excellent video, Vibe Coding a FULL Game, from Matthew Berman. Becoming EloquentA short hack on how to sound more eloquent, from Dylan O'Sullivan:
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