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New on desengs.com: «mkdir» by @edo_lunardi
A curated list of web design inspiration directories, free to explore with no paywall or account, ranked by the people who use them.
→ mkdir.directory
New OG images on desengs.com/inspiration/og:
(1) wastetide.ai (2) ramp.com (3) ascension.pegassi.be (4) ankar.ai
Can someone help me understand why everyone's vibe-coding their own beehiiv/Substack "alternative" rn and selling it to others? The newsletter business is entirely built on the trust and reputation of the platform as a whole, and literally having "Cheap" in your name won't help with that at all.
I vibe-coded beehiiv, and it's 83% cheaper.
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New portfolios on desengs.com/inspiration/port…:
01. cactusdigitale.com
02. zauberbergproductions.com
03. mg-tucker.com
04. yuriroga.com
The elite, by definition, won't even touch their keyboards for $100. What you're looking for is cheap talent. You might not have the budget to hire the elite, and that's fine, but at the very least have some integrity and be honest.
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"Moat isn't this. It's that."
Can we stop pretending that this thing we call a moat is one-dimensional?
"Moat is taste!" Sure. Go ahead. Taste is pointless if there's no trust.
"Moat is trust!" Sure. Keep having fun until someone makes a more tasteful alternative.
"Moat is the audience!" Sure. Until someone with a bigger audience copies your thing.
"Moat is the details!" Sure. Keep crafting details in a product that's a solution in search of a problem.
"Moat is ..." You get the point.
A moat is an interconnected network of properties, all having the same priority as one another.
In other words, one property is easy to replicate; a collection of properties is harder to replicate.
