An interview with Nomad List and Photo AI founder Pieter Levels, aka @levelsio on X, on launching 12 startups in 12 months, the digital nomad life, and more
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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Discussion
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@yacinemtb
Kache
on x
“the whole AI industry is on X” if you're not on x, you're being left behind simple as
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@andrewmichaelio
Andrew
on x
Pieter Levels (@levelsio) advice on how to learn AI: Step 1: download X Step 2: follow anime pfps [video]
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@levelsio
@levelsio
on x
@meeDamian @lexfridman He's really nice and chill and it's crazy he actually did a lot of research about me like reading my old blogs I've been on podcasts 1000x smaller than his and people don't do that amount of preparation at all One podcast I went on they barely knew what I d…
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@kettlebelldan
Dan
on x
how do you stay on top of everything? “You need to join 𝕏. 𝕏 is amazing now.” -@levelsio on the Lex pod [video]
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@l3d1c
Josip Ledić
on x
@DmytroKrasun He is definitely being lucky He charges up to $299/m for something that can be done with a RTX 3090 and watching one YT tutorial I trained photorealistic models of my face more than a year ago but never thought about monetizing it because I thought nobody would pay …
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@harrystebbings
Harry Stebbings
on x
The last two shows with Rogan and Lex being with Thiel and @levelsio is interesting for a very important reason: It shows that consumers more than ever care about startups and entrepreneurship. This is the start of mainstream media really pivoting to telling startup stories.
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@jrfarr
JR Farr
on x
This makes me so happy to see @levelsio doing his thing with Lex. Talking about lifting, building, depression. Life is messy. Like a startup is messy. It's raw, it's unscripted but we find a way.
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@devagrawal09
Dev Agrawal
on x
This clip is singlehandedly gonna cause so much damage in the ecosystem Just because he can ship using PHP and jquery doesn't mean you can or should You are not building 40 startups all by yourself, you are probably building for long term in a collaborative environment
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@shl
Sahil Lavingia
on x
Trying to build a company full of @levelsio
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@nikitabier
Nikita Bier
on x
@yacineMTB chat is this real
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@terrorproforma
@terrorproforma
on x
> 37,000 commits per year > deploys straight to production > how to not break prod? “just code more carefully” Absolute Chad [video]
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@gregisenberg
Greg Isenberg
on x
More proof that its the era of the indie startup/founder @levelsio on @lexfridman episode just came out https://x.com/...
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@arvidkahl
Arvid Kahl
on x
Pieter Levels on Lex Fridman, when asked about his deploy-straight-to-production way of building: “It's idiotic for a big company, but for me, it works” People at big companies: “BUT THIS WON'T WORK FOR ME, HE'S WRONG!!!!” 🤦What podcast were YOU listening to? 🤣
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@t3dotgg
Theo
on x
Going on the record to say @levelsio method of writing software is based af and we can all learn from how he prioritizes delivery over everything else
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@johnrushx
John Rush
on x
Same feeling as when a guy from your city wins an Olympic gold medal 🥹 Indie Making is gonna 10x in popularity overnight, I can't wait to wake up tomorrow and see it. [image]
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@elonmusk
Elon Musk
on x
Cool
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@dmytrokrasun
Dmytro Krasun
on x
Pieter Levels talking for 3 hours: “I don't know what I do—I am learning daily. Just ship it. I am lucky. You can't predict your way to success.” People after listening for 3 hours: “Pieter has found a secret formula that works!” [image]
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@yacinemtb
Kache
on x
@levelsio Matt Mullenweg (owner of tumblr / wordpress) said the same thing like a year ago on the tim ferris podcast
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@pixqc
@pixqc
on x
it takes 5sec for @levelsio to make a diff live on prod, very impressive [video]
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@forgebitz
Klaas
on x
why is it so hard for developers to understand context this is a terrible way to develop software with a team it's great for shipping fast as a solo dev [image]
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@amasad
Amjad Masad
on x
Software engineering has become so bloated and safetyist that a solo dev deploying straight to prod is considered such a super risky move 😱😱😱 (obv Levels is impressive for how prolific he is)
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@basedbeffjezos
@basedbeffjezos
on x
We're so back. Congrats @levelsio
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@halpindev
Alex Halpin
on x
Recently, I watched an interview @levelsio had with @lexfridman, and one thing 🤯 blew my mind: a vanilla HTML, PHP, and JS tech stack. Here are my two cents. 🧵Thread: [image]
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@imlunahey
Luna
on x
no. he's not an “absolute chad” he's a liability. idk why anyone would see this as a good thing. it really shows he cares more about money than he does about writing good code.
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@yacinemtb
Kache
on x
holy shit it's my goat my goat made it to lex let's goooooooooooo [image]
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@bdougieyo
@bdougieyo
on x
@devagrawal09 I disagree. I think someone making money with jquery and raw php is good for the php and jquery folks. Both communities could use the boost in validation.
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@sebaaltonen
Sebastian Aaltonen
on x
That's pretty much what game devs are doing. Not pushing to production of course, but pushing directly to dev and everybody in the team gets the fixes immediately. If something breaks somebody fixes it in 15 minutes and pushes the first. Always moving forward.
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@levelsio
@levelsio
on x
This is also crazy! Almost 30 million views on X in a day cause of @lexfridman [image]
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@chfsrh
@chfsrh
on x
This is @levelsio “most controversial take” but I totally agree with him [video]
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@lexfridman
Lex Fridman
on x
Here's my conversation with Pieter Levels (@levelsio), self-taught developer and entrepreneur who designed, programmed, shipped, and ran over 40 startups, many of which are hugely successful. In most cases, he did it all by himself, while living the digital nomad life in over 40 …
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@levelsio
@levelsio
on x
Yes the “Lex effect” is big Sign ups and revenue on almost all of my sites doubled overnight @ +93% Probably temporary but nice to see! [image]
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@jeff_weinstein
Jeff Weinstein
on x
My heart skips a lil beat each time I see a @levelsio tweet because it's not-infrequently very specific, very actionable, very raw @stripe feedback. (Thank you!) Fun to learn more about him =>
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@jakobgreenfeld
Jakob Greenfeld
on x
Pieter's one big superpower is a seemingly infinite reservoir of IDGAF energy. He just keeps shipping and posting whatever he wants. Everyone else is paralyzed by past failures, past successes, or the pursuit of finding that one grand idea.
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@biaozeebub
Biao Boey
on x
I'm really digging this interview between @lexfridman and @levelsio. What a great example of finding yourself, grit and drive.
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@mitsuhiko
Armin Ronacher
on x
Some really hot takes on web and JavaScript frameworks and influencers in there ;) https://x.com/...
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@avthars
@avthars
on x
OPEN SOURCE AI GIVES YOU CONTROL During his recent conversation with Lex Fridman, indie hacker extraordinaire Pieter Levels (@levelsio) shares a real life example of why using open source models are advantageous for developers: Stability AI and Stable Diffusion. Levels still [ima…
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@napierholland
Alex Napier Holland
on x
I'm stoked to see my friend @levelsio on such a big platform. Pieter's the same guy up close that you see on social media. He makes people around him think bigger, ditch their excuses - and put their ideas out there. That's why we're all unemployable. 😁
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@huuphongsan
Hữu Phong
on x
just watched the first 33m and totally like this interview. This is quite a valuable and informative podcast. @levelsio is my legend, the one who motivated me to learn JavaScript four years ago and to build websites by myself for my own businesses. Still the best decision of mine
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@aoverk
@aoverk
on x
Good interview. Watch it. He's a tech builder who started with launching an ebook and has grown from there to running multiple profitable software startups. Solid example of execution mattering more than the ideas. And the importance of constant action over time.
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@joaoaguiam
Joao Aguiam
on x
Pieter @levelsio has completed Indie Hacking. What an inspiring, unscripted conversation. A must for all entrepreneurs.
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@nathansrobinson
Nathan S. Robinson
on x
One of my favorite things about this podcast is that it gets me so fired up to build stuff. I like that
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Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #440