If anyone is using Claude Design with good results, please explain how you are using it, as every time I use it, it just makes a load of rubbish that I ignore a chuck away! And it takes a long time and a lot of tokens to do that! #AI #design

I'm curious what others building in public do when it comes to design and UX? Do you: - Reach for a design tool such as Figma? - Design in code with the browser - Use a pattern library or Storybook - Get AI to do the leg work and the tweak it. - Outsource to a design. - Other #buildinpublic #SaaS

I wrote an article showing some of the technical challenges we're tackling while building Achene. A technical solution that makes video transcription viable on Achene for every tier from £5 upwards, at no extra cost. Link below 👇 #BuildInPublic #SaaS

Every Achene course starts as a draft: title, description, cover image, price, all editable while nobody but you can see it. Publish only when it's actually ready, no half-finished course landing in front of students by accident. #buildinpublic #indiehackers #SaaS

Passwordless sign-in is live on Achene: passkey via FaceID, TouchID or a security key, or a one-click magic link to your inbox. No password to invent, forget, or reset, for you or your students. What's your preferred login method? #buildinpublic

Migrating students off another platform is the reason bulk import exists on Achene now. Upload a CSV of names and emails and each row creates an account plus an invite link automatically, no adding people one at a time. #SaaS #EdTech

Enrolment, a new contact, a tag getting added, any of those can now kick off an automated email sequence on Achene. Chain steps: send an email, wait, update contact data, without touching each one by hand. Custom events and user events are also available. #buildinpublic #SaaS #edtech

I'm currently for all building in public, are you using Gamification in product? What are your thoughts and feelings about Gamification? Are you aware of the Octalysis Framework by Yu-kai Chou? #buildinpublic #octalysisbook #SaaS

Lessons on Achene can now be reordered by dragging them into place instead of managing them one at a time. Small change, but it's the kind of thing that makes building a course actually feel easy instead of fiddly. #buildinpublic #indiehackers #SaaS

Forum moderation for Achene: teachers can pin important topics, lock a discussion, edit or remove any post, and restore context when something gets removed so the thread still makes sense. Small platform, still needs real moderation tools. #buildinpublic #edtech

Students get emailed automatically when someone replies to a forum topic they're part of on Achene, no extra setup needed. They can mute a single topic or opt out of forum email entirely if it's too much. Small feature, cuts down on people missing replies. #buildinpublic

One place to see every student enrolled across every Achene course now: subscription status (active, past due, cancelled), enrolment dates, all in one screen. No more piecing that together course by course. #buildinpublic #SaaS #edtech

Ever lose your place in a course video and have to scrub around guessing where you left off? Achene's lesson player now remembers exactly where you stopped, plus playback speed from 0.75x to 2x, and marks a lesson complete once you hit 90% watched.

Achene's lesson editor supports headings, images, code blocks, links, bullet lists, and blockquotes, and everything autosaves as you type. Built so writing a lesson feels like writing anywhere else, not fighting a form. #buildinpublic #edtech #SaaS

Email campaigns are live on Achene: pick a segment of contacts, schedule the send, preview before it goes out, then see opens, clicks, and bounces afterward. Basic by design, built to actually get used rather than sit half configured. #buildinpublic

Weighing a native branded mobile app for Achene, Circle style: download the app, log in, your courses are right there, styled to your brand. Would this actually change how your students show up, or is web enough? #buildinpublic #edtech

Lessons on Achene can now unlock immediately, on a set date, or a number of days after someone enrols. Shipped this week. Students see the release date for anything still locked, no guessing when the next one drops. #buildinpublic #edtech

Achene now has two layers of community: a discussion forum scoped to each course, enrolled students only, and a site-wide forum open to everyone active on the platform. Different conversations belong in different places. #buildinpublic #SaaS

Students get a real dashboard on Achene now: every enrolled course, completion progress, recent bookmarks, and a continue learning shortcut that picks up exactly where they left off. Built for the student who forgot which lesson they were on. #buildinpublic

Thinking about live video sessions for Achene next, built on Cloudflare Stream, maybe live audio too. Genuine question for course creators here: how much does live actually matter to you versus recorded lessons, and would you use it? #coursecreator #edtech

Upload a video straight into an Achene lesson now and you actually see it happening: upload progress, then processing status, in real time. No more wondering if it silently failed halfway through. Small feature, saved me refreshing the page five times testing it.

Every enrolled student on Achene is now automatically a contact. Tag them, filter by course or status, export or delete for GDPR compliance in one click. Shipped this week. #buildinpublic

Three real categories of AI coding tools now: inline chat, agentic terminal agents, and IDE-integrated agents. I use the last two mainly. Curious if other solo devs converged on a similar split or went all in on one. #buildinpublic

I'm trying to build a community on socials while building in public, but now I'm wondering if I will actually get followers that will be likely to use the platform I'm building... Do other creators worry about this? Is there a solution? #buildinpublic #SaaS

The "solo" in solo founder isn't deciding everything alone, most of Achene's roadmap comes from what people ask for or push back on in the forum. The real solo part: nobody else triages the bug reports, nobody to stop you building at 2am Least glamorous part of building alone, for you? #indiehackers

What do you think is the single most important skill as a software engineer? Is there one thing you feel all good engineers need, or do you feel it's a collection of specific skills that are needed to succeed? #buildinpublic #SaaS #WebDev

If you're using AI while developing, which models and plans are you using, and how much are you spending each month? I'm using Claude Pro and rarely hit the weekly limit before it renews, so that's £17 per month. #BuildInPublic #SaaS #WebDevelopment #WebDev

Are there any tools people love at the moment while developing, other than AI!? I'm using Blacksmith with my CI at the moment and find it a game changer for.many reasons. I will link below. p.s. no affiliation, just a great product! #buildinpublic #saas #webdev

I often use AI for work, but I'm not totally sure any of us should be doing so. There are so many potential issues with the mass use of AI, I'm not sure the benefits outweigh the risks. How do others feel about this? Are you concerned about mass usage of AI, or do you not worry about it? #AI #ethics

What social media do people use when they are building in public, and which do they feel are the best and why!? 🤔 #SaaS #BuildInPublic