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Progress by Shahrukh A. Khan

I don't post an EloSync feature until the code agrees

Writing product updates from memory is fast. It's also how a post ends up saying something the product doesn't quite do. While building EloSync, I found our own website copy and the backend didn't always match. Small things, like which modules come included and which you add later. So now every claim gets checked against the code before it goes out. Is it included or a Marketplace install? Free or paid? Does it work the way the sentence says? That's why I can say this plainly: Leads, Tasks and ToDos are free in every workspace. Contacts, Invoices, Projects, Help Desk and most other modules are free to add from the Marketplace when a team needs them. What I learned: trust is easier to keep than to win back. A slower post beats a wrong one. How do you keep your product copy honest as the product changes? Follow EloSync on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/elosync

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Lesson by Rick Wise

My AWS cost tool was paying for its own test waste

CloudWise finds wasted AWS spend. When I finally ran a proper audit of its own AWS bill, the biggest single leak was mine. To test the detector for idle Lambda provisioned concurrency, I created a test function with 5 GB of provisioned concurrency. The test passed. The function stayed. It sat there for over two months at about $54 a month, doing nothing, and startup credits hid it the whole time. What I changed: 1. Test waste is created and destroyed in the same session, by the same tool. If a script can create it, that script has to clean it up. 2. Every test resource is tagged, and a sweep lists anything with that tag that is still alive. 3. I read the bill with credits filtered out. Credits make a bill look like $0, so nothing looks wrong until they run out. Mine ran out. After cutting the bill from about $278 to about $117 a month, that $117 is now cash. If you're on credits right now: in Cost Explorer, exclude the Credit charge type once and look at the real number.

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Progress by Paul Yorke

Early sign-ups for OriginForge Connect are open

OriginForge Connect opens on Saturday 31 October. It's a free pixel-art town you play in the browser with other people around you: explore, fish, forage, farm, mine and smith, dig for treasure, take quests from the villagers and work towards your own house. Until Saturday, originforgeconnect.com is a landing page where you can sign up early, and early sign-ups get an in-game gift when they first log in on the 31st. The game moves there on launch day. Lantern Night, a Halloween event, runs from 31 October to 10 November. Sign up at https://originforgeconnect.com

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Progress by Faizal

Built a data grid that does more than show rows.

The new Prospect Data Grid block in ReUI Pro: - Column header menus with sort - Row selection with a bulk action bar - Stat cards that filter the grid - Nested filter builder - Inline badge and avatar menus with an undo toast - Side sheet with tabs and a timeline - Settings popover, form sheet, confirm dialog with a live preview Built on shadcn/ui, dark mode included. Copy it into your project and wire up your own data. Try it: https://reui.io/preview/base/data-grid-advanced-22?utm_source=buildside&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dg-advanced-22

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Progress by Shashi Pandit

Laid off and torn between a job and full-time indie hacking.…

I was recently laid off. I’ve been job hunting and prepping for interviews, but I’m stuck on one question: take a job, or go all-in on indie hacking? The job market is rough right now. As a mobile app developer, I also feel my role may become obsolete within a year, which makes a long-term job feel less safe. I’m considering a job plus indie hacking as a side hustle. But even $500 MRR would be enough for me to survive, since my expenses are minimal. My question is how hard it is to earn $500 MRR from internet? How much time would it take to earn this much? What would you do in my position?

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Progress by Uriel Bitton

Been a little busy improving the UX for everyone here:

I added/improved: - pinned comments - new "inspiring" reaction - blog post publishing for all users - improved Brix AI smarter & can do more tasks - marketplace UI and beta testing 💰 - dodo and lemon squeezy integrations - community chats - new founder matching page - blog post impressions, reads, and clicks analytics - fixed video upload issue - link preview in comments - My SaaS worth tool - navbar quick messages UX - improved search experience and bonus: refresh page and look up to the top left of your screen 👀

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