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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0:00 – Introduction
2:03 – Startup philosophy
9:34 – Low points
13:03 – 12 startups in 12 months
19:55 – Traveling and depression
32:34 – Indie hacking
36:37 – Photo AI
1:12:53 – How to learn AI
1:21:30 – Robots
1:29:47 – Hoodmaps
1:53:52 – Learning new programming languages
2:03:24 – Monetize your website
2:09:59 – Fighting SPAM
2:13:33 – Automation
2:24:58 – When to sell startup
2:27:52 – Coding solo
2:33:54 – Ship fast
2:42:38 – Best IDE for programming
2:52:09 – Andrej Karpathy
3:01:34 – Productivity
3:15:21 – Minimalism
3:24:07 – Emails
3:31:20 – Coffee
3:39:05 – E/acc
3:41:21 – Advice for young people
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