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Followers
46
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$40 – $65 / sponsored post
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🧰 Free analysis for Michael Forrest
Known for
1 views
If you're using #ChatGPT for coding, you should definitely add this to your Custom Instructions:
1 views
This week's numbers: Not thrilled with the sales but so many people are signing up to the mailing list! Haven't started cracking on with all the crash fixes yet, but will start soon. #BuildInPublic #IndieHackers
📊 Post engagement
1
Avg engagement / post
2.2%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: If you're using #ChatGPT for coding, you should definitely add t · 1 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.38 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 4 text · 8 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.6×
Follows 71 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
If you're using #ChatGPT for coding, you should definitely add this to your Custom Instructions:
Goodbye London!
New header bar in #VisualStudioCode, with navigation and search, is going to mitigate a LOT of confusion for new users!
I got used to the weird keyboard shortcuts long ago, but this puts key functionality front and centre, where it should…
Oh shit, why did I think ChatGPT wasn't able to provide citations??
I never ask!
Now I think of it, it wasn't that it couldn't, it's that it often makes them up.
But damn, this changes my whole relationship with it. Instead of jumping of…
SQL UPDATE commands are terrifying to type by hand.
```
update users set email='michael@squares.tv' where email='michael@somewhereelse.com';
```
Change one user ✅
```
update users set email=michael@squares.tv'; where email='michael@somew…
Sitting here going "Ugh, GPT4 is so slow". How quickly we get used to new things...
The irony of ChatGPT is that it understands people better than I do.
It's really putting me in a position to blow my business wide open.
#BuildInPublic
Fucker of a #BuildInPublic week last week. I was "sort of" on holiday but still mostly working, and then I shipped a version of Shoot which crashed on startup for some users. Stressful panic while I fixed it as quickly as I possibly could,…
This is getting a bit grim - another 20% since last week. #BuildInPublic #IndieHackers
I'm working on getting some advertising going but it's a lot to figure out. Hopefully then things will start picking up. Also as the mailing list appro…
This week's numbers: Not thrilled with the sales but so many people are signing up to the mailing list! Haven't started cracking on with all the crash fixes yet, but will start soon. #BuildInPublic #IndieHackers
Here it is with how much time I could have delegated if I wasn't doing everything on my own 😫
New #BuildInPublic #IndieHackers reporting this week! I'm trying to re-establish focus and figure out what is most important. Sales were fine last week. Crashes are looking not-great, especially now I have them on a chart...
New header bar in #VisualStudioCode, with navigation and search, is going to mitigate a LOT of confusion for new users!
I got used to the weird keyboard shortcuts long ago, but this puts key functionality front and centre, where it should…
Oh shit, why did I think ChatGPT wasn't able to provide citations??
I never ask!
Now I think of it, it wasn't that it couldn't, it's that it often makes them up.
But damn, this changes my whole relationship with it. Instead of jumping of…
SQL UPDATE commands are terrifying to type by hand.
```
update users set email='michael@squares.tv' where email='michael@somewhereelse.com';
```
Change one user ✅
```
update users set email=michael@squares.tv'; where email='michael@somew…
Sitting here going "Ugh, GPT4 is so slow". How quickly we get used to new things...
The irony of ChatGPT is that it understands people better than I do.
It's really putting me in a position to blow my business wide open.
#BuildInPublic
Fucker of a #BuildInPublic week last week. I was "sort of" on holiday but still mostly working, and then I shipped a version of Shoot which crashed on startup for some users. Stressful panic while I fixed it as quickly as I possibly could,…
This is getting a bit grim - another 20% since last week. #BuildInPublic #IndieHackers
I'm working on getting some advertising going but it's a lot to figure out. Hopefully then things will start picking up. Also as the mailing list appro…
This week's numbers: Not thrilled with the sales but so many people are signing up to the mailing list! Haven't started cracking on with all the crash fixes yet, but will start soon. #BuildInPublic #IndieHackers
Here it is with how much time I could have delegated if I wasn't doing everything on my own 😫
New #BuildInPublic #IndieHackers reporting this week! I'm trying to re-establish focus and figure out what is most important. Sales were fine last week. Crashes are looking not-great, especially now I have them on a chart...
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
indieweb.social
Their home server on the fediverse — the instance a creator picks signals the community they belong to.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 1 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.4× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
76/100
Good
Credibility score
97%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
Medium
Data confidence
- Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~2.2% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Creator making apps for live streaming & remote video and more artistic things when I can make time.
Squares TV is my main platform.
Good To Hear is my company.
He/Him
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