From the archive
Arvid Kahl’s essays and podcast conversations published in January 2025, from The Bootstrapped Founder archive.
A few weeks ago, I came across an intriguing tweet by Jack Ellis about deleting your backlog. He shared how getting rid of this “mental technical debt” — not even real technical debt, but the…
Read the essay →A few days ago, over dinner, I found myself deep in conversation about the technological singularity. While that “happy moment” of humanity becoming a machine-augmented brain collective (think Star…
Read the essay →Brian Sierakowski (@bsierakowski) has been busy over the last year: he started working on ChangeBot and TRMNL, and both projects are taking off. If you ever wondered what a good changelog looks like…
Read the essay →This week taught me an unexpected lesson about entrepreneurship. After the Christmas and New Years festivities — that annual tradition of sharing joy, memories, and apparently germs — I found myself…
Read the essay →When Peter Jackson was brainstorming the Lord of the Rings movie universe, two amazing Tolkien-savvy illustrators sat in on the meetings: John Howe and Alan Lee. Jackson would explain a scene, what…
Read the essay →Johannes Jäschke is a pioneer in the intersection of technology and mental health. From a college seminar to the forefront of digital well-being, Johannes developed Hypnu, a hypnosis app that gained…
Read the essay →Last week, I did a recap of 2024. Now that we’re starting a new year, let’s look ahead at the opportunities and challenges facing the software business world in 2025. I want to share my insights into…
Read the essay →Omar Zenhom (@TheOmarZenhom) is one of those few amazing founders who just can’t stop giving back to their entrepreneurial peers, no matter how much success they might have. Recently having sold…
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