Uncle Linton

In the early stages of building our platform, we've been focused on growing our waitlist. Without any formal marketing, we've already had 7 sign-ups, which feels like a promising start. Our initial outreach has been through subreddits, where we've seen both excitement and, of course, some inevitable pushback. It's all part of the journey—taking the constructive feedback in stride and staying...

Hi everyone, I'm Linton from Cape Town, South Africa. I've been in tech for 10+ years. Looking build freedom of time to spend with my family. I think we all want some kind freedom for whatever reasons we have. I've built TokHook - platform helps optimize TikTok hooks to capture viewer attention effectively. Our features include A/B hook testing, hook analysis, emotion recognition, visual...

I've often found myself falling in love with my projects and ideas at the beginning stage. What seems like a world-changing project can sometimes turn out to be a dud when you thoroughly break it down or validate it. Without proper validation, I would jump right into VSCode and start writing code, which leads to lost time and mental fatigue. There's a hard line between caring about and loving...

There are many discussions about what keeps founders/creators going and what keeps the fire burning. I believe you have to be disciplined to build a successful platform. Motivation just lights the spark, but discipline is what keeps the flame burning. There come times during building when life hits you down or there is something you have to do that you just don't FEEL like doing. In these...

Out of the 15 odd projects I launched in 10 years, only 1 really did well and was featured in legacy media (newspapers hahaha) Failure Rate≈93.33% What is your failure rate? :)