What happened when I took a weekend off work No deals fell through, no sites failed and there is no reason to work weekends again. The problem with not having a boss is there is no-one to tell you
What tech stack do I use? It doesn't matter. Don't ask founders what stack they use - ask how they make money. It's something I remember obsessing over as well when I was starting out. I'm not trying to
Sales tips for indie hackers A few indie hackers asked me about pricing products. It's good to share sales tips publicly so more entrepreneurs can learn and make money online. When to charge? As early
June 2020 open report for No CS Degree: $2,523 June was my best month yet for No CS Degree with $2,523 in revenue! Selling more newsletter ad spots was definitely a game changer. I also published an ebook
Mailchimp vs Email Octopus and how to combine the two! I've recently moved my No CS Degree newsletter from Mailchimp or Email Octopus. I compare them and show how to get the best of both worlds! Mailchimp vs Email Octopus
Review: Daniel Vassallo's Anyone Can Build a Twitter Audience course I bought the Everyone Can Build a Twitter Audience course last Monday. My next tweet got 1,000 likes and 100 retweets. My previous best was 250 likes. I gained
How you can self-publish a book for free I wanted to explain how you can write and publish an ebook for free. I've made $275 from my Imposter Syndrome ebook on Gumroad. Here's how to self-publish a book
How these 12 open startups performed in April 2020 I thought it would be fun to see how some people did with their businesses over the last month. I've added profit where it's available. Lots of entrepreneurs are sharing
Open startups report for No CS Degree - April 2020 Revenue: $1,465 (up 46.5% from March)Costs: $165Profits $1,300 I had a really tough start to the month and had only made $45 two weeks in. Still,
I have now made $10,000 with my No CS Degree website I've made this money from a variety of income streams and it's generally pretty good to not be reliant on one source of money. Here's a quick breakdown: Newsletter sponsorshipThis
Learning about databases to use with Django for Bootcamp Index 2.0 I've been learning today a bit more about databases and which ones to use with Django. Django comes with a built-in database called SqLite which is a small file which
Ask for advice and act on it It's easy to ask advice when you are secretly just wanting praise. It's harder but better to ask for what someone really thinks and then act on it. I got
Showing images dynamically from a database in Django My good friend Austin, who makes Financial Toolbelt, was kind enough to go over this with me today. I had been missing a url path. Now I can show images
Launching Bootcamp Index on Product Hunt So today I finally put Bootcamp Index on Product Hunt! It's a list of all the best coding bootcamps arranged in a Nomad List -style way. 😀 I've put a lot
My plans for No CS Degree 2.0 I've been frustrated recently with doing lots of outreach to get newsletter sponsors this month. (If you do want to sponsor my newsletters, you can email me at pete@nocsdegree.
The importance of avoiding perfectionism I've decided to put Bootcamp Index on Product Hunt on Friday and stop trying to make the perfect launch. I have been working on making a revamped version with Django.
Learning how to add a modal in Bootstrap 4 to Bootcamp Index I'm a big believer in doing the hardest thing first in the day so it's over and done with! Today's task was to add a modal to my Bootstrap cards
I get by with a little help from my developer friends Developers are incredibly helpful from my experience. I was stuck on a problem today with the re-making of Bootcamp Index. Yesterday, I got the information for each bootcamp back from
Displaying info from a database for the first time! Woooo, I managed to get data from Django admin into my html page! I have been following a few Youtube tuts and I got some help from Twitter when I
The first day of making Bootcamp Index with Django I had a really productive day! I started the process of moving Bootcamp Index on to a site I'm making with Django. This will allow me to reduce my costs,
Giving Django another go I've decided to have another go at using Django to make a full-stack web app. I've got things like my job board and my bootcamp guide, Bootcamp Index which I
Talk to your customers I just got off a great call with a bootcamp. I won't go into details but it's a reminder of the importance of talking to your customers! I have so
I appeared on the Tech4Humans podcast to talk about No CS Degree A quick note to say a podcast interview a few months back just got released! It's actually the very first episode for a new podcast from NYC, Tech4Humans by Rahat
How not to do a giveaway as a startup At the end of 2019 Pieter Levels did a really successful Macbook Pro giveaway on Twitter. He got 9,000 followers simply by asking people to follow him and share
March open startup report Revenue for March = $1,007March was an ok month for revenue - not the best (in February I made $2,337) but not the worst (in January I made $225)
