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Writing The Diff and build products in public to put ideas to the test.

Idea Bytes

 ☕ 5 things to know in 5 minutes

Jun 12, 2026

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5 min read

☕ 5 things to know in 5 minutes

Is ChatGPT the new Meta Ads? Why is Apple renting its brain from Google? Where do the top apps actually grow? How long can an agent work alone? What happens when AI labs go public?

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann

Idea Bytes

Why weekly paid plans are winning

Jun 9, 2026

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12 min read

Why weekly paid plans are winning

Stop selling the next year. Start selling the next 7 days.

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann
☕ 5 things to know in 5 minutes

Jun 5, 2026

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5 min read

☕ 5 things to know in 5 minutes

Which types of trials win? Do new apps stand a chance? How do you market to agent buyers? Are you building for AI users yet? Why are models changing pricing?

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann

Idea Bytes

Why this hybrid "webinar" strategy actually sells

Jun 3, 2026

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10 min read

Why this hybrid "webinar" strategy actually sells

How these 4 companies drove growth with a unique webinar play

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann

Idea Bytes

The super long quiz strategy

May 26, 2026

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10 min read

The super long quiz strategy

A boring move that helped one app go from $2k to $115k a month later

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann

Idea Bytes

How RevenueCat told me I'm in the 1%...of worst apps

May 21, 2026

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9 min read

How RevenueCat told me I'm in the 1%...of worst apps

And the cheapest growth feature you can steal from them and 4+ others

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann

Idea Bytes

Why I cut 60% of what my app does (again)

May 12, 2026

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9 min read

Why I cut 60% of what my app does (again)

Consumer apps live and die by doing this one thing really well

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann

Idea Bytes

The new underutilized sales trick you can steal

Apr 30, 2026

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7 min read

The new underutilized sales trick you can steal

Try this easy and free way to get AI to become your best salesperson

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann
My exact workflow for getting IOS apps working instantly

Apr 27, 2026

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13 min read

My exact workflow for getting IOS apps working instantly

A guide for how to get a first time build with no failures and crashes. Exact steps, custom made templates, and a video walkthrough

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann
The feeling of not doing enough

Apr 22, 2026

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7 min read

The feeling of not doing enough

The Labrador Problem, FOMO-flation, and 4 things I tell myself to stay sane

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann
My thinking behind building free vs paid AI features

Apr 16, 2026

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10 min read

My thinking behind building free vs paid AI features

How I built them and knowing if they even work

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann
Why I'm making it hard for people to pay me

Apr 14, 2026

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12 min read

Why I'm making it hard for people to pay me

And the unusual chat-first upgrade flow I've made

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann
My first onboarding flow was selfish

Apr 9, 2026

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16 min read

My first onboarding flow was selfish

here's what I did and how I quickly fixed it (with screenshots)

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann
Dateful is dead. Here's what I'm building instead.

Apr 7, 2026

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13 min read

Dateful is dead. Here's what I'm building instead.

Building fast to fail faster, doing what's fun, and why constraint is the product

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann
I've built something I wouldn't pay for

Mar 3, 2026

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13 min read

I've built something I wouldn't pay for

And can I even build the feature that makes this worth buying?

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann
2 hours getting nowhere, and what I should have done instead

Feb 28, 2026

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10 min read

2 hours getting nowhere, and what I should have done instead

Day 2: Stupid walls and a PSA on debugging stamina

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann
Day 1: Someone almost paid me $100/m before anything works

Feb 26, 2026

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12 min read

Day 1: Someone almost paid me $100/m before anything works

And my only feature was broken

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann
How fast can we get this to $100 MRR?

Feb 25, 2026

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9 min read

How fast can we get this to $100 MRR?

The day 0 cold start, introducing the idea, and what I did in the first 2 hours

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann

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