Constraints are good ❤️

When you have money to burn. All problems are money problems. Trust me, I have been there. But I have learned to embrace constraints and thrive in them.

Constraints are good. I used to hire $120k engineers to make websites. Now, I pay $30 to Webflow to build a marketing website that people love. Instantly update it yourself without any code.

Constraints are good. The same $120k engineers will spend months in creating admin dashboards for your SaaS. We bought a $100 theme from Adminforest to spin up Kaapi web app frontend in 2 days.

Keeping things simple is good. Kaapi frontend uses no React, or Vue or Next.js. Just plain jQuery. Why? Both of us are backend engineers and didn't have time to learn new frameworks. Nor do we have any money to hire.

Constraints are good. Want to change the world with your business but don't have enough money? No problem! Choose a crowded market and be 1% better than others. Customers will come. This is why we started with Slack.

Our Delaware corp EIN number is stuck with IRS because of Covid-19. No problem! Use Gumroad to start collecting subscriptions with Paypal in seconds. We hit $300 MRR in 2 months. $1400+ revenue total by now. And voila! MVP proven.

Constraints are good. Don't have time to code an unsubscribe button in transactional emails. No problem! Just tell them to reply to you if they want. Opportunity for you to take feedback!

Constraints are good. In life, and in business. Having constraints is not the same as doing a shoddy job. Choose your battles and win them.

I am trying to apply these to everything in life. No longer am I under the delusion that I have 24 hours in a day to work. I constrain myself to only 8 hours.