#440 – Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

Pieter Levels (aka levelsio on X) is a self-taught developer and entrepreneur who has designed, programmed, launched over 40 startups, many of which are highly successful.

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EPISODE LINKS:

Pieter's X: https://x.com/levelsio

Pieter's Techno Optimist Shop: https://levelsio.com/

Indie Maker Handbook: https://readmake.com/

Nomad List: https://nomadlist.com

Remote OK: https://remoteok.com

Hoodmaps: https://hoodmaps.com



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OUTLINE:

(00:00) - Introduction

(11:38) - Startup philosophy

(19:09) - Low points

(22:37) - 12 startups in 12 months

(29:29) - Traveling and depression

(42:08) - Indie hacking

(46:11) - Photo AI

(1:22:28) - How to learn AI

(1:31:04) - Robots

(1:39:21) - Hoodmaps

(2:03:26) - Learning new programming languages

(2:12:58) - Monetize your website

(2:19:34) - Fighting SPAM

(2:23:07) - Automation

(2:34:33) - When to sell startup

(2:37:26) - Coding solo

(2:43:28) - Ship fast

(2:52:13) - Best IDE for programming

(3:01:43) - Andrej Karpathy

(3:11:09) - Productivity

(3:24:56) - Minimalism

(3:33:41) - Emails

(3:40:54) - Coffee

(3:48:40) - E/acc

(3:50:56) - Advice for young people



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