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Build in public, minus the busywork.
Guides and honest comparisons on shipping in public, GitHub automation, and marketing that runs on git push. Written by the team dogfooding it daily — our own changelog blog is at /w/gittomarket.
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11 Things to Automate as a Solo Founder
11 high-leverage solo founder automations: CI, billing, alerts, email, and marketing from commits — plus what not to automate yet.
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9 Developer Marketing Mistakes (and What to Do Instead)
Nine common developer marketing mistakes — wrong audience, no durable URL, vanity metrics — and practical fixes solo builders can apply this week.
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How to Get First Users Without Paid Ads (10 Channels)
10 channels to get first users without ads, ranked by effort, with honest timelines for outreach, communities, build in public, and SEO.
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Marketing Tools for Solo Founders: 12 Categories That Matter
12 marketing tool categories for solo founders — landing pages, email, analytics, shipping automation — with well-known examples and how to choose.
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15 Build in Public Examples That Actually Work
15 concrete build in public example patterns for solo founders: shipping cards, decisions, postmortems, recaps — formats you can reuse from real work.
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Build in Public Content Ideas: 26 From Your Normal Dev Work
26 concrete build in public content ideas pulled from normal dev work — commits, decisions, mistakes, and feedback — for developers who feel stuck.
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How to Market an Open Source Project
How to market an open source project without spam: a strong README, contributor onboarding, changelogs, and honest build-in-public habits.
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How to Get Your First 100 Users as a Solo Dev
A practical channel-by-channel playbook for getting your first 100 users as a solo developer, ranked by effort and how to know what's working.
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Buffer Alternative for Developers in 2026
Looking for a Buffer alternative built for developers? Compare general schedulers with tools that post automatically from your GitHub commits.
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Tweethunter Alternative for Developers in 2026
Looking for a Tweethunter alternative? Compare growth-and-scheduling tools with generate-from-work options built around shipping, not blank drafts.
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How Often Should Founders Post on X and LinkedIn? (Cadence FAQ)
Answers to the most common posting-frequency questions for founders: ideal cadence, streaks, cross-posting, and avoiding burnout.
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SEO for a Pre-Launch SaaS: Backlinks and Waitlist Pages Before Day One
How to build search authority and backlinks for a SaaS that hasn't launched yet, starting with your waitlist page.
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What to Post When Building in Public: A Developer's Content System
Concrete post types that work for developers building in public, with examples and a repeatable weekly structure.
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Is Building in Public Still Worth It? Honest Answers for 2026
Straight answers to the most-asked questions about building in public in 2026: when it works, when it doesn't, and the real risks.
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How to Build in Public When You Have Zero Time for Marketing
A time-budget system for solo founders who want build-in-public benefits without losing shipping hours to content creation.
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How to Turn GitHub Commits Into Social Media Posts (Without Copy-Pasting)
A practical guide to turning your GitHub commits into X and LinkedIn posts automatically, from DIY scripts to hosted tools.
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Build a Developer Personal Brand by Shipping
Build a developer personal brand with proof-of-work: ship consistently, turn commits into a public track record, and skip empty posting.
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Typefully Alternative for Developers in 2026
Looking for a Typefully alternative? Compare write-then-schedule tools with generate-from-work options built around GitHub shipping, not blank drafts.
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Building in Public vs Stealth Mode (2026)
Honest comparison of building in public vs stealth: when each wins, real risks (copycats vs silence), and hybrid approaches solo developers can use today.
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How to Market a Side Project With Zero Followers
Market a side project without an audience by shipping proof-of-work content. Rank channels by effort-to-signal for solo devs with five hours a week.
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How to Promote a GitHub Project Without Spam
Promote a GitHub project with show-and-tell, build-in-public, a strong README, changelogs, and communities without getting flagged as spam.
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Build in Public SEO Strategy
A practical build in public SEO strategy for solo founders: turn shipping days into indexed pages without becoming a full-time content team.
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Waitlist from GitHub Commits
Turn daily GitHub commits into a public build page and waitlist that compounds while you ship. A practical guide for pre-launch founders.
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Automatic Changelog from GitHub
Generate an automatic changelog from GitHub commits without the release-day scramble. Practical patterns for solo founders who ship often.
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Build in Public Without Posting Manually
Keep a real build-in-public cadence without living in social apps. Capture shipping from GitHub and distribute it on autopilot.
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GitHub Commits to LinkedIn Automatically
Turn yesterday's GitHub commits into polished LinkedIn posts without copy-paste. A practical guide for solo founders who ship daily.
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The Best Build-in-Public Tools in 2026 (Honest Comparison)
Schedulers, screenshot tools, bots, and full automation — what each build-in-public tool actually does, what it costs, and who it fits. Including where ours falls short.
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Turn GitHub Commits into Blog Posts: The Automatic Developer Blog
Every shipping day is a blog post you never wrote. How commit-driven blogging works, why it ranks, and how to get a changelog blog on your own domain.
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Marketing for Developers Who Hate Marketing
You'd rather ship than post. Good news: your git history already is marketing. A system for developer marketing that costs zero willpower.
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How to Auto-Post GitHub Commits to X/Twitter (3 Ways Compared)
Stop manually tweeting your commits. GitHub Actions, custom bots, and hosted tools compared — with setup steps, costs, and what each looks like in your feed.
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How to Build in Public as an Indie Hacker (Without Losing Ship Time)
A practical build-in-public playbook for indie hackers: what to share, where, how often — and how to automate the boring 80% straight from your commits.